Example sentences of "[be] [adj] than a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also [ WEA branch members ] have the reputation in official circles of being so ‘ dreadfully earnest ’ — more an indication of the frivolous attitude that all education must be made palatable to be consumable than a valid criticism of their activities . |
| 2 | Such vaccines are less likely to be toxic than a whole virus vaccine but some researchers believe that they are also less likely to work . |
| 3 | But this answer is still not satisfactory , for the question remains , why is it necessary for such a unitary space and time to be other than a phenomenological space and time ? |
| 4 | Language , they claim , should never be other than a transparent medium through which the meaning can be seen . |
| 5 | It seems to be the very purest form of the art , even though it can not be other than a minor branch of it . |