Example sentences of "[adj] than [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | seems far more interesting than knowing that they 've rehearsed for hours on end . |
| 2 | Rousseau ( 1762 , p.54 ) wrote in Émile : ‘ Childhood has its own ways of seeing , thinking and feeling ; nothing is more foolish than to try and substitute our ways ’ . |
| 3 | Despite those difficulties , it is still easier than proving that the expert has made a " mistake " of sufficient gravity to invalidate the decision . |
| 4 | But what was easier than to assume that those who represented the stage of childhood or adolescence in the development of civilisation were themselves ‘ child-like ’ and had to be treated like children by their mature ‘ parents ’ ? |
| 5 | A two year study is to take place which will include the consideration of methods of killing that are more acceptable than stabbing or clubbing . |
| 6 | Amdahl Corp is not known as an IBMulator for nothing : it too is cutting its dividend — to five cents a share this year from a dime last year , in an effort to conserve its capital base : the company , which reported a first quarter $240m loss after a $243m restructuring charge said its revenues were lower than expected because of soft economic conditions and competitive pressure on prices . |
| 7 | Amdahl Corp is not known as an IBMulator for nothing : it too is cutting its dividend — to five cents a share this year from a dime last year , in an effort to conserve its capital base : the company , which reported a first quarter $240m loss after a $243m restructuring charge — figures , page seven — said its revenues were lower than expected because of soft economic conditions and competitive pressure on prices ; it also said that while it was committed to the IBMulator business , it plans to expand its open systems products line because demand is increasing in that field ; it is also enhancing our Huron applications development and production system , which creates applications that run without change in both proprietary and open environments and on both large and desktop systems , the company added , saying that its objective is to turn Huron into an industry standard and to develop a growing business in open systems for large-scale computing . |
| 8 | What could be more devastating than discovering that the one man you relied on has blown your world apart ? |
| 9 | I learned that sex without emotional involvement or more than a fleeting physical attraction was more sad than fulfilling and that ‘ getting even ’ could only motivate me for so long — particularly since my husband was blithely unaware that I was evening the score . |
| 10 | The two had battled it out in the scoring and until the final vote from the Maltese jury , filing later than scheduled because of a technical fault , either could have won . |
| 11 | Until the final vote from the Maltese jury — filing later than scheduled because of a technical fault — either could have won . |
| 12 | But there is in us another level of being which lies deeper than knowing or acting , and it is at that further depth that the genuine religious impulse arises and lives . |
| 13 | Some established approaches may prove less effective than hoped and this can damage morale . |
| 14 | The removal-from-play technique was much more effective than scolding or distraction at reducing aggressive episodes . |
| 15 | It 's much better than hide and seek . |
| 16 | Well it 's better than telephoning and |
| 17 | As the leading opponent of orthodoxy within the RCM , Elaine Blond enjoyed nothing better than proving that her critics were less than perfect . |
| 18 | It has not stopped businessmen being asked what they think will happen to the economy if the government changes , however , even if those businessman can do nothing better than guess or regurgitate or express hopes and fears . |
| 19 | It is cheaper than telephoning and a lot of the time it works . |
| 20 | That said it is considerably cheaper than buying and buying the best upgrade , a 486 motherboard . |
| 21 | Erm quite rightly the director said that predictions in terms of residential admissions and nursing home admissions would be easier to make this year than last year and I accept it was very difficult then year but I 'd just like to know how close the actual outcome is likely to be to the original prediction , really for information , not because I think you could have got it any closer than did but it would be just interesting to know what the s the gap was . |
| 22 | Much more tricky than knowing if you 've found a badger sett , is knowing whether or not it is still active . |
| 23 | This does no more than emphasise that these rooms are ready to accept the lower valued articles , and as such must surely appeal to the ordinary collector . |
| 24 | He wanted her to do more than dig and weed . |
| 25 | The 40 staff execute 3,500 trades a day on average , and Vine-Lott has set himself a target of more than doubling that in five years ' time , including a considerable proportion on behalf of other institutions , such as the Halifax Building Society , for whom it is already doing work , as well as other brokers and banks . |
| 26 | The tide was coming in and , as he rounded the rocks which screened the Cove , he saw two things : a courting couple doing what he felt to be far more than courting and then something a little further away which made his heart miss a beat . |
| 27 | Holmes does however more than compensate because he is the most affectionate and cuddly dog I have ever known . |
| 28 | Did a bitch do more than submit when she was mounted by a strange dog in the street , held down by his teeth in the loose flesh of her neck to keep her still and ensure his better satisfaction ? |
| 29 | They do no more than show that the legislature has not shrunk , where it has seemed appropriate , from interfering in a greater or lesser degree with the immunities grouped under the title of the right to silence . |
| 30 | That reference does no more than show that the essential element of dishonesty does not exist if the defendant when he appropriates the property believes that the owner would consent if he knew the circumstances . |