Example sentences of "more [adj] than [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A. M. Fairbairn complained that the clergy had become ‘ more professional than social ’ and the Baptist C. F. Aked attacked ‘ the funny little assistant priest , who has taken the place of the old-fashioned curate ’ , the man who says |
| 2 | This all testifies to a growing recognition of corporate crime as a social problem , and a gradual , shocking realization that the victimization rate is higher and causes more suffering than conventional crime . |
| 3 | She had blundered into a suit that was much more solid than most . |
| 4 | Indeed she was more alert than many half her age . |
| 5 | This long-term change was far more striking than short-term cyclical variations brought about by political tensions or fluctuations in the general level of economic activity . |
| 6 | The first is that these contexts offer an inequality of educational opportunity even more striking than that evident ( and so commonly deplored ) between the primary schools themselves . |
| 7 | White flowers will look better than , say , red or blue blooms ; yellow leaves will be more striking than green foliage . |
| 8 | there is as much stability in aesthetic judgements as in ethical or political or philosophical or scientific ; [ and ] the reputations of poets and artists are not less but more assured than those of biologists or statesmen or metaphysicians . |
| 9 | This one 's more dry than that |
| 10 | More lyrical , more reliant on arias and set pieces than ‘ conversational dramatic music ’ , it is also more practicable than Cellini in Nelson 's view , posing fewer problems in terms of marshalling the forces . |
| 11 | In spite of the obvious gains in recent years — and no one could be more grateful than I to Robert Runcie and all he achieved — we now need a period of calmness , of peace , to grow and get on with the real work of caring for others and serving Christ in and through others . |
| 12 | You know the old saying there 's none more deaf than those who do not want to hear . ’ |
| 13 | It seemed louder , more raucous than usual , and she sighed at the prospect of another evening spent listening to the same arguments and bitter reproaches . |
| 14 | Furthermore , there are no logical grounds on which to argue that some changes are more inimical than other changes . |
| 15 | The Germanic culture of the South Saxons remained much more intact than that of the rest of the country . |
| 16 | The commercial misjudgment centred upon British Airways ' obstinately held belief that turbo jets were more economic than pure jets and were preferred by passengers . |
| 17 | Erm Roosevelt was er despite the er rather unusual route to the presidency , really rather a good president but he had a , he had a very particular view of the presidency which was one which he shared with Lincoln but he took up Lincoln 's arguments and , and developed it further and I quote from er Roosevelt 's autobiography , which is rather more revealing than most autobiographies , erm Roosevelt was n't modest I should say in case you , if you wonder when I read you something . |
| 18 | The requirement for shareholder consent , either by resolution or , formally , by their consent to the delegation of final decision-making power to the board , maintains the surface integrity of the ownership model , though certainly at least in the latter case shareholder consent is more hypothetical than real . |
| 19 | It was noted earlier that some physics students had had difficulty choosing between science and arts at A level , and these students , like those who had interests such as reading or music , were usually more broad-minded than those who had always regarded themselves as scientists ; for example |
| 20 | In this , continental European researchers have generally been more broad-minded than those in Britain , and it seems to me a view that should be adopted more widely . |
| 21 | He thought them ‘ … more frightful than any in Monmouthshire or Derbyshire , especially Penigent ( sic ) Hill ! ’ |
| 22 | Group size — small groups tend to be more cohesive than larger groups ; small groups tend to encourage full participation ; large groups contain greater diversity of talent . |
| 23 | They did not necessarily believe that employing such consultants was more cost-effective than in-house methods , just quicker and easier for an overseas branch . |
| 24 | ‘ A decent fruit cake is far more appetizing than cream cakes and French patisserie , ’ said Mr Christian . |
| 25 | Society reacted to it , the organs of law reacted to it and eventually but not as a result of direct cause and effect — it is something more subtle than that — it went out of fashion . |
| 26 | But it 's all rather more subtle than that . |
| 27 | But the dilemma is more subtle than that . |
| 28 | ‘ No , it 's more subtle than that . ’ |
| 29 | But of course , it is more subtle than that . |
| 30 | The action of the hands is much more subtle than this . |