Example sentences of "was [adv] [adj] than [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The gathering was rather smaller than Yorick had envisaged .
2 ‘ It was little better than murder , ’ Celia said fiercely .
3 What I did get away with was arguably worse than murder , and revealed for the first time something of what I was letting myself in for by getting involved with Karen Parsons .
4 The wearing of pig badges by a large group of staff , many of whom were members of middle management , after the Deputy Head , Peter Moors , had suggested that pork was less suitable than turkey for the school 's Christmas dinner , since it prevented Muslim boys from taking part .
5 He believed nothing should stand in the way of the security of the United States , and was less choosy than Congress about what means he took to preserve it .
6 However , it was linked by Mrs Thatcher , who suggested that it signified that the Irish Republic was less committed than Britain in bringing the IRA to account for their crimes : ‘ You take these murders of these four people today alongside the decisions in the Supreme Court not to extradite those accused of violent crime — and one is very , very depressed ’ .
7 She was less real than Juliet . ’
8 The survey is most interesting in contrasting works from before and during the Nazi period by sculptors whose development was less consistent than Freundlich 's .
9 But he was less successful than Ataturk in forging a strong national ideology .
10 It was cool under the canopy and there was less light than Rostov had expected .
11 Gelert was an extremely handsome dog , but his influence at stud was less marked than Superman .
12 For drinking purposes , he concluded that well-water , with possibilities of immediate pollution , was less desirable than river water , with its natural processes for purification .
13 It was less popular than Peter Rabbit because itat Christmas
14 The public 's ideas for providing full employment were coloured by the success of wartime planning , but they remained largely the notions of the years before the war , as Table 1 , compiled immediately following the publication of the Beveridge report in December 1942 , shows : a public works programme was mentioned four times as frequently as socialism , which was less popular than solutions based on reducing the amount of work to be done by individuals , and in the number wanting work .
15 It is probable that Germany was less wealthy than England in comparison to its size , and that it was easier for Henry I to recruit an army of mercenaries than for Henry V. For whatever reason , the contrast outlived our period .
16 Her friends 's reaction was less intense than Loretta 's had been .
17 The government 's official vengeance was less severe than Cumberland 's private campaign .
18 Warnie , incidentally , was less brave than Jack , and dutifully went up to fetch his palm , in an agony of embarrassment .
19 Lord Buckhurst even tried to argue , rather implausibly , that a patent of office quam diu se bene gesserit automatically became void on the misbehaviour of the holder , and that therefore this type of tenure was less secure than durante bene placito .
20 They had n't met but her intelligence service was obviously sharper than Coffin 's own .
21 Orwell 's point here was perhaps richer than Waugh 's , in the end , and richer simply because he was Orwell .
22 Water from Lambeth was much safer than water from Southwark further downstream .
23 Of course , it was much better than Danu as postings go .
24 She wanted to sit here , and stare at this view , which was much better than hospital .
25 Still — the cushions underneath him were definitely softer than wood , the wine in the wooden cup beside him was much tastier than sap , and there could be absolutely no comparison between a squirrel and the girl sitting before him , clasping her knees and watching him thoughtfully , unless mention was made of certain hints of furriness .
26 He was much heavier than I. We struggled and I fell , still holding the hand away .
27 He was much richer than Louis , able — as the French king was not — to hire large armies of mercenaries and to reduce his leading vassals , the Counts of Flanders , Boulogne and Blois for example , to a position of neutrality by paying them substantial pensions .
28 Machinery was much scarcer than land , as has been seen .
29 From his study of geology he knew that the world was much older than Archbishop Ussher 's absurd calculation .
30 He was much older than Lever and his friends , his dark hair tied back in two long pigtails .
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