Example sentences of "[prep] [det] than [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Russia , whatever big Boris Yeltsin may be — and you only have to look at him to know more about that than you want to — he is no Gorbachev . |
| 2 | Do n't make more out of this than you have to . |
| 3 | Sailors in the US Navy of the 1920s who returned from leave with more than they bargained for after dallying with the local ladies faced a set medical routine laid down in The Medical Annual : |
| 4 | ‘ Knowing James , you may end up with more than you bargained for . ’ |
| 5 | If you have owned your property for a number of years , it will probably be worth more than you paid for it . |
| 6 | But Jim says his firm had to settle for less than they expected over work on the Minister 's home in Putney , south-west London . |
| 7 | That does not mean plummeting house prices — the old adage about most people simply refusing to move rather than sell their house for less than they paid for it remains as true as ever . |
| 8 | But his bank wants their money back ; the business will be sold for less than he paid for it , and Peter will be left with debts running into six figures |
| 9 | Having said this , let me try to make clear what I do not mean to be claiming in this section , lest I be taken to be arguing for more than I intend to be . |
| 10 | Moneymen hope that parliament will act faster on this than it has on company-law reform . |