Example sentences of "than [adj] [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Come on , sit down and let's all have a beer , ’ she said , and with a look at Dr Reid added , ‘ It 's better for you than that rotgut at the bar . ’ |
| 2 | Erm , another reason why I ca n't give you the whole story of course is because then there 'd be no reason to take this baby rather than this baby at the hospital , you know , so their histories are exactly identical , I E nil , erm , nothing individuates them on that account . |
| 3 | The when was important — the hurricane was a more accessible ally than either Caspar at the US Embassy or Steve back in Washington with his promise of the heavy brigade . |
| 4 | She said , well mine , she said would be further than sixty pound at the end , a hundred and twenty at the end of the quarter , but she said oh this time it 's gon na be about a hundred sixty so it 's crippling me living here ! |
| 5 | He achieved the rare distinction of being equally famous in more than one field at the same time . |
| 6 | The encounter had lasted no longer than one minute at the outside , yet she took away with her a vivid memory of that thin handsome face , with its grimly set lips and smouldering brown eyes . |
| 7 | ‘ More than one person at the event was surprised at the comment but it provides a neat balance to the government 's best wishes for my retirement ’ , he says . |
| 8 | Now it is rare for a centre-forward to skipper a side ( and I do n't think that has happened on more than one occasion at the Palace since ) so that only an exceptional player would do so . |
| 9 | It 's an extremely useful accessory if you 're working on more than one job at the same time in different places , so that the tools you need are always with you — and it 's invaluable for working from ladders or scaffolding . |
| 10 | Er now William of course was on more than one term at the end . |
| 11 | In the latter it is common to find small classes sharing a classroom , sometimes with a single teacher , sometimes with more than one but nearly always seated as a separate group with their own ‘ territory ’ and blackboard , for there exists a strange orthodoxy that a teacher with modest education and training ‘ can not be taught to handle more than one class at the same time ’ . |
| 12 | Once you have set up your programs ready to run from within the DOS shell , you can take advantage of DOS 5 's ability to run more than one program at the same time . |
| 13 | To open more than one application at the same time you must first enable the task swapper . |
| 14 | Various common reactions which are associated with exposure to odours have been identified and include physiological , toxic , psychological , annoyance and social reactions , many people experiencing more than one reaction at the same time . |
| 15 | The acquisition more than doubled turnover at the subsidiary , helped by cost savings resulting from the closure of Kode Computers administrative office in Swindon and the subsequent absorption of operations into DCM 's offices in Hitchin . |
| 16 | It made no forecast for its business this year , but given the state of the German economy , it is likely to be worse than last year at the operating level . |
| 17 | It made no forecast for its business this year , but given the state of the German economy , it is likely to be worse than last year at the operating level . |