Example sentences of "be [adv] [adv] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | If its dramatic focus seems different , it is because Carlo Rizzi 's tempi are rather faster than those adopted by Clive Timms ; the action progresses less with inexorability than by abrupt shifts of mood . |
| 2 | Well , she 's been dead longer than that , has n't she ? ’ |
| 3 | She 's been dead longer than Louisa , but … ’ |
| 4 | He 's been dead more than thirty years , and no one sees his plays now . |
| 5 | Basalts , because of their low viscosity , tend to form low , thin flows which spread out over large areas , and are rarely more than thirty metres thick . |
| 6 | There are rarely more than two in a grave , the largest number from a single grave being the 17 examples from grave 1 at Breach Down ( Kent ) . |
| 7 | Indeed , except for first-row elements , band shifts are rarely more than one or two cm -1 , and particular precautions must be taken if they are to be observed at all . |
| 8 | Most counties have a population in excess of 400,000 but the Isle of Wight and Powys in mid-Wales are little more than 100,000 . |
| 9 | I sometimes ( no , often ) feel that you are much more than eighteen months older than me . |
| 10 | They are much more than just quaint old fashioned words . |
| 11 | On the basis of this kind of evidence and interpretation , which recognizes the essentially social nature of teachers ' developing curricular identities , commitments and pedagogical preferences , the improvement of teaching quality would seem better met by training and deployment policies which are less rather than more specialized in nature . |
| 12 | The male sex drive being what it is , the chances of his being able to stop are less perhaps than she realizes . |
| 13 | These particles may be atoms , molecules or ions and their diameters are generally less than 5 nm ( that is , ) . |
| 14 | We have previously seen these peaks in material derived from human antrum where they are generally less than 5% of the total . |
| 15 | So I have been away longer than I said I would be , and Mr Shah is a little surprised at my dereliction . |
| 16 | The bull has been so popular with commercial producers that over 900,000 doses of semen have been sold so far , and there are already more than 30,000 milking daughters in the US alone . |
| 17 | ‘ Or when he left the table on two occasions , ’ Auguste said firmly , remembering Sir Thomas 's absence after the meal , which had been longer surely than it took merely to change his clothes for those of Bill Sikes . |
| 18 | And we should look also I think perhaps at some quality factors er which might be written into the lease since there are some some things which I think we 're all less than satisfied with er you know customer complaints and the way they 're dealt with . |
| 19 | Because part of the condition of your insurance policy in some cases , if you 're away more than X number of days , the mains should be switched off . |
| 20 | Yeah that 's , they 're new cases here though are , well no have you seen the cases here they 're even more , they 're even more than that . |
| 21 | ‘ I dare say we 're safer here than in Gloucester . |
| 22 | just to exist , was a very hard one , but they were home and many of those who lived in these remote parts had probably never been further away than the nearest celebration of Holy Communion . |
| 23 | My mother had been married only a few months , and had never previously been further abroad than Italy . |
| 24 | If different cultures , at different times , value older people in different ways , it indicates that our stereotypes are socially rather than biologically created . |
| 25 | Pubic hairs are further apart than hairs elsewhere on the body and , in particular , than the hairs of the head . |
| 26 | If anything , the two men are further apart than ever — even if a clash between them is one of three domestic battles that fight fans want to see — the others being Lennox Lewis against Frank Bruno and Paul Hodkinson against Colin McMillan . |
| 27 | Some are further ahead than others , but what will probably be expected of most authorities is some sort of erm perhaps a handbook or certainly some advice to parents about the implications of the new Act . |
| 28 | In Type I disease these are usually more than 1,000 eggs per gram ( epg ) and are a useful aid to diagnosis ; in Type II the count is highly variable , may even be negative and is of limited value . |
| 29 | We have got together with Hertz , the world 's largest car rental company , to offer you competitive rates for reliable hire cars pre-booked in the U.K. All of these pre-booked Hertz cars are usually less than seven months old or have covered no more than 31,000 miles ( 50,000kms ) are checked , cleaned and full of petrol and are delivered to and from your Club at no extra charge . |
| 30 | You can use vodka or brandy as a preservative but given these are usually less than 50% proof you would need at least 20ml in a 100ml stock bottle to give a 10% alcoholic solution . |