Example sentences of "than [pron] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely someone moving toward the light ought to measure it traveling at a higher speed than someone moving in the same direction as the light ; yet the experiment showed that both observers would measure exactly the same speed . |
| 2 | ‘ Much nicer than I expected from the particulars , ’ she added . |
| 3 | I 've never been to Germany since , never seen anymore of it than I saw from the air that day in 1945 , and I ca n't say I 've ever wanted to . |
| 4 | I dropped down from the loch only to find that the terrain was considerably steeper than I recalled on the way up , although the compass said I was doing fine . |
| 5 | Remember , these are rest days in your training , so you can always do less than I recommend in the specific schedules . |
| 6 | I went back at a slow run , glowing with energy and feeling even better than I had at the start of the Run . |
| 7 | His interest and concern calmed me and sitting in his study at the back of the church I felt more at peace than I had in a long time . |
| 8 | I am not mad , most noble Festus , but in sober sadness I have suffered this day more bodily pain than I had before a conception of . |
| 9 | He has words of praise for the RSNO Chorus , which he says has ‘ sounded better than I remember in a long time ’ in the initial rehearsals of a work new to all concerned . |
| 10 | I gained infinitely more than I lost from the experience . |
| 11 | For that flicker of uncertainty , I begin to like her again , better than I have since the days of the Great Succubus Strike . |
| 12 | ‘ You do n't seem to have any more clout with your two friends than I have with the three of you . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I feel better about the market now than I have for a long time , ’ he said . |
| 14 | ‘ I saw Everton more times in the last few months of last season than I have for a long time . ’ |
| 15 | So erm I 'm looking forward to this season much more than I have for a long time , so I ca n't wait , wherever I end up , we 'll have to see , but erm I 'm looking forward to it anyway . |
| 16 | Even if she did claim to know who it was we 'd find it difficult to convince a judge , without far more proof than I have at the moment . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Better than I have in a long time . ’ |
| 18 | I learned more about coaching sprinters by reading this book than I have in the past 30 years in the sport . |
| 19 | I think I 've been up and down to the Big Smoke more times since Christmas than I have in the past two years — and the jaunt next weekend — at long last Mark & I have managed to use a Boots free train ticket voucher — two of us for £45.55 — Baaargain ! |
| 20 | ‘ I 've just found myself usually more affected by the clichés in pop , in art , in life , than I have by the … ‘ |
| 21 | ‘ My swing has not really had to alter , but I am probably hitting my drives 20 yards shorter and I 'm needing two or three irons longer than I needed before the accident . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ There 's no-one in the world that thinks more than I do about every goddam f—ing thing that happens with us . ’ |
| 23 | erm I 'd like to be able to present something in front of me which prompts me a bit better than I do at the moment I tend to get lost in what 's in front of me . |
| 24 | It 's because I like the way the note A sounds on the top string better than I do on the second , but I like A on the second string better than I do on the third , and so on . |
| 25 | It 's because I like the way the note A sounds on the top string better than I do on the second , but I like A on the second string better than I do on the third , and so on . |
| 26 | Someone once said he 'd have known me anywhere by the voice but he 'd have passed me by in the street on account I look much better in person than I do on the telly . |
| 27 | She 's very concerned and the present line partial though it be , represents a a blight situation on that , on the , on potential er occupants of that line and certainly erm I find myself more in in er agreement with Darcy 's views than I do with the other two councillors of East Grinstead , that 's not er not secret |
| 28 | I feel more in common with the Reverend William Paley than I do with the distinguished modern philosopher , a well-known atheist , with whom I once discussed the matter at dinner . |
| 29 | I actually feel more at home in Britain and in the States and France than I do in the North . |
| 30 | ‘ I was given such a very early start in the game and looking back now I think of it as an even more remarkable achievement than I did at the time , ’ says Dozzell . |