Example sentences of "with [adj] [noun] than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | for physics there is only one true measurement from any one position , and it can be more accurate than ever before ; writing and painting communicate look and feel from a viewpoint with more sophistication than ever before ; with a Cubist vision which constructs reality from the different facets exposed from different angles one is better orientated than ever before . |
| 2 | She cradled the phone with more force than strictly necessary , just as Jack Lawrence strolled past in his black leather gear . |
| 3 | ‘ No sooner is the dish empty than it is filled again — and with more food than before ! ’ |
| 4 | Announcing the changes in a Commons written answer , Lord James said that planned spending on legal aid would still rise by 40 per cent over the next three years , in spite of the changes , with more people than ever being granted legal aid . |
| 5 | A new race of novelists may result , making it possible to refute with more confidence than hitherto B. S. Johnson 's fear that the British novel has never fulfilled the huge potential created by the irruption of modernism into the literature of the twentieth century . |
| 6 | Since the human eye moves horizontally with less fatigue than vertically , the cone of vision tends to be flattened . |
| 7 | The economic climate on Merseyside is now very conducive to development … enabling us to define preferred strategies with greater flexibility than hitherto . ’ |
| 8 | The strengthened assertion ( " wo n't " vs. " would n't want to " ) and the build-up to a climax are already there in B's turn even without the code switch from London English to Creole : " fresh air " is mentioned three times , each time with greater prominence than before , and the overall impression is of a crescendo which reaches its climax with the final " fresh air " . |
| 9 | These tutors are to be empowered with greater responsibility than previously when new membership standards are instituted . |
| 10 | Some psychologists are now investigating , with greater interest than previously , phenomenological and transpersonal experience . |
| 11 | Wordsworth was soon writing verse with greater confidence than ever before . |
| 12 | When he stood up , brushing his hands , the dogs came at him , barking with greater confidence than before , as if they had learnt his secret and wanted to tell . |
| 13 | He was even more of a Catholic fanatic than Charles had been , and under his rule , the persecutions against the Nonconformists were continued with greater vigour than ever . |
| 14 | Social attitudes demanded that the politician who aspired to a county interest should handle his constituents with greater care than merely bargaining for votes . |