Example sentences of "than [adv] the [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The parties can make provision in the agreement for a different measure of damages which , for example , may be appropriate if the acquirer is to invest large amounts of money in the offeree and hence could lose much more than merely the purchase consideration . |
2 | We are proposing , along with Cotte , that let evokes much more than merely the speech act of giving permission : it signifies giving an event access to existence , permitting something by not intervening to obstruct its being accomplished . |
3 | We 've talked a lot about the Gardener Centre , but of course the university is a much bigger place than just the Gardener Centre . |
4 | The profit diagrams for options ( Figs 7.5 and 7.6 ) are a little more complex than those for securities as the profit is dependent on more than just the share price at expiry ( S ) . |
5 | Thus , for example , in deciding to build a new school there will be other departments than just the education department involved . |
6 | Erm I should like to reinforce and supplement what er Mr Donson has said er from the house building point of view perhaps with a broader perspective of er development than just the house building industry . |
7 | He said the order , set up in 1099 as a religious order , was much more than just the ambulance service . |
8 | Indeed , the whole is considered to constitute more than just the sum total of its parts . |
9 | This means that each job is learned completely and thoroughly , but I could n't help thinking that a few musicians and/or luthiers at strategic points around the factory would n't go amiss — groundworkers who actually understand how a guitar works and who could spot problems from the playing perspective , rather than just the engineering view . |
10 | Pearson 's agent comments : ‘ Pugwash is more than just the signature tune , and it 's not just the accordion . |
11 | It 'll be a bigger bone than a bigger bone than ever the poll tax was . |
12 | The Wakefield firm has launched an agreed cash offer of 160p a share — more than double the market price — which values Stag at £12.35m . |
13 | Yet still the Prussians delayed introducing expropriation to Pomerania until May 1912 lest they provoke an uprising , and while they bought up only four estates totalling over 6,624 hectares of land , they paid more than double the market rate . |
14 | I found that the power-management features could more than double the battery life . |
15 | DRIVING at more than double the speed limit cost a young Newton Valence woman her driving licence . |
16 | His view that letting children run in and out of busy airports smartly avoiding the traffic is perfectly reasonable depends upon a conception of a child which is far narrower than even the sex divide . |
17 | CCETSW has outdone SSDs in attracting more resources and has printed more forgettable publications than even the VAT office . |
18 | Using a magnetometer , they found that only in the bones of the sinuses was magnetic remanence more than twice the background level — and in those bones it was up to 13 times background . |
19 | The UK government will issue health warnings about low-level ozone pollution only when it reaches 200 parts per billion — more than twice the safety threshold of 75 parts per billion set by the World Health Organization ( WHO ) . |
20 | They will have very much more money available to lend than either the Co-op Bank or Girobank . |