Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] than [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Acknowledge people when you arrive rather than slinking into a corner . |
| 2 | The Group 's oil and gas reserves position more than doubled through the Ultramar acquisition , reaching over 1.1 billion boe of commercial reserves at the end of 1991 . |
| 3 | It appears that the squares enclosed a central roundel bordered by a band of wave-crest pattern : indeed , they dominate rather than contribute to the structure and must , originally , have greatly influenced determined the effect of the pavement on the spectator . |
| 4 | The profit beat City expectations and the shares , which have more than doubled in the past year , rose 5 to 71p . |
| 5 | Cases of malignant melanoma have more than doubled in the last 10 years in countries with a fair-skinned population . |