Example sentences of "than it [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Because the different zones of the sea are so interlinked — many creatures making use of several in the course of their lives — the ocean environment is far more vulnerable than it at first appears .
2 In view of the overwhelming Palestinian demographic preponderance , this arrangement was a good deal less equitable than it at first seems .
3 However , a combination of the limestone subsoil and the profusion of rivers , canals , lakes and reservoirs reduces Champagne 's water requirement ( due to low evaporation ) , making 662 millimetres of rainfall relatively heavier than it at first appears .
4 One reason why the shift in emphasis to the broader question of determinism is less helpful than it at first appears is that ‘ the problem of determinism ’ itself lacks a clear formulation , and the difficulty of saying exactly what it consists in is reflected in attempts to relate it to holism .
5 Rollover risk , though now small , is therefore less implausible than it at first appears .
6 Some " birds " nests are hemispherical , but only on the inside ; you must cut a honeycomb with a sharp knife if you want to see the accurate hexagons of its construction ; the geometry of spiders ' webs is astonishing but much less regular than it at first appears .
7 In brief , the Cartesian reduction may rest on a set of difficulties which are linguistically generated by treating language as a less complicated thing than it in fact is .
8 For instance , if the working class parties of pre-fascist Germany had really represented the class itself , the latter would have been more easily aroused than it in fact was , and the rise of fascism would at least have been a greater struggle .
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