Example sentences of "[noun sg] than [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mares carrying their first fetus produce much higher levels of antibodies if the fetus is a horse than if it is a mule , the exact opposite of what one would expect . |
| 2 | So if you are producing a Victorian mystery , for instance , you would do well to think of a plot in terms more of melodrama than if you were writing a book set today . |
| 3 | By the end , or at least the last week , of the tour England ‘ B ’ were looking a much better all-round side than when they started . |
| 4 | Words presented visually or auditorily are less well recalled when they are similar sounding than when they are different sounding . |
| 5 | But I have a less romantic conception than when I started . |
| 6 | Without such basic knowledge , you might gain some small insight into the sport , but at a much lower level of appreciation than if you had done some reading in advance . |
| 7 | He had discharged one of them from the infirmary in no worse condition than when he had arrived . |
| 8 | ‘ It must sometimes be the case that I bring British fish back to London , but it will probably be in better condition than if it had been bought there as foreign agents insist on good transport and packing . ’ |
| 9 | First , it might be argued that to adopt a rational basis/rightness approach would create more uncertainty than if we proceeded on the hypothesis that all errors of law are jurisdictional . |
| 10 | The ability to view infant care practices in any other light than whether they help the infant in his basic struggle to live is , then , something peculiar to our own century and , within this century , to the technologically advanced countries in which infant and child mortality rates have now been reduced to comparatively insignificant proportions . |
| 11 | And where , where the president speaks publicly , then his orders are obviously much more likely to carry weight than if it 's simply behind , behind closed doors . |
| 12 | Although if you are redundant or long-term unemployed you feel you have heard all of this before , the truth is that if you manage to keep alive some enthusiasm and initiative you have more chance of getting an interview than if you do not . |
| 13 | So , too , if a man teaches his parrot to slander anyone , that is neither more nor less the ordinary tort of defamation than if he prefers to say it with his own tongue rather than with the parrot 's . |
| 14 | When you are working on curved designs you should try to sort through your material and choose stems that are curved , as they will give a much more natural effect than if you have to use entirely straight pieces and encourage them to curl . |
| 15 | He always puts his foot in it and tends to cause more confusion when he opens his mouth than when he keeps it shut . |
| 16 | On few occasions has it shown less moral scruple than when it made a deal with Brezhnev to dispose of the Soviet gold . |
| 17 | You may also have to pay an extra charge if you take equipment back with more damage than when you took it out ( make sure any damage is recorded when you pick up the goods ) and if the equipment is so dirty that it requires cleaning . |
| 18 | You will have realized , for example , that if you crunch your car into your neighbour 's gatepost at 20 miles an hour you will do much more damage than if you nudge it at 10 . |
| 19 | It is better to go in when they are losing money than when they are making money ; then one has more muscle ’ . |
| 20 | If a number of employees insist on cash payment , an employer can not simply scrap his old cash-payment system , and so gains far less from instituting bank payment than if he can simply switch to bank payment as the general rule . |
| 21 | Although Perot was the only candidate to leave the debates with a higher opinion poll rating than when he entered them , there was a widespread perception that Clinton had clearly outperformed Bush , appearing assured and in command of an impressive array of detailed policy information , while Bush appeared keener to deal in innuendo and generality . |
| 22 | Did you ever feel after having your own children that er you would have made a better midwife erm this experience than when you were single ? |
| 23 | In addition , if you become more actively involved in Compact , you are more likely to influence its direction than if you sit on the sidelines . |
| 24 | If the manager can dress up the equipment as a way to increase efficiency , then he is far more likely to win his case than if he presents the hardware as a means of winning a political battle . |
| 25 | It is far easier to convince readers of the courage and invention of a youth of fifteen or so when he is foiling the enemy with a clever disguise or a neatly gymnastic escape than when he is in grim and bloody action on board an enemy ship — not only easier , but more in keeping with the romantic excitement proper to adventure-story . |
| 26 | She quickly explained that she had come less on account of an actual problem in her marriage than because she wanted to ‘ consult ’ an expert . |
| 27 | In that way , I think they 'd be much more prepared for learning the skill than if they go completely unprepared and see children looking at books and saying things and it makes no sense to them . |
| 28 | In that way , I think they 'd be much more prepared for learning the skill than if they go completely unprepared and see children looking at books and saying things and it makes no sense to them . |
| 29 | If the content of a putatively infallible belief is merely that things are looking that way to me now , there is clearly less room for error than if I were to risk the belief that that way is pink . |
| 30 | Fig 32 With the weight well forward again , the nose is in the water , offering far more resistance to turning than when it was in the air . |