Example sentences of "than [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The deep division within the provinces of the former Empire meant than no-one had sufficient forces to root out the Beastmen . |
| 2 | Than whom no mortal so magnificent ! |
| 3 | In 1986 , J. Hillis Miller , than whom no one is better placed to judge , told the Modern Language Association of America that by the mid-1980s critical theory had shifted from invoking ‘ language ’ as a prime foundational term to a cluster of words which included ‘ history ’ , ‘ politics ’ , ‘ society ’ , and ‘ culture ’ . |
| 4 | Waqar about to return to the battle , Gower outwardly calm , than whom no Englishman would have preferred another to have been at this place at this hour . |
| 5 | Arguments about who is greener than whom are sterile . |
| 6 | And then there are those than whom I would rather have mice , and into this latter category fall the Molesworths . ’ |
| 7 | If she chose to stay in London to nurse spotty Magnus instead of taking me sailing she was worse than everyone . |
| 8 | For them , obesity is seen as a reflection of unmet oral needs , assorted sexual hang-ups , or an unconscious desire for recognition which is satisfied by becoming bigger than everyone else . |
| 9 | It 's funny talking with your fingers in your ears — you can hear it louder than everyone else can . |
| 10 | She did think she was a little bit better than everyone else . |
| 11 | Players may admire you for all your footballing achievements , but unless your cufflinks are bigger , shinier and nastier than everyone else 's , respect will forever elude you . |
| 12 | Sarah had a high opinion of herself , and always stood with her shoulders back and her pretty nose pointed skyward as if she was better than everyone else . |
| 13 | But as usual Nan seemed to know better than everyone what to do . |
| 14 | All the drivers are exciting , and people who are stuck in this pattern of behaviour often have an incentive to stay in it — they feel that one day they will succeed , they will finally be perfect , they will at last please everyone ; they will prove that they can get everything done more quickly than everyone else , and they 'll know that they can undertake anything under the most difficult conditions . |
| 15 | No one in the team ever told me I must win or be faster than everyone else . |
| 16 | It is important to recognise that such a circumstance may have significant psychological implications for the self-images of the individuals concerned : not only do they have less than everyone else , but they may feel and see themselves as different — less significant , less integrated , almost outside the mainstream of society . |
| 17 | But Lugh would rise above it all , and would not bother to listen to complaints about who was getting larger helpings of stew , or who was having the most comfortable sleeping quarters , or even who was getting up a bit later than everyone else . |
| 18 | I felt as if I were moving just a beat faster than everyone else . |
| 19 | In fact , because of the immense size of the country , those in Melbourne can celebrate two hours earlier than everyone in Perth . |
| 20 | Specialists know all there is to know about the Type 48-x , and can use it better than everyone else , and everyone benefits from their advice . |
| 21 | Eunice 's false understanding of the situation adds light humour to the first scenes although we realise that Blanche is trying to already make herself out as someone better than everyone else in the play . |
| 22 | In no time senators were renaming themselves with longer and longer titles so that their seconds should be bigger than everyone else 's . |
| 23 | Having worked out what you are going to do and being satisfied that you can do the work as well , if not better , than everyone else , how do the public get to find out about you so that you can start putting your specialism into practice ? |
| 24 | As soon as he is told Pip immediately begins to act like a snob , as if he was better than everyone else . |
| 25 | Oh , so I 've got to put up with you a week longer than everyone else ? |
| 26 | that 's because , you know , I 'm better than everyone else so that 's why everyone has to see wha everyone , everyone has to hear what I 'm saying |
| 27 | I 'm wider than everyone but |
| 28 | His opening compliment to the girl may backfire : ( " In all this land I [ know ] not one maiden that I love more than thee … " ) |
| 29 | depending on whether we take the " " mayden " " as a vocative ( i.e. " girl , I love no one more than thee " ) or as the object of the lost verb of line 14 , whereby the -clause becomes a restrictive relative clause ( " I love no maiden more than you … " [ but I might love some just as much or only a bit less ] ) . |
| 30 | The nights in the room were false and useless and meaningless and the nights walking the city were false and useless and meaningless , the notes for the box were false and useless and meaningless and this freewheeling account of the progress of the glass is false and useless and meaningless , late and doubly late and unaware of its lateness , nothing and again nothing and worse than nothing . |