Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] and [adv] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | The feelings he or she gets when ‘ kicked ’ are comfortingly familiar and better than being ignored . |
| 2 | Around the titles is built a mystique that implies that this quite ordinary product is somehow different and better than anything else on the market . |
| 3 | So I think that er to put parental investment theory centre stage is more reliable and better than the rather old-fashioned biological approach which in talking about sex emphasise things like sex chromosomes and hormones , so that a sex chromosome in a mammal for instance was something that a male had but a female did n't and this gave rise to hormonal effects like those of testosterone erm which are thought to be very important . |
| 4 | Qaddafi is convinced that nature is better than art ; that society based on natural givens is not only more comfortable and just than one based on acts of will and rational choice , but more likely to survive : ‘ A flourishing garden or field is one in which plants grow , flower , are pollinated and root themselves naturally . |
| 5 | Lotus One Source is more powerful and quicker than using the Hambros Company Guide reference book for identifying quoted companies in a particular sector . |
| 6 | When set , it is claimed to be more crack-resistant and harder than normal concrete . |
| 7 | Fand and Liban stood at either side of the door , more stiff and still than ever . |
| 8 | Reserve Certificates are also available and more than one may be awarded . |
| 9 | Climbing the steep mountain roads round hairpin bends was quite dramatic and more than once I had glimpses of distant eagles . |