Example sentences of "[adv] [adj -er] than [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From a static point of view , the term ‘ divergent-dialect situation ’ can be understood in two senses : first , Belfast dialect ( for example ) is observed to be divergent from other dialects and , particularly , from ‘ mainstream ’ norms of language , such as RP and standard English ; second , the dialect exhibits a great deal of internal variation — much greater than is generally reported for these better-known varieties ( this is approximately the phenomenon that Le Page ( 1975 ) calls diffuseness ) . |
| 2 | It is quite possible that the power of water to influence the structure of biological forms is much greater than is commonly realized . |
| 3 | The Woodvilles ' personal following was thus smaller than is sometimes assumed . |
| 4 | The Woodvilles ' personal following was thus smaller than is sometimes assumed . |
| 5 | He concluded that the planet 's habitability is under attack but its natural resilience is probably greater than is normally assumed , and that in the environmental field geographers have made contributions in environmental perception and hazard assessment and also in the area of unified physical and biogeographic research : |
| 6 | But in global terms , it will be far worse than is easily imagined . |
| 7 | Similarly , the robustness of female Australian aboriginal bones may be far greater than is generally found in male pygmies . |
| 8 | Yet to acknowledge this is to recognize that our health is under our own personal control to an extent far greater than is currently accepted . |