Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] more [adv] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Envisioning information ’ is what Professor Edward Tufte called it : specifying body type of an appropriate style and scale ; isolating and highlighting key phrases or quotations for larger , eye-catching treatment ; choosing a picture or series of pictures to aid comprehension , or say something more succinctly than words ever can ; choosing devices that draw the reader in , establish tone , reinforce the overall mood . |
| 2 | He dues not want it more earnestly than I do . |
| 3 | ‘ I got a letter from one of my constituents who put it more succinctly than I did , ’ she said . |
| 4 | Going back to those first commands and prohibitions on which ( among other things ) conscience is founded , it is apparent that some babies heed them more readily and consistently than others , and that some parents convey them more effectively than others . |
| 5 | It is furthermore of great importance that the devices interfere less with working procedures than traditional shielding equipment does , and it is experienced that investigators use them more frequently than the traditional large shields . |
| 6 | But contraceptive techniques were improving throughout this time and successive marriage cohorts were more likely to use contraception ( table 4.2 ) and use it more effectively than before ( Rowntree and Pierce 1961 , Langford 1976 , Cartwright 1978 , Dunnell 1979 ) . |
| 7 | Some people have them more conspicuously than others , and if you are not expecting , and even if you are , it can be a very upsetting aspect of pregnancy , as several mothers had found : |