Example sentences of "than [adj] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the left a businessman is dictating a letter to be typed , pedalling at a treadle-powered Graphophone to give better speed control than possible with a hand-crank . |
| 2 | Suddenly you might find yourself crying more than usual over a sad — or even a happy — television programme , book or film . |
| 3 | In addition , agents may charge slightly more commission than usual for a successful sale . |
| 4 | Exercises that increase stamina are those that require you to breath slightly more heavily than usual for a prolonged period of time ( say , an exercise session of thirty minutes or so ) . |
| 5 | The crowd around the old fellow 's barrow seemed larger than usual for a Saturday morning and I could n't work out why there was such a hush the moment I showed up . |
| 6 | KNICKERS are being twisted even more than usual in a recent Bulletin of the British Psychological Society ( vol 35 , p 329 et seq . ) . |
| 7 | I would like to extend this idea and suggest that in larger homes there are likely to be groups of residents with particular needs requiring appropriate provision , such as those with severe physical disability , considerable mental infirmity , ethnic minority elders more estranged than usual in a residential environment , and those who are terminally ill or dying . |
| 8 | ‘ No more than usual in a prison this size , ’ the Governor answered without looking at the other man . |
| 9 | On the contrary , unions appear to have been more effective and even the loss of trade union membership may be a consequence of the inability of the unemployed trade unionists to pay their unions fees rather than due to a loss of sympathy with the unions . |
| 10 | Samuel Johnson , the lexicographer and wit was among those who , given the mortality rates of seamen and their privations on board , thought it nothing less than cruel for a father to take Campbell 's advice and commit his son to a life at sea . |
| 11 | ‘ They hired a sieve analysis company to take the cuttings and analyse the different grain sizes — giving us a much more accurate description of the reservoir than normal at an early stage ’ . |
| 12 | Returning to the circuit it became apparent that it would be wise to fly a larger pattern than normal for a microlight type aircraft , because of the good glide ratio , and I was advised to throttle back and fly at around 45 knots . |
| 13 | If they do this slowly then production will be higher than normal for a number of periods until stocks of goods are back at their optimal level . |
| 14 | One way is to realize that the uncertainty principle allows particles to travel faster than light for a short distance . |
| 15 | Too much sunlight might impress upon me the idea of how much more agreeable it would be out of doors rather than hunched over a sheet of almost blank paper . |
| 16 | Limited , until recently , to an A4 sheet and with some initial problems in terms of RIP reliability it may have been but the output quality is more than adequate for a wide range of documents . |
| 17 | This is more than adequate for an SLR unit . |
| 18 | The quality of output from a page printer is more than adequate for an instant print shop to use as the master for a bulk run either through a copier or proper printing . |
| 19 | Norris 's book is , in fact , more than adequate as a title in a series on Modern Masters . |
| 20 | The woman searches — though these days she does n't know it , matters of procreation being so far from anyone 's thoughts — for a good father for her young , adequate in looks , more than adequate as a provider ; the man searches for a good , kind and competent mother for his children , not such a dog as to make copulation a problem — both settle for the best he or she can do . |
| 21 | There was slight muddying of some tones , and the bass end could be made so heavy that it wiped out the rest of the mix , but with some careful EQ'ing during mixdown I ended up with a result which would be more than acceptable as a demo tape . |
| 22 | A levels are notoriously less than perfect as a vehicle for showing this . |
| 23 | ‘ ECT is usually left to junior members of the staff … with little training and guidance ’ , A leading psychiatrist in the field told New Scientist that ‘ the commonest misuse of ECT is on people who are really unhappy , distressed or sad , rather than ill with a depressive illness . ’ |
| 24 | If externalism is a sound stance , then the argument from error is irrelevant ; for it does no more than elaborate on a defective ( though traditional ) approach to epistemology or if it does more , it succeeds only in showing how that defective approach must lead to scepticism . |
| 25 | At any rate , the evocation of Mediterranean sunlight and simple summer pleasures is more than welcome on a chilly Glasgow night . |
| 26 | Needle-knife papillotomy is probably a safer option than pre-cutting with a sphincterotome where the wire emerges from the end , as the direction of the cut is easier to control with the needle-knife and there is less danger of damage to the pancreatic duct . |
| 27 | Never more than competent as a draughtsman himself , Kempe was adept at selecting and training young designers and craftsmen to carry out schemes under his direction . |
| 28 | If intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation is to be used it should perhaps be introduced early in the management of such patients to prevent inexorable deterioration in renal function , rather than late in an effort to reverse such deterioration . |
| 29 | In this play , Miller shows the danger of over-protection and illustrates how this can do more harm than good to a young adult . |
| 30 | And there must be a serious question mark against the massive powers acquired by the holder of the office of Secretary of State , which may be thought less than healthy in a democracy normally dependent on a system of checks and balances . |