Example sentences of "much [adj -er] [conj] other [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Drs Lawrence Witmer and Kenneth Rose of the Johns Hopkins University 's School of Medicine realised that Diatryma was so much bigger than other birds that simple analogies of shape no longer applied . |
| 2 | However , the survey also established that there were some contradictions : the favourable attitudes to wind turbines were not based on firsthand experience of windmills , and to a certain extent their positive response was based on the belief that wind power would be much cheaper than other sources ( since the fuel is free ! ) , a belief which in fact might not be the case at the current stage of development . |
| 3 | Unless our own society renounced " many wrong ambitions and wrong desires " and maintained its allegiance to God , it would certainly become no better and perhaps much worse than other regimes " which are popularly execrated " . |
| 4 | To take the initiative yourself , however is often too difficult : your mind may have convinced you that your confusion is so much greater than other people 's , your backlog of work so much longer , your reputation so much lower , that to open yourself to the social confirmation of these frightful facts would be a pointless and self-sacrificing thing to do . |
| 5 | The trouble was that neither of them was entirely certain he was right , and the funny thing was that people who were n't entirety certain they were right always argued much louder than other people , as if the main person they were trying to convince was themselves . |
| 6 | RIGHT The Basenji is an unusual dog in several respects , mainly because it is much quieter than other breeds . |
| 7 | Bare yellow skin on head and throat , ruff shaggy , bill much slenderer than other vultures . |