Example sentences of "than [pron] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be better than nothing for the pheasants . |
| 2 | She cared less than nothing for the privileges of the housewife ; the old woman could have kept the keys for ever , and Julian would have been indifferent . |
| 3 | She 's worse than you for the bingo . |
| 4 | Free impasto work will require a different type of brush than one for the application of thin washes . |
| 5 | The wily captain 's luck was holding in more ways than one for the customs search team found that one of the French shells had ricochetted down an alleyway , through the door of the Captain 's cabin and had embedded itself in the leg of a table where the occupant would have been sitting . |
| 6 | " The Moslem Brothers , who are more anxious than anyone for the stability of Egypt and the welfare of its citizens adhere to legal means in their preaching and the defence of their right to undertake activities to realise their goals , " he said . |