Example sentences of "than [subord] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blocks of this kind have the advantage of being regular and of uniform size , making planning , estimating and building easier than if using natural stone . |
| 2 | THE APPROACH of the Eden Park Test initially was viewed with trepidation , and the majority of the five changes to the home team were seen as signs of disarray rather than as providing fresh blood . |
| 3 | We have been obliged to meet this difficulty by treating the lower prizes as marks of distinction for merit rather than as indicating special selection of the design as fitted for separate construction . |
| 4 | All the arguments considered so far against the use of portfolio-grid analysis of the McKinsey-GE type are , in my view , better seen as warnings about simplistic use of the technique rather than as indicating fundamental flaws in it . |
| 5 | Many consumers are against it : about three out of ten say it 's never a good thing , and most others see it as an occasional necessity rather than as having positive advantages ( see Appendix I , Main survey ) . |
| 6 | But the story is made more vivid by judicious descent into detail , never more so than when identifying individual residents of Broad Street , Ludlow , in a painting of 1765 . |
| 7 | But he faces a much stiffer task than when winning this race last year , and he is most unlikely to cope with DEEP SENSATION . |