Example sentences of "[noun sg] than it [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wengen 's skiing is extensive , but for piste skiers is mostly easy ; Murren is very limited , with one spectacular descent from the famous Schilthorn ; Zermatt has something for everyone and lots for experts , but to reach its full potential needs better snow than it often receives ; Saas Fee has an excellent glacier , but again needs abundant snow to provide much more than that — in particular , to satisfy better skiers . |
| 2 | No man , even such a strong and determined minister as Duncan Sandys , can force Whitehall to accept more change than it collectively sees as reasonable . |
| 3 | Moreover , AT&T 's labour-relations department has less influence than it once did , before decentralisation swept the company . |
| 4 | On the one hand , the Montagne de Reims suggests a much higher , tougher topography than it actually represents ; yet , on the other , to talk of rolling hills would give too tame an impression of the region . |
| 5 | The article continues : ’ Sports bodies are denied resources by government , which takes more from sport than it ever gives back . |
| 6 | This was pointed out in clear terms in a case which merits more attention than it sometimes receives , namely , Reg. v. Heston-Francois [ 1984 ] Q.B . |
| 7 | Shmueli for example argues that ‘ relationism ’ deserves more credit than it traditionally receives and that a ‘ dynamic synthesis ’ can lead to a new type of objectivity in the social sciences ( Shmueli 1977 ) . |
| 8 | If so , training has been downgraded by the Cabinet and has less priority than it once had . |
| 9 | The Holst work is played in an unusually emphatic manner , which in the end gives it more stature than it sometimes achieves in performance ( the composer himself recorded this work with rather similar regard to rhythm and accents , but used faster tempos ) . |
| 10 | Oh indeed , but er you have to consider the situation the diplomatic situation between Britain , er the West in general and Iran which is the backer of Hezbalar which does pull the strings of the kidnappers , is perhaps er diff , different and in a more improved state than it ever has been before . |
| 11 | The question is how this expansion can be paid for , given that the new Secretary of State has said quite candidly that his present view is that higher education can not expect a higher share of public spending than it currently receives . |
| 12 | Even though today 's colours , perms and styling products are kinder than ever before , hair is still subjected to a daily assault course and more often than not , needs a little more loving care than it actually gets . |
| 13 | Frequently the results were so error-prone that it took more effort to correct the translation than it actually did to manually translate the text . |