Example sentences of "[to-vb] than [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | It is easier for the lecturer to write than for the student to look at a distant blackboard and then back to his so-called " notes " , and so a phase difference develops between the blackboard and the class . |
2 | Second , the pound was not hopelessly overvalued within the ERM , so importers ' margins have less room to adjust than in the past . |
3 | In the case of carers who have their own children this is easier to see than for the classic ( and disappearing ) case of the single daughter who was presumed to be childless ; although in that case the assumption in the past was that the single daughter would be rewarded in material terms through being the major beneficiary of her parents ' will , if they had money or property to bequeath . |
4 | Auguste had persuaded his pupils that , having missed a lesson this morning owing to the inquest , this afternoon would prove an ideal time to instruct than on the magnificence of the St Pierre or John Dory . |
5 | Agreement on that process was more difficult to reach than on the technology , according to one of the six . |
6 | It may be that difficulty in getting people with problems to consult a solicitor is more to do with their perception of the problem and the ability of a solicitor to help than with the cost and availability of the advice service . |
7 | Nowhere is this amnesia more likely to apply than within the intimacy of marriage . |
8 | Similarly , telex and faxing were more analogous to mail than to the press . |
9 | She could not help them , so she began to hate than for the waste they brought into the hospital . |
10 | Although the political future remains unclear , the new circumstances have allowed much more room to manoeuvre than in the past . |
11 | And nowhere in our lives do more problems seem to arise than in the area of relationships — and no other problems seem to have such a long-lasting effect . |
12 | Where better to begin than at the top ? |