Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun sg] than [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the course of this exploration , we have seen how much more is needed in the creation and understanding of coherent discourse than knowledge of the language system alone : its sounds and letters , its words and its sentence grammar . |
| 2 | More important for most purposes of private law than citizenship is domicile . |
| 3 | These factors created an original architectural form which was less closely related to the rest of European development than work in Denmark or southern Sweden . |
| 4 | These results suggest that cytochrome P450 1A and cytochrome P450 3A are more specific markers of colonic neoplasia than epoxide hydrolase or glutathione S-transferases α , β , and γ . |
| 5 | For what could be better for the life of individualistic man than privatisation ? |
| 6 | Although the contact was more social than professional , the two inevitably talked shop when they met , and as Coleman zeroed in on al-Kassar as possibly the key player in the Middle East 's narco-terrorist game , he decided to visit Mayer in his office at the German Embassy one day to see if his friend could be persuaded to take a more generous view of international cooperation than Hurley 's . |
| 7 | bleAdoption studies show that nature is a stronger predictor of addictive disease than nature . |
| 8 | Snowy owl assemblages have relatively higher rates of molar loss than barn owl and long-eared owl assemblages , and this almost certainly reflects their dominance by lemmings , the teeth of which are loosely held in the jaws . |
| 9 | MITI believes that such exports should be of less concern to advocates of managed trade than consumer goods , because components increase the competitiveness — and therefore the export potential — of the industries that buy them . |
| 10 | In general , however , the British remained more conscious of American criticism than support in the Middle East . |