Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [adv] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will have to be a crash course as the Rugby World Cup Sevens at Murrayfield are less than five weeks away . |
| 2 | LVMH is the largest champagne company in the world with consumption of Moët et Chandon being more than double that of its nearest competitor . |
| 3 | Pont Royal is conveniently accessible for the long weekend away : the flight time from Heathrow to Marseilles is less than two hours , with the resort only half an hour from the airport . |
| 4 | Masked by the formalities of the telegram sent yesterday morning to Mr Major by M Jacques Delors , EC commission president , the mood in the corridors of Brussels was less than euphoric . |
| 5 | Branson was less than enthusiastic . |
| 6 | The fact was that Corbett was more than a bit of an embarrassment . |
| 7 | Frau Fegel was less than enthusiastic . |
| 8 | Although Falmouth was less than half-a-mile away there was a curious feeling of isolation . |
| 9 | Most of the farmers interviewed in the south-west of England were more than 50 year old , and the very small farms represented 30 per cent of all agricultural holdings in that region . |
| 10 | This had been banned throughout Albania 's more than four decades of communist rule , and the only motorized vehicles seen on the streets were those used by state enterprises , by the army and police , and by senior officials . |
| 11 | ‘ If it helps you make up your mind , Mrs Diamond , I should tell you that I 'm a friend of Heather 's rather than a friend of her family … if you see what I mean . ’ |
| 12 | About how much of Scotland is more than 10 km from a railway ? |
| 13 | Christopher 's more than four eight is n't he Geoff ? |
| 14 | Glasgow and Edinburgh airports had 9pc passenger number increases last month while Aberdeen was more than 5pc up . |
| 15 | Coming back to England from one of these school-holiday visits to Hungary , Jane was more than ever struck by the contrast . |
| 16 | In the second of the Superbike races , which was cut short , winner Fogarty was more than delighted when clerk of the course Billy Nutt announced that the full prize money would be paid out . |
| 17 | However , in the short run , Gdynia was more than capable of causing the Danzigers severe economic distress and genuine hardship . |
| 18 | Unlike C. R. Ashbee [ q.v. ] and other confrères within the guild-revival movement , Mackmurdo was less than generous in acknowledging the contributions of others . |
| 19 | Fabia arose on Sunday morning , thought of Cara , of Barney , and of the man she had never yet met but , with guilty conscience , hoped to , and then attempted to shed her anxieties by remembering that , with Františkovy Láznë being less than twenty-five miles away , Františkovy Láznë was where she was heading for that day . |
| 20 | The possibility of bumping into Ven in Prague was more than remote , she knew that . |
| 21 | I know Alain was more than generous to her . ’ |
| 22 | Leaning out of the window , just before the guard blew his whistle , she said in a desperate voice , ‘ My darlings , my darlings , you are happy here , are n't you ? ’ and Carrie was more than frightened then ; she was terrified . |
| 23 | But , of course , Franklin was more than an experimenter . |
| 24 | At the meeting of the Down Presbytery , the first difficulty was innate sympathy towards the army and reluctance to admit that the shooting of Black was more than another of those unfortunate accidents which occur in war . |
| 25 | To Abie Klugman , Celtic Crescent was more than just board and lodgings . |
| 26 | Ramsay was less than delighted with the task , but consoled himself with the thought that at least the journey south would take them by Dunbar Castle again , and a call thereat would be possible . |
| 27 | This was n't a fair challenge , Harry being more than a head taller than Sam and built like an ox . |
| 28 | A new report from the Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food estimates that the average intake of dioxins in the gut in the UK is less than one quarter of the World Health Organisation 's ( WHO ) Tolerable Daily Intake ( TDI ) . |
| 29 | It has a couple of shops , bars and cafés but Malcesine is less than eight miles away , easily reached by local bus . |
| 30 | When the socialist Francisco Largo Caballero became Prime Minister and Minister for War on 4 September 1936 , the Army of Africa was less than 100 kilometres away from Madrid , advancing rapidly from the south-west . |