Example sentences of "[adj] than [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | seems far more interesting than knowing that they 've rehearsed for hours on end . |
| 2 | Rousseau ( 1762 , p.54 ) wrote in Émile : ‘ Childhood has its own ways of seeing , thinking and feeling ; nothing is more foolish than to try and substitute our ways ’ . |
| 3 | A two year study is to take place which will include the consideration of methods of killing that are more acceptable than stabbing or clubbing . |
| 4 | What could be more devastating than discovering that the one man you relied on has blown your world apart ? |
| 5 | I learned that sex without emotional involvement or more than a fleeting physical attraction was more sad than fulfilling and that ‘ getting even ’ could only motivate me for so long — particularly since my husband was blithely unaware that I was evening the score . |
| 6 | Some established approaches may prove less effective than hoped and this can damage morale . |
| 7 | The removal-from-play technique was much more effective than scolding or distraction at reducing aggressive episodes . |
| 8 | Much more tricky than knowing if you 've found a badger sett , is knowing whether or not it is still active . |
| 9 | There is nothing more depressing than sitting and watching the paper peel off the walls . |
| 10 | On returning to the box and resuming his duties , he was more puzzled than frightened for he did not believe in ghosts . |
| 11 | And even the most hardened cynic must agree that lying down with your eyes closed listening to music is a lot more appealing than grunting and straining over a set of weights in your local sports centre . |
| 12 | ‘ Is that any more barmy than believing that Muhammad went up a mountain and God spoke to him ? |
| 13 | But to complain that its effect was therefore paralysingly glum would no more have occurred to her as fair than to complain that it made her feel fat . |
| 14 | After a few years caddying on and off for de Vicenzo , Dave went into full-time caddying in the mid-1970s , although he was still doing work other than caddying when he took the bag of Vicente Fernandez . |
| 15 | Indeed , some of the film sequences we saw seemed to have no purpose or justification other than to reinforce or sell the idea that it can be highly pleasurable to inflict injury , pain or humiliation ( often in a sexual context ) on others . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm not really inclined to do a post-mortem on ‘ Provision ’ , other than to say that I acknowledge that it was less successful and less fun than the previous album , ’ he says in a most matter-of-fact voice . |
| 17 | Whether or not you will be asked to pay for your course remains at the discretion of course organisers and managers , therefore , and I am unable to give any hard and fast guidance here , other than to say that they will have to be kept at a reasonable level to be affordable , particularly by those who have been unemployed or bringing up a family . |
| 18 | Mace declined to comment , other than to say that ‘ we are in the process of trying to figure out how to set up a separate company . ’ |
| 19 | Mace declined to comment other than to say that ‘ we are in the process of trying to figure out how to set up a separate company . ’ |
| 20 | I can not take the matter any further at this stage , other than to say that no request has been received , as yet , for a statement to be made . |
| 21 | He declined to comment on the progress of his mission other than to say that his visit had been " very , very useful " . |
| 22 | This could not be explained , other than to say that the two things caused the passage to " jar " . |
| 23 | Yes I I do n't really want to respond to that other than to say that Bond End is d it 's still an extremely important consideration , it 's in the conservation area , it 's an important part of Knaresborough and it was obviously something that members had in mind when they they made their decision on on the relative merits . |
| 24 | That is not a matter that I can take into consideration other than to say that I am satisfied that the proper figure for a multiplier for working life , er which I shall take in this case , is the multiplier of sixteen contended for by Mr . |
| 25 | It also includes erm reckonable service which is is service other than teaching that you may have transferred into the scheme . |
| 26 | ‘ BAII has no knowledge of the circumstances leading to his arrest , and accordingly can make no comments , other than to state that nothing in the course of his employment has given rise to any question . ’ |
| 27 | If they harmed her there was no way they could get off the train other than jumping and , with it travelling at over ninety-five miles an hour , that did n't seem a very good idea . |
| 28 | In wartime , pitted against an enemy in front and otherwise surrounded by Soviet divisions , it is difficult to see how conscripts would have any choice other than to fight as people do when their lives are at stake . |
| 29 | But sound also casts sonic shadows , though other than noticing that shutting the door can reduce the sound , we do not pay much heed to it . |
| 30 | Sir John died seven years ago , but in all that time Lavinia has not increased Benedict 's allowance , as she might well have done , nor made any provision for his accommodation , other than saying that he might live at Merchiston Lodge if he chose . ’ |