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 ?

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