Example sentences of "of [adj] [adj] than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So sex education becomes crucially important , but while the 1986 Education Act and Section 28 remain in place , sex education in Britain will consist of little more than a hymn to family life , largely devoid of any education about sex . |
| 2 | But in the space of little more than a year he found that Clift had ‘ deteriorated to a shocking degree ’ : |
| 3 | he had to share a bathroom with the four other tenants on the floor , and the room itself consisted of little more than a single bed pushed up against the wall to one side of the room , a wood-wormed wardrobe and a single gas ring for cooking . |
| 4 | Moreover , some appear to consist of little more than the ‘ active constituents ’ of the dietary regimen we have already described — a regime whose effectiveness is not accepted by all research workers . |
| 5 | ‘ Rural development has often appeared to consist of little more than the creation of as many plans , programmes , projects , rural centres , and special development agencies as possible . |
| 6 | The hamlet consisted of little more than the substantially-built Adscombe Farm , three cottages , and a ruined medieval chapel , probably the original of the chapel in ‘ The Foster-Mother 's Tale ’ whose leaning wall was propped by a ‘ huge round beam ’ . |
| 7 | The contours begin at 0.125K and increase logarithmically , each step being a factor of 2 larger than the previous one . |
| 8 | Yet Nishikikoi themselves are a product of much more than the profit motive . |
| 9 | The first day 's publication of the photos produced an incredible increase in sales of 482,118 more than the same day the week before . |
| 10 | The few inappropriate appointments in his experience were , Tagg felt , probably more the fault of Grand Metropolitan than the headhunters concerned , and reflected very rapid changes in the organisation at that particular time . |
| 11 | ‘ Our policy is not to make a fuss of one more than the others — that way there 's no aggro . |
| 12 | Although there have been only five changes of governing party in Britain since nationalization in 1948 , there have been 21 transport ministers during that time , an average of one less than every two years . |