Example sentences of "of [adj -er] [noun sg] [subord] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He now realised that he needed to redefine his criteria for book selection to include material of broader interest than merely that which would fit in with his teaching : You buy your library books with a different set of criteria than the sort you use when you are trying to choose a textbook , and I had to restrain myself and think : " Well , I would n't like this , but maybe there is somebody who would . |
| 2 | We are producing more goods in our factories of better quality than ever before , how can there yet be a recession ? |
| 3 | Frequently , the soundtrack was of higher quality than both plot and script — as Ice-T observed when piecing together ‘ Pimps , Players And Private Eyes ’ , a currently in-demand import compilation that features ten of the most potent soundtrack cuts from blaxploitation 's golden age , thus fulfilling a life-long ambition . |
| 4 | It has often been observed that the flint and stone industries of the Middle and early Late Pleistocene , the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic assemblages of prehistory , developed in the direction of greater comeliness as well as greater technical efficiency . |
| 5 | It was an achievement of greater significance than merely explaining some puzzling data . |
| 6 | Economic and social factors now loom large , and can be seen as being of greater importance than purely land use matters , though the courts would not necessarily accept such a line of reasoning ( as , for instance , when Lord Widgery held that the London Borough of Hillingdon could not impose a condition that the occupants of a private housing development should be people on the council 's waiting list ) . |