Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the tunes are noodling , familiar and limp rather than languid . |
| 2 | On the other hand , churches with poor workmanship , of small size , and altered rather than rebuilt , may well indicate poor localities , or a lack of interest in the church . |
| 3 | Partially-sighted Mr Clarke , 72 , had been tied up and stabbed more than 40 times . |
| 4 | Her intention had been to move nowhere — that everything necessary would be said here , and then she 'd back off and disappear faster than Joe could follow . |
| 5 | However , unlike Mills they see professional groups as losing their power and influence rather than as joining the power elite . |
| 6 | How can it be that here , on a north-facing cliff , with nothing between it and the North pole and situated more than 300 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle , the vegetation can look like that . |
| 7 | ONE OF the amazing aspects of the crisis caused by the decision of the government to close over half the pits , and make more than 30,000 miners redundant , was their apparent surprise at the reaction of the people of the country . |
| 8 | But we all seem to feel that way now , perhaps because our century is dying ; certainly more biography and autobiography is reviewed and read today than any other genre . |
| 9 | They held Grimma in awe because of the way she shouted at the men and read better than anyone . |
| 10 | This is not only because of the harmful effects they can have on the physical self but also because the need for them indicates a severe deficiency in the emotional self — a deficiency which needs to be helped and treated rather than disguised . |
| 11 | Despite their chefs ' and St Trinians outfits , they managed to clamber up poles and leap over jumps in relay and raise more than £400 for charity . |
| 12 | Some years ago , W. G. Hoskins argued that the Domesday Book entries for Devon referred to hamlets and farmsteads rather than villages , and that any particular vill comprised a whole series of villein farms . |
| 13 | Thus this demanding people are reminded of the demands made of them , and given more than a hint of how terrible the consequences will be , if those demands are not met . |
| 14 | Turning the pages together , they read what Luce Weston had written , getting a clear picture of someone who had loved more than she 'd hated , and given more than she 'd taken . |
| 15 | She tossed her head , sending the silky swath of hair tumbling over her shoulders , and sensed rather than saw the sudden shift of emotion away from anger to a raw wild passion that stole her breath and made her legs go weak . |
| 16 | Old age becomes something to be dreaded and endured rather than enjoyed by the individual . |
| 17 | In the rather fresher air of rural areas the poor were healthier and lived longer than the urban poor , who suffered from the ravages of urban atmospheric pollution , overcrowding and unhealthy working conditions . |
| 18 | It aims to elaborate and refine rather than overturn ; it is evolutionary rather than revolutionary . |
| 19 | Mohammed Azharuddin 's side have bowled , batted , caught and fought better than England . |
| 20 | Conclusions about coping responses which have a protective effect against a wide range of events are more easily obtained when the events are likely to be associated with acute anxiety and fear rather than depression ( e.g. Jaremko , 1983 ) . |
| 21 | Ian Lang can not remain complacently sitting on his hands in the face of an economic crisis which is damaging all our communities and condemning more than 80,000 Scots to long-term unemployment , ’ he said . |
| 22 | The suggested settlement , known as a multi-function polis ( MFP ) , was sponsored by Japan and involved more than 100 Japanese companies . |
| 23 | The Daily Post survey was carried out by independent market researchers and involved more than 400 parents and teachers . |
| 24 | It 's wider , has more leg room and reclines further than ever before . |
| 25 | As well as offering 21 standard items , the company makes specialist pastas for customers and has more than 500 specialist lines . |
| 26 | The chicks have taken Indian names after regions of their natural habitat , Sisquoc was born on 30 March and has more than doubled his weight of 201.9 grams . |
| 27 | The capital stands on both sides of a river , and has more than eighty thousand houses . |
| 28 | The University ( formerly the City of London Polytechnic ) is in the heart of Britain 's business community and has more than 25 years experience of teaching English for Business Purposes . |
| 29 | The total of people out of work for a year rose by 75,000 in the three months to January and has more than doubled since it started increasing in October 1987 . |
| 30 | Many mothers with parenting difficulties had a long history of emotional problems themselves , and seemed generally lacking in sensitivity to their children 's anxieties and needs rather than deficient in specific child management techniques . |