Example sentences of "[det] [noun] than [art] average [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means in turn that they must be shining almost unbelievably brightly — perhaps 100 or more times than an average galaxy . |
| 2 | Your daughter does n't live extravagantly enough for it to be noticed that she has more money than the average student . |
| 3 | The smoke from most cigars and pipe tobaccos has a higher tar content than that from cigarettes but because most life-long cigar and pipe smokers do not inhale , they take in less tar than an average cigarette smoker . |
| 4 | The smoke from most cigars and pipe tobaccos has a higher tar content than that from cigarettes but because most life-long cigar and pipe smokers ( ‘ primary smokers ’ ) do not inhale , they take in less tar than an average cigarette smoker . |
| 5 | She slipped into a frock made of less tape than the average cassette . |
| 6 | She was carrying more rivets than the average U-Boat and would probably have turned a compass away from Magnetic North . |
| 7 | But , on average , people in the United Kingdom do not pay more tax than the average European . |
| 8 | NICO , PATTI SMITH , The Stooges , Jonathan Richman , La Monte Young , John Cage , Nick Drake , Eno , Squeeze , Happy Mondays — John Cale 's CV is studded with the most intriguing of collaborations ; he has traversed more ground and confused more expectations than the average musician has a right to . |
| 9 | Left : The contoured Virgo bath uses less water than the average bath . |
| 10 | For most of his career after discovering the similia principle , he was inundated with more patients than the average practitioner could have coped with . |
| 11 | I personally do n't believe that the average English citizen is any less proud of their own country than the average American . |