Example sentences of "[adv] than [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who knew better than her the strength of William Ash 's bullying personality ? |
| 2 | No man knew better than he the value of a generous gesture . |
| 3 | ‘ Shelley understood better than you the passionate quest for truth which overrides any other considerations in the heart of those who would open the secrets of nature , whether scientists or poets . |
| 4 | However , MPs who wish to satisfy their constituency parties could vote Smith-Prescott and still retain some left-wing credibility , while ordinary party members understand better than anyone the need for an organisational shake-up . |
| 5 | Many firms using the bubble policy have found that the resulting pollution was less than what the law allows , a circumstance that grants them a credit towards added pollution in the future . |
| 6 | It has been accused of actually making policy itself , pronouncing on the basis of what it thinks the law should be rather than what the law is . |
| 7 | The ability to hear what you hoped you 'd hear rather than what the other person is saying . |
| 8 | They should be seeing what they can offer in the modern world rather than what the law does and how it links to the client . ’ |
| 9 | There will be more coverage of what the industry is doing , rather than what the HCIMA is doing , although we will tell you what we , as the professional body of the industry , think about it . |
| 10 | In this view the concern is for what the process of study contributes to the pupil 's development rather than what the religion being studied contributes to that development . |
| 11 | The first is the ethical difficulty associated with the need to give a patient the treatment that is believed to be best for him or her as an individual rather than what the statistician 's random allocation might assign . |
| 12 | The essential skill in setting call objectives is to phrase them in terms of what the salesperson wants the customer to do rather than what the salesperson will do . |
| 13 | So we are looking at creating a society with our rich peasants who are going to own significantly more than whatever the average is going to be , and significantly more than middle peasants . |