Example sentences of "than [adv] [art] [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But on a much longer time-scale , involving thousands of years , they behave differently and can ‘ flow ’ like a highly-viscous liquid , millions of times more viscous than even the stickiest treacle . |
| 2 | No wonder Milton was aware that the ways of God needed more justifying than even the greatest of English epics could contrive to do ; and Paradise Lost , as Empson believed , is a poem more than occasionally conscious of the ultimate injustice of the dogma of atonement , and it thrives poetically on its contradictions . |
| 3 | ( 2 ) When the clothing lasts far longer than even the best quality jeans , and costs no more , how will the agents maintain a business based on clothes bought near enough once in a lifetime ? ( 3 ) Is anyone stupid enough to want to wear heavy-duty , fur-lined , withstands-bloody-cold-arctic-conditions clothing in the summer ? |
| 4 | The years have been kind to Irene , though she 's still a lot more tired and worn than even the roughest of our nurses . |
| 5 | What would happen if he took the glass from her hand and kissed her parted lips Harry glimpsed in that instant , prefigured in the alluring darkness of her dress , darker , it seemed , than even the deepest of the shadows around them . |
| 6 | At the lower end of the scale the items may be far shoddier than even the cheapest village or nomadic rug ; at the higher end , one can find work of the most outstanding calibre and sophistication . |