Example sentences of "[adj] than death " in BNC.
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1 | In the tightly-knit Victorian family , this prospect of permanent separation was more terrible than death itself . |
2 | More vital than death — death here seems a superficiality |
3 | She wanted to talk about something other than death and danger . |
4 | Section 4 of the UCTA subjects any such counter-indemnity granted by a consumer to the test of reasonableness , so that in cases other than death or personal injury the situation is identical to that subsisting under s 2(2) but this left the operation of s 2 ( 1 ) unclear in relation to a counter-indemnity granted by a consumer in respect of death or personal injury suffered by himself . |
5 | Insurance considerations will not be very relevant in deciding whether to exclude liability ( for loss or damage other than death or personal injury ) to a consumer to the extent that it is regarded as reasonable under s 4 and permitted under s 2(2) . |
6 | Todorov makes the work of art in James 's stories the supreme and exemplary form of absence : it is more essential than the hidden secrets , more accessible than the ghosts , more material than death . |
7 | I mistrust a literature that finds suicide more significant than death , and a man 's inability to communicate more sorry than the frenzy of his need to . |