Example sentences of "than [adv] [adj] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly , modern officials in the higher echelons of bureaucracy are involved in all stages of the policy-making process rather than just that of implementation . |
| 2 | If I respect your opinion in the arts , it will be because you are especially intelligent , more than usually perceptive of colour contrasts and harmonies , rhythms and vowel sequences , the shades of meaning of a word , the motives of a character , the ring of authentic or false feeling ; we shall not argue over tastes . |
| 3 | The energy content of fat is more than double that of protein and nearly three times as much as carbohydrate . |
| 4 | Not surprisingly , left idealist writers have been very reluctant to identify anything as being other than potentially indicative of leftist revolutionary consciousness . |
| 5 | Within a few minutes the basket was more than half full of food , and Mary was pouring the soup into the thermos . |