Example sentences of "was [adv] [adj] than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems that Herle was rather exploited than gainfully employed . |
| 2 | was as perfect as for any building that he ever saw erected ; and as for the light he thought it was rather overdone than otherwise . |
| 3 | Mosley 's own experience of the First World War was less traumatic than either Chesterton 's or Williamson 's . |
| 4 | Although I was less ready than before to agree that such an objective was desirable , I nevertheless found myself entering into his plans . |
| 5 | The level of spending was apparently greater than originally planned and it was suggested that the increase was made possible by higher than expected oil revenues for 1989 . |
| 6 | It was better late than never for the 12 lucky winners of a tennis holiday at the Sport Hotel in Eilat , Israel |
| 7 | One possible explanation for this result is that the trend rate of growth in the UK economy in the 1970s and early 1980s was much lower than elsewhere , ensuring that the total world portfolio rose more rapidly than the share held within the UK . |
| 8 | Brown 's was already more than half full , but Bridget and Loretta were able to find a table in a relatively uncrowded corner where an old-fashioned ceiling fan was doing an effective job in keeping stuffiness at bay . |
| 9 | it was a lot cheaper than here and when we last went it was n't quite as er as cheap there as it was h it , it was always cheaper than here but not quite such good value was it ? |
| 10 | The writing of the book was hardly more than half-way done , but did it need to be done here , ferchrissake ? |
| 11 | Even 17.8 per cent , however , was still more than double the growth of average earnings over that period . |
| 12 | The dog 's big dish was still more than half full . |
| 13 | Indeed , the bitterness of separation was more terrible than before for those who had lost the belief that an afterlife would bring reunion in happiness . |
| 14 | These findings comfirm that low grade gastric MALT lymphomas are usually indolent tumours with non-specific endoscopic aspects and that dissemination to other mucosal sites was more frequent than previously reported . |
| 15 | I was more tired than ever before , but everything was so new and interesting I would not leave the deck . |
| 16 | Sharpe was more sad than ever before . |
| 17 | The relationship between industrial and urban development in this period was more complex than simply being a matter of industrial development attracting workers who were housed in a uniform fashion . |
| 18 | Of course the boom was very uneven between countries ; the wave of accumulation in Japan was more powerful than elsewhere . |
| 19 | Mrs Phelps was more stunned than ever , but she had the sense not to show it . |
| 20 | Well , it was more disappointing than even we had expected . |
| 21 | Much of this artistic creativity was more innovative than before . |
| 22 | I enjoyed that drive , and when it ended was more anxious than ever to shake some sense into Margaret . |
| 23 | The crowd was more impenetrable than ever . |
| 24 | Popular recreation was more ‘ rational ’ in a bureaucratic sense and it was more respectable than before , but its pleasures remained deeply traditional : drinking and betting , chaffing your mates and cheering on the standard-bearers of your real or adopted territory . |
| 25 | I heard no more on the subject ; and if this meant that I had failed to persuade Eliot to devote precious time to reading the book , I was more relieved than otherwise . |
| 26 | He appears to have been pleased that someone was fostering the substance which so interested him , and went away with a sample of Oxford material , which was more potent than any he had himself prepared . |
| 27 | And the girl who begins rehearsing her Cinders role later this month , was more adamant than ever that she would sooner eke out a living in glass slippers than tennis shoes . |
| 28 | Pacemaking then was more predictable than now ; in a well-organised handicap someone like Wooderson always had a target just ahead . |
| 29 | She was more captivating than ever . |
| 30 | She had never changed her mind , and now she was more convinced than ever that she had been one hundred per cent correct . |