Example sentences of "than [pron] [verb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ More than I approve of most of what I see down here . |
| 2 | In later chapters , then , I hope that I will display a more ecumenical perspective than I manage in this one ! |
| 3 | But I still had more room than I needed in that so that was quite useful . |
| 4 | ‘ But I felt less affection and respect for you when I said it then , than I do at this minute , when I ca n't honestly say it . |
| 5 | Other readers may respond more positively than I do to these over-leisurely presumptions on their interest . |
| 6 | ‘ Firstly , I want to play better on our next record than I did on this one ; that always has to be a major goal for me . |
| 7 | Mind you , my elder daughter takes a lot more responsibility for herself than I did at that age . ’ |
| 8 | She probably managed to make him pay her a little more before she agreed to do what he wanted — and altogether earned for herself in one evening more than she does in several days of being a parlourmaid . |
| 9 | Feeling closer to him than she had at any time since her mother 's death , Rory hid her face against his shoulder . |
| 10 | Janine nodded and left the flat , feeling lighter hearted than she had for many days . |
| 11 | She was sitting back relaxedly and looking more contented than she had for some time . |
| 12 | All the family thought that in spite of Maureen 's arduous lifestyle , she looked better and happier than she had for several years . |
| 13 | Never in her life had she felt less like eating than she did at this moment . |
| 14 | Just as many children score lower on a word-recognition reading test than they ought , because the words have no context of meaning , so she may be able to spell better than she demonstrates on this test . |
| 15 | Michelin road-maps mark genuinely arduous or dangerous stretches of road with a broken red line , and though the roadways themselves quite often turn out to be less awkward than you expect from such warnings , less awkward does not mean altogether easy . |
| 16 | : I 've more natural hair up my nostrils than you have in that knitted rug of yours . |
| 17 | I tell you , Dr. Briant , you 've unleashed a hell of a lot more than you realize with this project of yours . |
| 18 | Section 2(4) of the Act provides … any enactment passed or to be passed , other than one contained in this Part of this Act , shall be construed and have effect subject to the foregoing provisions of this section … " |
| 19 | As Schotland argues : ‘ [ b ] oth economists and the ‘ fairness-minded ’ will prefer … a market characterised by informed transactions with sharp price shifts when the information changes , rather than one characterised by many uninformed transactions . ’ |
| 20 | We know more about Milton , his personal concerns and his literary plans than we do about any other poet of his time , and indeed it may be that we have to come right up to the nineteenth century before we learn so much about the inner life of any poet . |
| 21 | ‘ We have a much higher profile abroad than we do in this country , ’ said Patrick . |
| 22 | It means that we bring our disordered lives right into marriage more than we do in any other kind of relationship . |
| 23 | Whether we are consumers or citizens , we stand more chance of being robbed by persons who roam corporate suites than we do by those who roam public streets . |
| 24 | Surely no civil servant had more unique or peaceful surroundings in which to work than we did on this day . |
| 25 | ‘ We could not have got any closer to Wembley than we did in those two games . |
| 26 | We should warn you that next March 12th another police constable will be on foot duty in Convent St. , and should he notice a repetition of your behaviour , we shall have to consider the possibility of taking even more stringent action than we have on this occasion . |
| 27 | Well , he 'll be tried by a higher court than we have in this life . |
| 28 | We 'll not be building any more than we intended for this year — well , a house or two more , maybe , but nothing beyond . |
| 29 | Our task is to try and make sure that two and two come out at five and the members get a better deal from the new union than they got from either of the amalgamating unions . |
| 30 | The debates will turn out to be less clear and clean than they seem in this outline . |