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‘he was much smaller than his son’
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‘Jack doesn't know any more than I do’
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‘Always remember that it is far easier to withhold a service or benefit than to take it away.’
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‘There is no easier way to change the look of a home than to put on a fresh coat of paint.’
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‘If you have a second child, you get more than twice the benefit for a single child, and so on.’
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‘Which means we sold more copies in the second week of release than we did in the first.’
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‘On one occasion a female passenger leaned on him for more than just a friendly chat.’
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‘The sexy star also claimed she is happier now than at any point in the last decade.’
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‘It is tempting to believe the world has gone bad, that everything is worse than it was.’
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‘However much we decide to be careful, we always end up spending more than we mean to.’
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‘It turned out to be better in looks than taste and in any case was described as carrot cake on the bill.’
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‘The third was believed to be younger than the first two and was wearing dark clothing.’
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‘He said it would be a nonsense for the roof of the main property to be lower than the extension roof.’
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‘This is a great venue and we hope to register even more participants than last year.’
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‘Our council tax is much higher than in larger towns if you compare the size of house.’
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‘He was reviewing books at the rate of more than one a day and writing criticism of a very high order.’
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‘Two walkers came the other way, one said it was better here than London in a heatwave.’
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‘In later years, the death rate of his patients was far higher than it should have been.’
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‘This is intended to build new properties in the Park for rent at less than the market rate.’
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‘At six weeks premature, Sam was much larger than many of the other babies in the unit.’
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‘He likes getting in on the act too and has appeared in more productions than he cares to count.’
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‘In the first quarter of this year, more of these homes were sold than any other type.’
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‘he claims not to own anything other than his home’
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‘they observe rather than act’
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‘We would rather be able to hear than be deaf; we would rather be able to see than be blind.’
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‘What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?’
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‘Mr Miliband would say no more than that the final decision would be left to the council.’
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‘Rather than being told to cut out alcohol, a man might be urged to modify his drinking.’
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‘It is a joy to be able to delight in somebody else's good fortune rather than be envious of it.’
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‘There are rules if you want to find the car of your dreams rather than of your nightmares.’
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‘There is no point to cheerleaders other than to be eye candy for the fans and television audience.’
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‘This time, he signed for just three years and opted to rent a property rather than buy.’
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‘Now its good we can come here for an afternoon rather than be stuck indoors or in the garden.’
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‘I try to think where we are going to be in three years' time rather than where we are now.’
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‘Far better to get a job in a hotel and learn from experience rather than from some textbook.’
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‘Site owners with a primary language other than English need efficient English copy writers and editors.’
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‘She says we have to learn to use anger in a positive way, rather than letting it control us.’
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‘He used to get friends to ask girls out for him rather than make the approach himself.’
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‘In other words, religion is seen more as part of the solution than part of the problem.’
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‘Watkins said he felt the outcome would be revealed in a matter of days rather than weeks.’
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‘Rather than a game of skill and technique, golf is turning into a mere test of power.’
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‘I found it profoundly useful to be able to do this on screen rather than in real life.’
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‘He was the first man to treat her as an intelligent person, rather than a sex symbol.’
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‘They just seem to do what they are told rather than have their own personal opinion.’
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‘scarcely was the work completed than it was abandoned’
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‘Hardly had I driven the car down the road than it attracted waves and nods of affirmation from pedestrians and drivers alike.’
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‘But no sooner had Bryansford raced into that lead, than the champions got back into their familiar routine.’
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‘In Siena, Gissing worked on the Dickens study, and no sooner had he finished it, than he headed south to Naples.’
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‘No sooner was he seated than Lily sidled closer to him.’
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