Example sentences of "it [adj] than [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one knew it better than the king ; and no one felt it more corrosively . |
| 2 | A person born severely disabled will need a great deal of help in overcoming the effects of the disability , but they will possibly be able to adjust to it better than the person who has enjoyed perfect health and led a full , normal life and is suddenly injured or crippled by disease . |
| 3 | Seductive simplicity and relaxed elegance are the key to modern chic — and nobody flaunts it better than the French . |
| 4 | The pragmatist knows it better than the idealist . |
| 5 | ‘ Is it meaner than a dungeon so dark that you ca n't see your hand in front of your face ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Is it meaner than a place so foul that you ca n't bear to touch your own skin except to brush off the things crawling over you ? ’ |
| 7 | The elder regretfully explained the villagers ' belief that the mountain was sacred , and that no-one should venture upon it higher than the Monastery of Saint James . |
| 8 | No , is it longer than a year ? |
| 9 | One year later there was some indication that the control sample carers were finding it harder than the action sample to talk in terms of a simple preference for home care . |
| 10 | Far across the valley the dark tree line cut sharp across a white snow ridge , the sky above it bluer than the summer sea . |