Example sentences of "to him than [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No Talmudic saying was nearer to him than that at the end of the Kiddushin : ‘ When a man faces his Maker , he will have to account for those ( God-given ) pleasures of life which he failed to enjoy , ’ and the Mezeritzer Rabbi commented , albeit a little more warily , ‘ You may reach a compromise between evil and good by enjoying legitimate bodily pleasure and serving God at the same time . ’ |
| 2 | But there is a good deal more to him than that , as a new exhibition at Oxford 's Museum of Modern Art reveals . |
| 3 | First of all I thought he was just some little fledgling that had fallen out of its nest , but I very soon realized there was more to him than that . " |
| 4 | I grant you we put a check on him once , and could again , but never think you saw the true measure of de Burgh in Kerry , there 's more to him than that . |
| 5 | Like a fool , I thought Sam 's safety meant more to him than those bloody royalties . |
| 6 | Lewis never forgot that the military chain of command replicates the social scale , and the issues of the class war meant more to him than those of the fighting war . |
| 7 | Jean felt belittled ; for as long as the dance lasted she seemed no more to him than any girl there , but then he came round to her again and clasped her closely as they stepped it down the aisle between the lines of dancers . |
| 8 | It was perhaps more important to him than any abstract notion , such as ‘ socialism ’ or ‘ revolution ’ . |
| 9 | Other women ceased to exist for Edouard ; he gently terminated his affair with Clara Delluc , and Isobel , knowing this woman had meant more to him than any of the others , asked if she might meet her ; she did , and the two women became friends . |