English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "Than" in Example Sentences
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73717	"If you're on that telephone for less than one minute, I'll eat my hat," Bob says.	CM
269943	A man's worth should be judged by his character rather than by his social position.	CK
275632	Generally speaking, college students have more free time than high school students.	CK
954274	Some non-native speakers think they speak the language better than native speakers.	CK
3329504	The cost of building the new hospital was considerably higher than first estimated.	patgfisher
847231	The heart itself is nothing more nor less than a large, tough, leather-like muscle.	Source_Benedict_1921
3001519	Tom seems more interested in getting things done than in getting things done right.	CK
3037385	An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.	ApAdAnA
1543171	Because I do not have children, I can spend more time volunteering than parents can.	Bah_Dure
1992225	That guy standing in the corner over there can finish a smoke in less than a minute.	Marcus
667909	Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.	CK
19001	As is often the case with educated people, he likes classical music better than jazz.	NekoKanjya
1394235	In all of my travels, I have never seen a more beautiful mountain than Mount Everest.	CM
3329508	The cost of building the new hospital was a lot higher than they thought it would be.	CK
1948397	The number of people on Facebook is greater than the population of the United States.	linguine
21587	The number of students who were late for school was much smaller than I had expected.	CK
1345230	You can hear sounds in the distance better on clear days than you can on cloudy days.	CK
396195	Although Jane had one suitcase less than me, she still said she had too much to carry.	CM
26232	I don't think that there is any better way to learn English than by living in America.	CK
1003555	It's better to use plastic chopsticks and wash them than to use disposable chopsticks.	CK
3105381	The three richest people in the world control more wealth than the poorest 48 nations.	fekundulo
1092100	You could search the world over and never find another woman more beautiful than Mary.	CK
258608	I certainly don't subscribe to the view that women are necessarily more moral than men.	CM
284027	The errors apparent in his results are due more to carelessness than faulty procedures.	CK
66951	The number of errors of fact in Arendt's book are considerably fewer than Abel implies.	CM
2967357	They say golf is like life, but don't believe them. Golf is more complicated than that.	patgfisher
2953976	Translations of texts from English are more frequent than translations towards English.	Guybrush88
281751	The Japanese pay more attention to the group or the organization than to the individual.	CK
2966838	Tom broke his leg in a ski race in 2005, but was skiing again in less than three months.	meerkat
71470	When you get married and have kids, you'll realize that actions speak louder than words.	CK
1515774	With respect to financial matters, Mr. Jones knows more than anyone else in the company.	CK
2144629	Five minutes of sun on a normal day can be worth more than a whole day of sun on holidays.	oneconor
2674464	My father celebrated his seventieth birthday this year, but he's more energetic than I am.	WestofEden
3168301	You can buy anything you want, as long as it doesn't cost more than three hundred dollars.	CK
281233	In Japan, employment opportunities are significantly lower for women than they are for men.	CK
325173	It is because light travels faster than sound that we see lightning before we hear thunder.	CK
54574	The operation of a computer keyboard requires less effort than that of a manual typewriter.	CM
2537031	The traffic was lighter than we expected, so we got here a bit earlier than we expected to.	CK
1398513	A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.	bart
269966	When people meet, first impressions determine more than 50 percent of whatever happens next.	CM
667974	If we were supposed to talk more than listen, we would have been given two mouths and one ear.	CK
1331538	Money can't buy happiness. However, it's more comfortable to cry in a Maserati than on a bike.	CK
1929705	There's nothing more annoying than a group of young girls all trying to talk at the same time.	CK
239949	When we are away from home, nothing gives us more pleasure than to receive a parcel from home.	CM
275832	A majority of Japanese workers plan to take more than three consecutive days of summer vacation.	CK
516341	Cesar Chavez died in 1993 at the age of sixty-six. More than 40,000 people attended his funeral.	CK
237980	It is needless to say that an experienced person will do better than someone without experience.	CM
954067	It's a lot less likely for a Macintosh computer to have a virus than a computer running Windows.	CK
847250	To have more than one problem before him at one time makes him irritable, upset and exasperated.	Source_Benedict_1921
305370	They are better educated, healthier and wealthier than their parents' generation was at their age.	CK