Example sentences of "[verb] [is] [adv] [adj] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what is included is less revealing than what is excluded : all the excessive elements of working-class consumption that refuse to fit neatly into this socialist continence — Stanley knives , lurid cocktails , Blind Date , trash videos , tabloids , bingo , heavy metal , Club 18–30 … |
| 2 | In a climate where what is thought is less important than that it does not deviate from what it is ‘ correct ’ to think , the use of grids can illuminate the unique aspects of individual insight . |
| 3 | Bridging finance is more expensive than a mortgage , and open is more costly than closed . |
| 4 | Perhaps still smarting from his lowly position and lack of respect in Yenan 30 years before , he publicly condemned Deng as arrogant and dangerously ambitious : ‘ To discuss with Deng Xiaoping as equals is more difficult than to put a ladder against heaven . ’ |
| 5 | I think in fact what I would like in particular from the local planning authorities around the table is given Mr Donson 's view that E two as drafted is more restrictive than national guidance P P G seven or any other P P G , what is it in North Yorkshire that justifies that departure from national guidance . |
| 6 | Despite its charm , Kicking is more flawed than a second book by a clever writer should be . |
| 7 | Syringe sharing is less common than it was before 1987 , but it has not been eliminated , and bleach is commonly recommended in the absence of sterilised syringes . |
| 8 | IF YOU THORNPROOF is more barbarous than Barbour , then it 's time to reach for the Barbour Repair Kit . |
| 9 | ‘ What you are saying is more obfuscatory than explanatory , ’ Catherine said crossly . |
| 10 | The legal framework within which services for elderly people must be provided is less extensive than that for child care . |
| 11 | The fact that existing structures of policing ( or defence ) are more effective than what is proposed is less important than the principle that such matters should be the preserve of a united European Government . |
| 12 | Perhaps it was important erm because as as as erm , as I 'm I 'm fond of saying that in history perhaps what you believe is more important than what actually happened . |
| 13 | It is assisted by the tradition of knowledge that values perception and disdains sensation , maintaining that what we feel is less important than our awareness of reality . |
| 14 | However , it should be noted that Blacksell and Gilg ( 1981 , p. 143 ) consider that ‘ in many respects , whether or not an application is granted or refused is less important than the safeguards that are attached to any permission . ’ |
| 15 | A fall in urban rent values can also be seen in Oxford , although the evidence cited is less comprehensive than that for York , and the most drastic fall seems to have come in the second half of the fifteenth century after a period of relative stability . |
| 16 | In the words of Abraham Lincoln ‘ Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing ’ . |
| 17 | ASKING PIGS AND CHICKENS HOW THEY PREFER TO LIVE IS LESS FANTASTIC THAN IT SOUNDS . |
| 18 | What I think is more important than the reactions of others . |
| 19 | Is it fair to argue , as Edelman ( 1964 ) does , that what administrators do is more important than other aspects of the policy process ? |
| 20 | Such a practice cuts at the foundation of Aristoteleian notions of male and female difference and constitutes in itself the act of revolt — though the challenge it issues is more veiled than the more overt social questions asked by Hunter or Kelly . |
| 21 | The process involved is known as diapirism , and diapirs rise because the hot rock of which they are composed is less dense than the cooler surrounding country rock . |
| 22 | Wiping or scrubbing with the arm fully extended is less efficient than squaring up to a job and wiping an area slightly offset from the vertical bodycentreline . |
| 23 | No observation that he makes is more bitter than his lament for ‘ the silence of God ’ and he uses metaphors which have a Biblical quality like his terrible description of the laughter of angels , which could be one of the darker Revelations of St John . |
| 24 | The question of who can sue is less important than the question of who will sue . |
| 25 | The presenter of a television series has some advantage over a writer , since filming is more flexible than book production . |