Example sentences of "than [adj] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would , for example , take more than that to see in detail its museums and art galleries , for Winterthur is world famous as an arts centre , a town which has been lucky in its collectors and benefactors . |
| 2 | My Gothic brackets required legs thicker than usual to correspond to stone pillars . |
| 3 | in real terms — which is more than adequate to allow for demography and renewed pressures on local authorities . |
| 4 | Unfortunately most agents are more than willing to bow to pressure from landlords and tenants who insist that confidentiality clauses are inserted into any deal , no matter how small . |
| 5 | He had been well aware that she would dearly love to have been one of his girlfriends , more than willing to go to bed with him had he given her any encouragement , and was resentful of his relationship with Liza . |
| 6 | People on higher incomes may use quite a wide range of credit sources , but are less likely than average to buy on mail order , much less likely to use HP , and very much more likely to use bank credit cards , bank loans and overdrafts . |
| 7 | Thus , selecting cases needs to be done on the basis of theoretically informed criteria rather than those to do with representativeness . |