Example sentences of "at [noun] than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was younger at entry than either his predecessor ( Bonar Law ) or his successor ( Neville Chamberlain ) as leader of the Conservative Party , but older , and in most cases significantly so , than any other Prime Minister , of any party , of the past two hundred years . |
| 2 | AS THE talk develops , the strikers reveal their belief that there is more at stake than just their rights . |
| 3 | A social phenomenon of this magnitude suggests that more was at work than either the inadequacies or the moral heroism of a few individuals . |
| 4 | Pre-adolescents appear to be more at risk than either younger or older children . |
| 5 | More 16-year-olds are staying on at school than ever before — more than 50 per cent . |
| 6 | In 1773 she had 66 ships of the line : by 1780 , when she had 81 , she was stronger at sea than ever before in her history . |