Example sentences of "very much [adj -er] than [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They make possible composite materials which , weight for weight , are very much stiffer than metals ; or , stiffness for stiffness , considerably lighter ( see panel ) . |
| 2 | The Caran D'Ache range Neopastel are very much softer than Conte pastels . |
| 3 | This proportion is very much higher than estimates based on the effect of unilateral cerebral lesions or the Amytal test ( but see Wexler , Halwes and Heninger , 1981 ) . |
| 4 | Where we 've been doing comparable work on er the Kings Cross Project , we wer we told by the old project team that we were very much cheaper than Birmingham . |
| 5 | There are other causes of anaemia ( for example one type of anaemia is due to lack of vitamin B12 ) , but they are very much rarer than iron deficiency anaemia . |
| 6 | He was a very much larger than life character who it is understood , although it may not be strictly true , was sacked three times by his company for which he worked as a salesman . |
| 7 | On the other hand interglacial periods were very much warmer than conditions in temperate latitudes today , and these climatic fluctuations resulted in periods when hippopotamus and tropical rhinoceros thrived in the areas occupied by Europe 's capital cities today . |
| 8 | They would be from Canada , from her sister Louise who would suggest that she might put up various old acquaintances passing through London , or find a suitable family for a darling Austrian boy , not so very much older than Martha , whose father was a kind of Count , but was also in the import-export business , or try to recall a splendid person , the friend of a friend of hers who had had a very , very sad story . |