Example sentences of "[prep] us than the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jesus Christ , Piper , our guns are better at inflicting casualties on us than the Germans . ’ |
| 2 | The early feminists make more of an impression on us than the overwhelming mass of their contemporary sisters who took it for granted that their place in society would be one of legal and social inequality to men . |
| 3 | ‘ He 's more precious to us than the crown jewels . ’ |
| 4 | In the event , the military offered rather less opposition to us than the Iraqis did to them : which was a mixed blessing . |
| 5 | Nothing could have been worse for us than the children having to suffer and , thankfully , so far they have not had to . |
| 6 | Perhaps an even greater shock for us than the small population , tiny towns and scattered rural communities is the shape of the countryside ; the physical geography seems to be different . |
| 7 | While it may be exaggerating to say that the Scottish Office is anti-cycling , it has in the past done far less for us than the local authorities have , and despite changes of public opinion the Scottish Office still views cycling as a ( road safety ) problem instead of a solution to traffic congestion which is healthy ( cf. the BMA Report , ‘ Cycling : Towards Health and Safety ’ , 1992 ) , cheap , quick and pollution-free . |