Example sentences of "quicker than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lewis bowled a yard quicker than on his debut at Edgbaston , hit an impeccable length , and moved the ball away . |
| 2 | Alert music publishers are sometimes quicker than the record industry at spotting songwriter/artists ' commercial talent . |
| 3 | Should revive quicker than most waters once thaw sets in . |
| 4 | Sure enough , at the track the computer reveals that the Delta breaks the 0–60mph barrier in 6.3secs , half a second quicker than the Golf . |
| 5 | That 's well over a second quicker than the Integrale , just under a second in front of Ford 's Sapphire Cosworth 4x4 and neck and neck with BMW 's masterful M5 . |
| 6 | For reasons best known to the fuel companies , the Gulf crisis never turned into an oil crisis , although petrol prices generally leap up and down quicker than a Tory backbencher during a Neil Kinnock speech if a dealer on the Amsterdam spot market so much as sneezes over his computer screen . |
| 7 | Of course , possessing a wardrobe of perfumes can seem an expensive indulgence — but because scent stirs the senses so effectively , it is worth every penny , beaming us back , quicker than you can say ‘ Tardis ’ , to happy memories of holidays and favourite people . |
| 8 | And the club could be 90 minutes from Anfield , quicker than InterCity . |
| 9 | And the club could be 90 minutes from Anfield , quicker than InterCity . |
| 10 | But as it emerged , his was the performance which caught fire quicker than any , helped by the deftly-timed efforts of a double doing spectacular somersaults . |
| 11 | It was not long — and far quicker than he knew — before she became aware of his scrutiny and soon after sensed the unusual and possibly intimidating intensity of it . |
| 12 | She 'd caught another one there on the spot , quicker than you 'd catch a cold . |
| 13 | They have lapped the 14-mile Nurburgring circuit 40 seconds quicker than any other production car and recorded 212 mph on the speed bowl at Ford 's proving ground in Texas . |
| 14 | The evolution of the philosophy behind family planning during the last twenty years has moved rather quicker than that of soil conservation so that the present thinking and problems may indicate that in general terms , this critique of conservation policy is not new , but the transfer of ideas merely overdue . |
| 15 | If you weigh 16 stone and run every day , it will wear quicker than if you only put your eight stone frame into the shoe once a week . |
| 16 | Come holiday time , Stanley closed the school and was off north quicker than you could say algebra . |
| 17 | I was walking a little quicker than the flow , past Bermuda shorts and floral shirts , making my way , with my briefcase , to the University Department of Biology to see John Larmuth , Director of the Desert Research Trust . |
| 18 | The modern tail and underwater shapes will enable you to make progress in stronger wind and sail far quicker than if you use a wide square-tailed board with a flat bottom . |
| 19 | It is often said that children pick up and learn things much quicker than adults . |
| 20 | If Father were to hear them he 'd whip me out of that place much quicker than he pushed me in , I can tell you . |
| 21 | As well as the success in managing to circumvent , persuade or buy off the opposition to nuclear power plants , France has also established a formula for building PWRs quicker than anyone else . |
| 22 | Willie simply said , ‘ I think I 'll be home quicker than you imagine . ’ |
| 23 | Quicker than a plane flight , say its enthusiastic backers . |
| 24 | The Citroen XM — a car with identical power and torque figures — is a whole second quicker than the Renault between 30 and 70mph . |
| 25 | This was not what Marian wanted , for they had worked out that the smoke of the outlaws , main Camp must be nearly two days march away and help and shelter for Hugh was needed far quicker than that . |
| 26 | Accession may be brought about rather quicker than planned . |
| 27 | Only 5ft 8ins tall and under 10st in weight , he covers the ground quicker than anyone I have recently seen , with the exception of one he resembles , South Africa 's Jonty Rhodes . |
| 28 | He was getting back quicker than I thought because he is quite a tall guy , so I had to knock the stumps down as quickly as possible and the quickest way to get there was through the air — and I took it . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ And quicker than ye know , ’ Winnie enthused . |
| 30 | These dry quicker than conventional oils and are creamy to handle . |