Example sentences of "than [adj] [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why the amendment is a far , far better thing than this rather grubby amendment we have before us . |
| 2 | But clearly designing involves more than this rather technical definition : we are talking about the ability to shape and unite , to bring together complexes of factors . |
| 3 | In practice , any single investigation will have much stricter data requirements than this rather general list . |
| 4 | Unwisely , as it turns out , the credits display the real thing , which is at least a dozen times better than this carelessly silly concoction . |
| 5 | That would be a much better way forward than this very disappointing statement . |
| 6 | Not surprisingly , realization of ( o ) is much more variable than this very idealized representation implies , although ( as even the small amount of data in table 6.4 suggests ) it is certainly constrained by the factors specified . |
| 7 | The Architect and Building News of 10 January 1936 reported : Mr Oliver Hill 's romantic modernism has rarely found a happier destination than this charmingly picturesque house in the woods near Virginia Water . |
| 8 | However , an approach in line with the European authorities requires more than this essentially negative provision . |
| 9 | This is much more than another pretty Japanese coupe for it bristles with tomorrow 's technology . |
| 10 | Craigbarnet had been supported , at considerable inconvenience , by the Montrose interest , mainly in order to please the head of the Stirling family , Stirling of Keir , who was a relative of the Duke of Montrose , but no sooner was Craigbarnet out of the running than another potentially explosive dispute arose which might well have set the Duke of Montrose at variance with Lord Elphinstone or another valuable ally , Dundas of Lethem . |
| 11 | We employ more than 1,500 highly qualified service engineers and have an extensive network of High Street shops . |
| 12 | SOUTH AFRICA is calling up more than 20,000 mainly white army reservists to stamp out violence threatening its transition to democracy and to protect civilians from marauding gunmen . |
| 13 | In return , William was required to recognize that , since the fief he held of the bishop was now larger than those any other lord had bestowed on him , he ought to be ‘ a better man ’ of the bishop than of any of his other lords . |
| 14 | There will always be more than one equally good candidate . |
| 15 | On trying the TL for the first time , more than one recently deafened person has said with astonishment , ‘ The world has come alive again . ’ |
| 16 | As any market matures it tends to split into clearly defined areas , mainly as a result of targeted marketing rather than any particularly identifiable product differences . |
| 17 | Certainly it had a more significant effect on English politics than any purely political event in my lifetime . |