English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "Than" in Example Sentences
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3187252	Tom wished there was more than just one strawberry in his fruit salad.	CK
2164542	His success is due more to his persistent hard work than to his talent.	FeuDRenais
1222841	Houses built with wood burn more easily than houses built out of stone.	CK
1096417	I've got better things to do than to sit here listening to your gossip.	CK
264724	If you enjoy the work you do, you have something worth more than money.	CK
281195	In Japan, relations between neighbors are apt to be cooler than in USA.	CM
245087	In the mountain area, snow has fallen more than fifty centimeters deep.	CK
324320	It goes without saying that friendship is more important than business.	CM
251621	My father was no less affectionate and tender to me than my mother was.	CM
273912	My grandmother walks faster than me, and plays tennis better than I do.	CK
272643	No sooner is one lie out of your mouth than you're telling yet another.	CM
243157	This year the cherry-blossoms are coming out a little later than usual.	CM
2956627	Tom doesn't allow his children to watch more than one hour of TV a day.	CK
3001389	Tom seems to be more interested in making money than in helping others.	CK
2768969	Do you think that it's wrong to date a guy who's 8 years older than you?	Hybrid
1437564	For some people, meditation is more effective than taking tranquilisers.	caspian
1343233	Genocides of the twentieth century killed more people than all the wars.	alexmarcelo
61225	I think it will cost you more than 10,000 yen to have this camera fixed.	CK
1890860	I'd say we are definitely going to have to pay more than we expected to.	CK
72968	If we place an order for more than 20 units, would you reduce the price?	CM
2549844	On a bad road like this, I can't do more than thirty kilometers an hour.	sharptoothed
1990497	Rather than cutting down on cigarettes, why don't you just give them up?	CK
308556	She is old enough to know better than to expect too much of her parents.	CK
19924	Smokers are far more likely to develop lung cancer than non-smokers are.	CK
667942	There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist.	CK
3144502	Tom suggested that we should leave earlier than we'd originally planned.	CK
316155	Whenever she goes shopping, she ends up buying more than she can afford.	CK
2951480	A person like Tom has probably never kissed anyone other than his mother.	CK
2945614	Even though Tom looks younger than Mary, he's actually quite a bit older.	CK
285860	His loss of memory is a psychological problem rather than a physical one.	CK
43852	I wanted to buy the book, but I found I had no more than 200 yen with me.	Swift
55336	In all my travels I've never seen a more beautiful mountain than Everest.	CK
41212	More often than not, students prefer club activities to academic classes.	CM
327885	On cloudy days, you can hear distant sounds better than in clear weather.	CM
59260	The population of this country is smaller than that of the United States.	CK
57926	This area was first settled by the Dutch more than two hundred years ago.	CK
1093551	Tom hates it when Mary asks him to explain the same thing more than once.	CK
2957723	Tom probably has better things to do than sit around all day watching TV.	CK
17077	Your argument is not any more convincing than that of my stubborn father.	Zifre
284161	He had no sooner gone out of the room than all of them burst out laughing.	CK
1045082	I didn't want to spend any more time than necessary cooking for my family.	CK
253276	I have spent more than two-thirds, if not all, of the money for a new car.	CM
318808	I left home later than usual, but fortunately I was in time for the train.	CK
54536	I shopped around for my computer and ended up paying $200 less than David.	CM
3101553	I've heard that plants are better adapted to space travel than people are.	CK
324795	It is absurd to believe that young children can run faster than policemen.	CM
66986	It's better to take your time at this job than to hurry and make mistakes.	CK
281425	Japan's population is larger than that of Britain and France put together.	CK
40500	Rather than doing any good, the rain did a great deal of harm to the crop.	CM
243730	Recently the demand for this product has increased faster than the supply.	CK