Example sentences of "than [adv] the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | But regarding 2 this teacher was not especially charismatic — in fact more self-effacing than naturally the centre of attention . |
| 2 | Erm I have to say that that these are largely my personal views of the member of the regional office , rather than obviously the Secretary of State at this stage in the proceedings . |
| 3 | Now I do n't think many people realized that asking for the maintenance of standards , rather than perhaps the changing of standards , was asking for something that was almost diametrically opposed to asking for an educational system that was more geared towards preparing children for adult life and productive work . |
| 4 | Or they may even spend a good sum of money on refurbishing a suite of rooms with no apparent requirement of reward other than perhaps the naming of the rooms in acknowledgement . |
| 5 | The full implications of this are best indicated if we observe that far more is involved in it than merely the uniqueness of the revelation in Jesus , solely the issue whether there is genuine access to knowledge of God in any other place . |
| 6 | However , the existence of a discretion in the judge to exclude legally admissible evidence , so as to secure the fairness of the trial , was recognised as extending further than merely the exclusion of evidence more prejudicial than probative . |
| 7 | It focuses on systems , such as the family , considering them to be an entity , a whole , rather than merely the result of a number of contributions from independent parts or individuals . |
| 8 | There are also studies from Malaysia , which are illustrative of the effects of logging practices in tropical regions in general , which show that the destructive effect is far greater than just the removal of trees . |
| 9 | Access requires more than just the existence of possibilities . |
| 10 | Where you could have more of a character study , rather than just the kind of erm , capping the unconscious , as it were |
| 11 | It goes wider than just the position of individuals , important though that is . |
| 12 | I felt more than just the centre of attention , although that feeling is always present . |
| 13 | During this month I led the life for which I had always yearned hunting big game on my own in the wilds of Africa ; but now I realized that this expedition had meant more to me than just the excitement of hunting . |
| 14 | But in this book there is more than just the history of the WM & CR . |
| 15 | It 's something I think everyone recognizes at their own , that village school plays more than just the function of educating children , in small village communities . |
| 16 | The purpose of this chapter is to describe the rest of the machinery through which the political leadership operates outside Whitehall and this includes more than just the system of local government . |
| 17 | This form of consciousness aspired to a representation of the world in its entirety rather than just the sphere of practical action ( Marx and Engels 1974 : 52 ) . |
| 18 | Fortunately I have never had this problem either with ferrets or dogs but should it ever hit my animals it means more than just the loss of the ferrets . |
| 19 | Obviously vocational guidance , registration , and placement of school-leavers involved more than just the organization of the labour-market ; they were seen as essential to the incorporation of working-class adolescents into what influential social theorists were calling ‘ the community ’ . |
| 20 | There is much evidence to suggest that reading is more than just the recognition of individual characters . |
| 21 | It is more than just the onset of literal night ; it is a night of the normal senses , allowing other means of knowing to arise . |
| 22 | here again there is a need for collaborative work between suppliers and users , but the collaboration goes further than just the specification of a problem . |
| 23 | Their Saturday evening concert at the Arts Centre showed them to be individual artists of the highest quality who together produced something greater than just the sum of the parts . |
| 24 | However , there 's a lot more to consider than just the number of columns . |
| 25 | Unemployment has fallen by 70 per cent since the mid-eighties in Telford but it 's about more than just the number of jobs , it 's the quality of jobs , the skills that erm are offered in terms of the training that 's available in the area , and the whole atmosphere of the town has been completely transformed by moving from an older and established industrial climate to one that encompasses a wide range of modern and high tech industries . |
| 26 | But as Duke he was to be more than just the Count of Poitou . |
| 27 | But many argued that evacuation had revealed more clearly than ever the existence of a degraded ‘ underclass ’ , and in the late 1940s and 1950s several inconclusive but much-publicised surveys were conducted into the precise numerical incidence of problem families in Britain . |
| 28 | Company liquidation figures have been more than double the level of a year before , with about half the companies dying within the first five years . |
| 29 | The growth in occupational pension provision for women was even more marked with more than double the proportion of 60–69 year olds having them ( 32 per cent ) compared with the over-80s ( 15 per cent ) . |
| 30 | The acquisition of Caradon , whose brands embrace Twyfords , Mira showers and Everest double glazing , will more than double the size of MB Group 's building products business which feature Stelrad and Henrad radiators , Ideal boilers and Stelrad Doulton sanitary ware . |