Example sentences of "[adj] than [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They walked together towards the street , her body heavy but her heart lighter than when she had come . |
| 2 | If one ought to act because of an authoritative directive one 's reasons are different than if one ought to perform the same act for other reasons . |
| 3 | ‘ The way you were treated by the teachers if you were staying on was a lot different than if you were leaving . |
| 4 | He looks no different than when he was here . ’ |
| 5 | If I jump with surprise when a dog suddenly barks at me , my behaviour is no less expressive than if I shout at it to shut up . |
| 6 | They would even dry quicker than if you put them over the clothes horse cos that 's what those slats are for . |
| 7 | In support of one of these views , James Michie ( 1964 : 9 ) writes in his translator 's preface " It is better that Horace should be " done down " into English than that he should be undone by the gradual disappearance of Latin from our culture " . |
| 8 | The fearful heat of the city seemed to encourage him to sleep half his time away and she had never felt more English than when she observed his devotion that summer to the long siesta . |
| 9 | It drives around and the air that comes out of its exhaust is actually cleaner than when it comes in . |
| 10 | I know it 's risky — a lot more risky than if I waited for Yukio to finish programming the starpod — but I just need to get away for a while , by myself , and think . |
| 11 | The King assured the Prime Minister that , remaining at his post , his position and reputation would be much more enhanced than if he surrendered the government of the country at such a crisis . |
| 12 | He told MacDonald that by remaining at his post with such colleagues as were still faithful to him , his position and reputation would be much more enhanced than if he succumbed ; the Prime Minister must come to some arrangement with Baldwin and Samuel to form a National Emergency Government which would restore British credit and the confidence of foreigners . |
| 13 | It would be far easier than if he was just going to stand over her like a portent of doom with that horrible expression on his face . |
| 14 | It 's so much easier than when I have things already together . |
| 15 | . It was rather shorter than than everybody else 's . |
| 16 | With the addition of a residential weekend each term , student-hours will be increased sufficiently to result in an overall time span shorter than when we last used a weekly format . |
| 17 | Her mum 's 30-year-old wedding dress , altered to fit Joanne , was ruined at the cleaners and came back two inches shorter than when it went . |
| 18 | Well it 's probably a good deal less smelly and bangy than once it was . |
| 19 | There is evidence in the WFS statistics that the probability of an infant surviving early childhood is greater if both parents are literate than if one or both is illiterate . |
| 20 | Indeed , an externally " imposed " reform would be welcome as it would be politically more acceptable than if it were initiated solely through domestic pressures . |
| 21 | Even infants whose mothers were 40 years old or older had a better chance to survive infancy if their fathers were 25–39 years old than if they were 40 years or over . |
| 22 | What is the Government 's attitude to Labour 's proposal for a defence diversification agency , bearing in mind that if it were so easy to create jobs through a Government agency , it is surprising that Labour has always left behind more unemployed than when it took office . |
| 23 | There were occasions yesterday when she did n't look a bad player , certainly trimmer and more mobile than when she played the game for real , and showing some nimble footwork which Lionel himself would have envied . |
| 24 | They are more likely to make the effort if the subject is interesting and they are alert than when they are tired , hungry or bored . |
| 25 | When I come away from working with Slatkin I always feel more mentally alert than when I started . |
| 26 | And he seemed more alert than when he had left , less inclined to shrug and yawn and leave everything to her . |
| 27 | For the rest of us crying is a hit or miss experience , sometimes satisfying but sometimes leaving us drained , exhausted or more hopeless than when we started . |
| 28 | Very few people actually disappear without trace , and most people ( about 65% of the population of Great Britain , no less ) come out happier , and financially healthier than when they went in . |
| 29 | You should be feeling slimmer and healthier than when you began . |
| 30 | The pressure gradient needed to produce a given flow rate is much larger when the flow is turbulent than when it is laminar ( Fig. 2.11 ) . |