Example sentences of "[vb pp] than [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both types of survey show a far higher figure for crimes committed than do the official statistics produced by the police . |
| 2 | It is necessary for the reader 's initiation into James 's world that he should hold his convictions in suspense , ie he should be aware that more things are hidden than have yet been shown . |
| 3 | Between elections the paramount need for any Home Secretary is to maintain the support of his own party members , a task made harder in each of the major parties by the fact that local party workers often hold more extreme views on what should be done than do Ministers . |
| 4 | I would rather have died than let the Parsons see where I lived . |
| 5 | No , I 'll offer you no advice , for you 'd rather be damned than heed it . ’ |
| 6 | Moving cells around the sheet is done by a similar drag ‘ n ’ drop process , but it 's less well implemented than Excel 's . |
| 7 | Although many more ancient monuments and ruins existed than survive today , they were either thought of as relatively recent ruins or natural phenomena , or else they were explained away as having been made by gods or legendary heroes . |
| 8 | It could be that a researcher 's first paper takes longer to be accepted and published than do papers by established scientists who have had access to the research data of their more junior colleagues . |