Example sentences of "more [adj] [subord] my [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My German is no more advanced than my Portuguese . |
| 2 | ‘ If I did ring he 'd have moved on , anyway , he 's more elusive than my daddy . |
| 3 | If the garden was more exciting than my dwelling , there was a good reason why Alec Reid 's house should have a more lived-in feeling . |
| 4 | My spontaneous recoil from awareness of others ' troubles ( or of future danger to myself ) is no less or more natural than my impulse to sympathy or cruelty ( or to avoid or irrationally court danger ) when I do become aware ; it is as pointless to ask whether human nature is selfish or unselfish as whether it is improvident or far-sighted . |
| 5 | more comfortable than my bed at home . |
| 6 | It is no more partisan than my description of what has happened in the universities . ) |
| 7 | Hands on knees and lights out with a mind buzzing like a bee and the strong conviction that I should be sorting out something more tangible than my mind . |
| 8 | Frankly , if I were n't in such a high-risk position , I 'd want someone a little more cosy as my obstetrician , but Owen is the best for someone like me and at times he can be a dear , so I should n't complain … |
| 9 | That 's more important than my relationship with you . |
| 10 | My MKM was more important than my fears . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've never met a woman more beautiful than my wife , ’ he says , ‘ so there has never been the temptation . ’ |
| 12 | I remember the soft background music , the continual chatter , the sight of beautiful women , even more beautiful than my mother , gliding by , emanating mysterious scents , fluttering fans and trailing long draperies with a seductive swish . |
| 13 | My mother told me I was more domesticated than my sisters . |
| 14 | And in China , usually , erm wedding is an important event in the family and an , when I got married I think my parents-in-law wo erm felt erm more excited than my husband and I ! |
| 15 | My typing is a bit rusty , but must be more legible than my hand-writing . |
| 16 | Actually , my middle finger is more sensitive than my index finger , so this is something else you must discover for yourself . |