Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] more powerful than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mary was indeed brought up in a country far wealthier and more powerful than that which she was to rule . |
| 2 | Artegall keeps control and this allows victory over a savage force which appears much larger and more powerful than the knight . |
| 3 | Then , as her eyes swept over the crowd clustered round the stage , she did a double-take , spotting one figure much larger and more powerful than the rest . |
| 4 | The desire for happiness is deeper and more powerful than we know . |
| 5 | Yet I did not want to leave things alone entirely , without making an effort , but it is restricted to the expression of two things — the cypresses — the olive trees — let others who are better and more powerful than I reveal their symbolic language … |
| 6 | To minimise that advantage CERN is also concentrating on building magnets more complex and more powerful than the SSC 's . |
| 7 | He kept to the inside of the bends where the current was fastest and more powerful than the onshore wind . |
| 8 | He had no great domain ; many of the nobles and churchmen — and especially the latter — were richer and more powerful than he . |
| 9 | In a work of art this is a powerful coup because it compels us to think about why we know this woman must be black , and as an act of protest it is far richer and more powerful than an instruction in how to feel . |