Example sentences of "for [adj -er] than [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an attempt to assess the differences in work by Women as contrasted to that by men , Rothenberg stated in an interview with Aupling , that ‘ if there was one factor that I think women artists allow for better than men , it is the rendering of the world , truely I think , as more various . |
| 2 | It is only possible to assert that work begun with a lifting of the heart is likely to go on for longer than work begun with a contracting of the stomach , that work done with a lifting of the heart will develop further than work done with a contracting of the stomach , but there is nothing to indicate that the small amount of work which is the result of a contracting of the stomach will not be better than the large amount of work done with a lifting of the heart , than the rich development which is the likely result of work undertaken with a lifting of the heart , always bearing in mind , wrote Harsnet , and Goldberg , poring over the pages covered in his friend 's tiny handwriting , wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve , glanced up at the sheet in his typewriter , always bearing in mind , he typed ( as Harsnet had written ) , that better and worse are relative terms , and that one man 's better is another man 's worse , one age 's better is another age 's worse , one civilization 's better is another civilization 's worse , better , worse , relative values , scribbled Goldberg in the margin , always bearing in mind , wrote Harsnet , that in the long run it all comes to the same thing , long run , scribbled Goldberg in the margin , same thing . |
| 3 | When I started travelling extensively in trains ( 1966 ) , which tend to go faster for longer than bicycle , car or bus , I could think better . |
| 4 | When choosing several varieties , remember that cross-pollination may be important and that some fruits store for longer than others . |
| 5 | Some royal mortuary cults were maintained for longer than others and a few kings became the subject of special worship , amongst whom were Amenophis I with his mother queen Ahmose-Nefertari as patron gods of the Theban necropolis , Sesostris III in Nubia , Amenemhat III in the Fayum , Amenophis III at Soleb , and Ramesses II at Abu Simbel and as patron of soldiers in the East Delta . |
| 6 | The routes have been trodden by generation after generation of their kind , for longer than man can remember , with only the slightest variations . |
| 7 | The idea that an industry could leave behind a polluting aftermath for longer than civilization has been in existence has made the waste issue one of the strongest strands in the antinuclear case . |
| 8 | In general , long shots run for longer than close-ups because they contain more information for the eye to take in , and an average length might be ten to fifteen seconds . |
| 9 | But a third group , induced to feel purringly happy , remained blocked up for longer than patients who had no treatment at all . |
| 10 | Therefore it does not look as though the explanation of the action clients ' failure to be supported at home for longer than control samples is due to their more problematic home care potential ( at least as far as the characteristics described above are concerned ) . |