Example sentences of "than being [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is nothing better than being able to pick a juicy apple or succulent pear straight from your own tree . |
| 2 | True physical fitness is something more than being able to cope with the stresses and strains of everyday life . |
| 3 | After all , nothing gives a player more pleasure than being able to put his head back and run with the ball . |
| 4 | But former presidents , as well as small boys , know no greater joy than being able to say , ‘ I told you so ’ … |
| 5 | The difference between these two numbers in chess terms is much smaller than one would think ; not much more than being able to see an additional one or two moves ahead , plus giving special attention to checks and sequences involving piece exchanges and captures . |
| 6 | Yet we all know , even if we submit to this approach as a temporary — and perhaps very fruitful — measure , that there is more to using language , and communicating successfully with other people , than being able to produce correct sentences . |
| 7 | There is nothing better than having praise from someone whose work you respect , nothing nicer than being able to pat an old friend on the back and say sincerely how much you like their work . |
| 8 | If she was honest , right at this moment she could think of nothing better than being able to collapse into bed , but it had to be alone . |
| 9 | My electrical capabilities go no further than being able to wire a plug — and even that we are n't ( officially ) allowed to do in the lab : the safety regulations demand that a qualified electrician should carry out this skilled task . |
| 10 | get by themselves , survive themselves rather than being able to help others . |
| 11 | There is nothing worse , in my opinion , than being willing to do something , but not knowing what to do , and I think that our own , smaller scale preservation group might learn something about planning the use of time from this visit . |