Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [adv] [adv] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | By using body weight through the mastfoot a good sailor will waterstart and sail his board more efficiently than a bad one . |
| 2 | As the man who first hired Penn for Vogue magazine and who encouraged him to create the colour still-life that launched his career as a photographer in 1943 , Liberman is also one who knows the artist and his work perhaps better than anyone . |
| 3 | He moved more heavily and slowly so that often they had to pause to allow him to keep up , and they rested for his sake more often than they would otherwise have done . |
| 4 | I can hear the two of them on the narrow stair outside , Summerchild placing his feet with ostentatious care on each step , bending his head rather further than is strictly necessary under the low ceiling , while Serafin demonstrates his effortless familiarity with such picturesque difficulties . |
| 5 | The feel of Chris 's body in his arms and the taste of her lips had gone to his head more powerfully than any wine . |
| 6 | There 's a saying that ‘ a man never reveals his character more vividly than when portraying the character of another ’ . |
| 7 | Affidavits should be filed by the applicant at least fourteen days before the hearing at which they are to be used so that the respondent can file his affidavit not later than seven days before the hearing ( r 7.8 ) . |
| 8 | In the meantime it is better to have tough regulation than none at all , and the consumer must have someone who can intervene on his behalf more effectively than in the past . |
| 9 | Artists sought his favour more often than they sought his wife 's , which is hardly surprising since he had more power and patronage to dispense . |
| 10 | They was impressed by his height more so than anything else . |
| 11 | From the other tables , Nicholas could see John 's face , red under its freckles , glancing his way more often than not . |
| 12 | Not only , said Nicky , was this proof positive of the Englishness — indeed the Lancashireness — of Griffiths 's voice , but Griffiths had also said that if cornered in future he would shoot his way out rather than submit to arrest — exactly what he did do . |
| 13 | Collins ' form has been as stable as his club 's progress has been erratic this season and the player feels he should have represented his country more often than he has done . |