Example sentences of "[indef pn] [adj] than the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On occasion it may be someone other than the actual adjudicator who has been involved . |
| 2 | Evidence of insufficient cover might include someone other than the insured person driving the vehicle ; the vehicle being used for the purpose other than agreed , e.g. for business purposes ; or the present vehicle not being entered on the firm 's records ( this being difficult to detect in these days of not generally showing a registered number on a certificate ) . |
| 3 | One walks between the banks that show where the houses stood , marking how blocks of squared masonry thrust in one place out of the turf ( a more important building than most of them ) , and how the tree-roots twist among the rubble footings of the peasant dwellings ; and one picks up pieces of twelfth- and thirteenth-century pottery — mere sherds , bits of rim , of sides , of bases , but all datable : nothing later than the Black Death , when the great silence descended . |
| 4 | The absurdity of the Italian ‘ recruitment ’ system is revealed by what could safely be described as the ‘ Aquila paradox ’ — the man sidelined by Martin was none other than the successful Italian fullback Luigi Troiani . |
| 5 | It is none other than the Prime Minister who , as Minister for Social Security , introduced measures to prevent people from receiving benefit in those circumstances . |
| 6 | And the pirates were so busy discussing the problem , and what they would do with the reward if they won it , that they did n't notice that they were being observed from the window above by none other than the new Mayor and his entourage . |
| 7 | Cross 's immediate opponent was none other than the great ‘ Fanny ’ Walden and the Spurs side was laden with internationals . |
| 8 | The raw materials which the Marines used for their scrimshandering were none other than the mighty , ceramically strengthened finger bones — the metacarpals and phalanges — of Imperial Fists who had died in battle or , surviving to old age , been permitted honourable euthanasia . |
| 9 | It came at once in the form of none other than the mighty Lord 's Prayer ; but it was n't until I got to the line about daily bread that I saw the light — I had n't given her any ! |
| 10 | None other than the greatest mathematician in the world . |
| 11 | For the actual conquest of the elusive Mort Homme , none other than the elder brother of the Commander-in-Chief had been selected ; General of the Cavalry , Eugene von Falkenhayn , commander of the XXII Reserve Corps , and childhood tutor to the Crown Prince . |
| 12 | For among the noteworthy ( ? ) in attendance was none other than the Right Horrible DAVID MELLOR MP , the newly appointed so-called ‘ Minister For Fun ’ in JOHNNY MAJOR 's cabinet . |
| 13 | It is none other than the superhuman power which raised Christ from the dead which is let loose within our human bodies ( Eph. 1:18f ) . |
| 14 | We called at the cottage at night , and found he was very ill , and it was not till the factor assured him he was joking , and that he had swallowed none other than the best of whiskey , that he rose from bed , and Donald was himself again . |
| 15 | Its long-term purpose is none other than the total control of all human minds throughout the galaxy . ’ |
| 16 | The Master of this new lodge was none other than the imperial royal chamberlain , Johann , Count Esterházy ; while the Master of Ceremonies was Haydn 's employer , Prince Nikolaus Esterházy . |
| 17 | The man in black lowered his binoculars to reveal that he was none other than the Anti-Rex himself . |
| 18 | If this microkernel sounds familiar , it should — Workplace OS is none other than the extended and neatened Mach-based microkernel that the Taligent Apple-IBM joint venture is using to host its eponymous object-oriented operating system . |
| 19 | If this microkernel sounds familiar , it should — Workplace OS is none other than the extended and neatened Mach-based microkernel that the Taligent Apple-IBM joint venture is using to host its eponymous object-oriented operating system . |
| 20 | ‘ None other than the big chief himself ! ’ he revealed . |
| 21 | Fancy my not guessing at once that the Umpire She was on about was none other than the top man himself . |
| 22 | Thus she was quite close to the bath chair before she realized that its waxen-faced occupant was none other than the old man who , in his eerie fashion , had been so kind in the train . |
| 23 | There 's nothing better than the best ! |
| 24 | He finished this one quicker than the other two and when that was done he immediately picked up the knife and cut the next slice . |
| 25 | It seems unlikely that much was imported , but a walk on the shores of the west coast of the island will discover many pebbles of flint amongst the others , and they vary in size from very small ones , too small to use , to the occasional large one bigger than the largest grapefruit . |
| 26 | No thi this size , I got one bigger than the other one , |
| 27 | ‘ Different sizes , one heavier than the other , and yet they are going round exactly the same path in the same time . |
| 28 | This ritual suicide is seen as something deeper than the sexual rituals described in earlier stanzas , yet in Frazerian terms , it is itself a ritual performed in connection with the revival of vegetation in spring . |
| 29 | Yet music-wise , the chemistry between the four piece produces a tense , beautiful sound which goes one better than the passive stance of last year . |
| 30 | The Bristol & West have now gone one better than the standard endowment mortgage . |