Example sentences of "than he [be] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The novelist is less inward , less collusive , with her than he is with her husband — a relation fully consonant with Eric 's law of nature — but he wants her view to be respected , and works it too hard as a purchase on wrong thinking . |
| 2 | Consequently God is more committed to our character than he is to our comfort . |
| 3 | With regard to what he said about Stratford school , if he had taken rather more interest in the school when it was in the control of Newham and insisted on the school keeping up to reasonable standards and if he now put pressure on Newham LEA to ensure that it raised standards in schools , he would be doing more for his constituents than he is by his performance today . |
| 4 | Many noticed he was happier in the company of the permanent secretaries than he was with his ministerial colleagues . |
| 5 | God knows , he could n't be any worse at that than he was at his last job … |
| 6 | Indeed Neal is much more biting in his criticism than he was in his tackles . |