Example sentences of "greater [noun] than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A notice is preferable as it imposes greater protection than a caution ( which can be warned off ) but requires the consent of the landlord as the land certificate will need to be placed on deposit for the purpose of registration . |
| 2 | I have always felt chastened by an academic maxim that there is no greater error than a problem wrongly stated . |
| 3 | The autistic child may have any of these abilities to a considerably greater degree than a child of higher or even very high intelligence . |
| 4 | Jamie Marston , the youngest competitor , struggled hard to make headway in a leaking canoe borrowed from the host club while Peter Weeks showed much greater confidence than a year ago when he was the youngest sailor . |
| 5 | Most library suppliers produce ‘ library editions ’ of fiction by buying up sets of book sheets from the publishers , adding double strength reinforcing and laminating the dust jackets on to their own boards — the end result having far greater durability than a publisher 's casing , and avoiding the need for binding after a couple of years ' use . |
| 6 | A plea of honest belief that a girl is above 16 is thus far more likely to be pleaded and with far greater success than a plea of honest belief in consent on a rape charge . |
| 7 | The Palmers were city merchants , who bought respectability with the Wiston estates ; the Bowyers of North Mundham began as ‘ grocers ’ , though on a rather greater scale than a corner shop . |
| 8 | To a greater extent than a human in a similar gathering each rabbit , as he pursued his own fragment , was sensitive to the trend of the whole . |