Example sentences of "for [pron] than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've got more time for him than either our lot or the Americans , ’ he added bitterly . |
| 2 | Andy Macdonald has more going for him than merely the fact that he stands 6ft 8in . |
| 3 | I have more respect for her than ever and feel a great sadness that she could only explore these things once the marriage was over . |
| 4 | It has become a cliche that Mexico 's government has more academically competent economists and technocrats working for it than practically any country . |
| 5 | It 's not wrong or odd to be different , in fact it 's far wiser to think things out for yourself than just to blindly and unthinkingly follow the crowd . |
| 6 | Nursing students are now more accustomed to researching information for themselves than perhaps you were used to , and to asking pertinent questions . |
| 7 | It 'll be healthier for 'im than here . ’ |
| 8 | The Spirit is his parting gift to the Church to make his presence as real to them as if they were listening to him teaching beside the Sea of Galilee : and the Spirit can do more for us than ever Jesus could have done had we been his contemporaries . |