Example sentences of "than the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gwynne suggests that this aspect has been neglected by researchers , who have concentrated on street pedlars and garbage pickers rather than the small-scale manufacturing sector , which does have the potential for growth ( Gwynne 1985 ) . |
| 2 | Coins rained down on to the stage , and accepting their payment caused her more embarrassment than the impromptu show she was putting on . |
| 3 | Not only had the reception of The Family Reunion been altogether more favourable than the ill-started attempt in 1939 , but both this play and Murder in the Cathedral were to be performed at the first Edinburgh Festival in the following year . |
| 4 | Cheaper than the do-it-yourself shop up Brady 's ? |
| 5 | ‘ Was blacker than the sable Moor : |
| 6 | But then so might that of the writer of the story , who may be less obedient than the gentile reader immediately recognises . |
| 7 | It is probably true that , indeed , ‘ in this period there is no major occupational group more worthy of compassion than the rural labourer ’ . |
| 8 | My attitude is that somebody has to do the job and if I get bumped off , I have experienced much more than the average bloke . |
| 9 | The average pensioner is 32% better off in real terms than the average pensioner in 1979 . |
| 10 | The average Cuban in the United States has better moral values and more love for the family than the average American . |
| 11 | I personally do n't believe that the average English citizen is any less proud of their own country than the average American . |
| 12 | Her fluency resulted in almost 100 books ; Flaubert 's entire output fits one volume no fatter than the average airport blockbuster . |
| 13 | She slipped into a frock made of less tape than the average cassette . |
| 14 | ‘ Guerillas In Tha Mist ’ is not a great album by Ice Cube 's standards , but it 's still stronger than the average hardcore LP . |
| 15 | Note that the average payment following the optimal strategy is around three times greater than the average payment following the myopic strategy . |
| 16 | Because New York in the summer was too hot even for the natives , shows would close for a couple of months when the Girls would be sent home for a holiday on half pay , which was better than the average salary in Britain . |
| 17 | THE average radiation exposure to a Sellafield site worker is now less than the average dose which people in the United Kingdom receive every year from natural radiation sources . |
| 18 | There are people out there who 've got problems that are bigger than the average household can deal with and erm I think , therefore , we 're looking for more institutionalized forms of help and folks like this particular character — I almost said his name — almost need to be made to accept that kind of help . |
| 19 | In areas of resistant rocks the wavecut platform ( Plate 27 ) , although often showing some degree of concavity , may be considerably flatter than the average sand and shingle beach . |
| 20 | ‘ They have to be tougher than the average kid , I do n't like losers , but once they 're into boxing it takes them off the streets , away from the drugs and alcohol , ’ said Lol , 57 . |
| 21 | It is true that there is also a chance that the individual plaintiff may live longer than the average expectation of life . |
| 22 | Election ‘ 92 : ‘ A lot less tiring than the average day in Downing Street ’ |
| 23 | ‘ It 's been a lot less tiring than the average day in Downing Street , ’ he said yesterday . |
| 24 | Now , of course , we are told that council tenants pay more , on average , than the average mortgagee pays in repayments . |
| 25 | It may mean that the mentally handicapped child will be dependent on other people , including its parents , more than the average child . |
| 26 | Robertson Nicoll , with his journalistic exuberance , boasted in 1902 that ‘ the average Dissenting minister has … a better literary and theological culture than the average minister of the Church [ of England ] ’ who were ‘ the worst educated [ ministry ] in this country ’ . |
| 27 | T. B. You 're walking slower than the average person , when you 're first about . |
| 28 | Running 26.2 miles is further than the average person achieves in a lifetime and you 've done it in around four hours or less writes . |
| 29 | Psychological studies have confirmed this : the more advanced students have much less aggressive personalities than the average person . |
| 30 | I had always suspected him of being rather more solid than the average person and this collision provided complete confirmation . |