Example sentences of "than the [adj] " 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 | The game of cricket was greater than them and greater than the rowdy , biased barrackers and all the other rights or wrongs . |
| 7 | Troll is a technological challenge since it lies in 340 metres which is 150 metres more than the deepest producing well in the North Sea , on the BP Magnus Field . |
| 8 | But then so might that of the writer of the story , who may be less obedient than the gentile reader immediately recognises . |
| 9 | The towns were thus much larger than the rural villages , and they were to expand even more once the temples were built . |
| 10 | It is probably true that , indeed , ‘ in this period there is no major occupational group more worthy of compassion than the rural labourer ’ . |
| 11 | The urban districts of Exeter and Plymouth and the partly urbanized Tiverton District have far higher proportions of council-rented accommodation than the rural districts . |
| 12 | Similarly , the City area has far more family centres than the rural areas . |
| 13 | NICO , PATTI SMITH , The Stooges , Jonathan Richman , La Monte Young , John Cage , Nick Drake , Eno , Squeeze , Happy Mondays — John Cale 's CV is studded with the most intriguing of collaborations ; he has traversed more ground and confused more expectations than the average musician has a right to . |
| 14 | As this was higher than the average rate over such a period that had been experienced at any historical time , something had to be done . |
| 15 | These regions , known as tribal agencies , are where Afghan and Pakistani opium is made into heroin , often in laboratories no bigger than the average bathroom . |
| 16 | This is substantially higher than the average yield of shares quoted on the Stock Exchange . |
| 17 | Over the same distance , people use two and a half times more energy ( per kilogram of their bulk ) than the average camel . |
| 18 | The average Cuban in the United States has better moral values and more love for the family than the average American . |
| 19 | 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 ’ . |
| 20 | Election ‘ 92 : ‘ A lot less tiring than the average day in Downing Street ’ |
| 21 | ‘ It 's been a lot less tiring than the average day in Downing Street , ’ he said yesterday . |
| 22 | All pipes connections are concealed within the length to give a neat appearance , and the surface temperature is much lower than the average radiator , so it is safe to touch and needs no bulky enclosures . |
| 23 | It may mean that the mentally handicapped child will be dependent on other people , including its parents , more than the average child . |
| 24 | However , as you are leading a more active life than the average man , you need to take this into account when calculating your energy requirement . |
| 25 | As such , they are less sluggish than the average band . |
| 26 | I 'd always suspected big-wave riders had to have more cojones than the average human being , and there was at least one of that species who seemed to bear out my hypothesis . |
| 27 | For many of these species it is possible to keep them indoors in conditions which are very much better than the average conditions that are used now . |
| 28 | Psychics can often see the auras of women more clearly , possibly because women tend to express their emotions more easily than the average man . |
| 29 | A roster for crusts had to be started as these contained more bread than the average thin slice . |
| 30 | Which towns will need more than the average number of ( i ) schools and ( ii ) hospitals and nursing homes ? |