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主谓省略
146.        (32521-!-item-!-188;#058&007141)
The gyrfalcon, an Arctic bird of prey, has survived a close brush with extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than when the use of DDT was sharply restricted in the early 1970's.
(E) extinction, now with numbers five times greater than （E不对，没有说明是谁的numbers）

GWD1-16
Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than (it was不对，不能用it，而且因为时态一致，可省。有时候用that，这里也是可以省略的) in any previous election.

55.        (27389-!-item-!-188;#058&003179)
Shipwrecks are more likely to be found undisturbed at great depths than in shallow coastal waters, where archaeological remains are exposed to turbulence and are accessible to anyone in scuba gear, whether archaeologist, treasure hunter, or sport diver.

106.        (30167-!-item-!-188;#058&004112)
Officials at the United States Mint believe that the Sacagawea dollar coin will be used as a substitute for four quarters more than for the dollar bill because it weighs only 8.1 grams, far less than four quarters, which weigh 5.67 grams each.

112.        (30491-!-item-!-188;#058&004240)
Though certain breeds of dog are renowned for their sense of smell, there is often a greater difference in scenting ability between two members of a single breed than between members of different breeds.


A do sth than usual/everbefore/people expected(这个属于主语比较特殊形式)
GWD-18-Q11
In no other historical sighting did Halley’s comet cause such a worldwide sensation as in its return of 1910-1911.
Prep2-100.        (29731-!-item-!-188;#058&004378)
Patience Lovell Wright, whose traveling waxworks exhibit preceded Madame Tussaud's work by 30 years, became as well known for her eccentric personality as for her skillful wax renderings of popular public figures. (well known as much for her eccentric personality as for her skillful wax renderings of popular public figures)
As well known for a as for b
Well known as much for a as for b
Well known for a as much as for b
They are as likely to occur because of poor monitoring by boards of directors as to be caused by incentive compensation for managers.

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Not so much as
One of the primary distinctions between our intelligence and that of other primates may lie not so much in any specific skill as in our ability to extend knowledge gained in one context to new and different ones.
Q27:TT-GWD 2-30
Most insomnia is not an illness or a physical condition so much as a symptom of another problem that may simply be a reaction to certain medications, anxiety about travel, or stress before a job interview.

Prep2-40.        (26538-!-item-!-188;#058&003184)
According to one expert, the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog is not so much that dogs are being bred for looks or to meet other narrow criteria as that the breeds have relatively few founding members.

Not so much …as
Not …so much as

pancake

5.1        状语比较特殊形式

Therefore, if servers in Pennsylvania regularly wrote “Thank you” on restaurant bills, their average income from tips would be significantly higher than it otherwise would have been.

Virtually all patrons of the Pennsylvania restaurants in the study who were given a bill with “Thank you” written on it left a larger tip than they otherwise would have.

If the group faces food scarcity, individuals in the group will reach reproductive maturity later than otherwise.

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6        宾语比较

Prep1-153
A recent United States Census Bureau report shows that there are more than three times as many households where the children and grandchildren are living in their grandparents' home as there are households where the grandparents are living in their children's or grandchildren's home.

Prep2-9
The Environmental Protection Agency frequently puts mandatory controls on toxic substances that present as little risk as one chance in a million of causing cancer.

24.        (25819-!-item-!-188;#058&002130)
Employment costs rose 2.8 percent in the 12 months that ended in September, slightly less than they did in the year that ended in the previous quarter.

28. GWD26-Q28 宾语比较
Traffic safety officials predict that drivers will be as likely to exceed the proposed speed limit as they are the current one.
The fitness program would serve more employees who are out of shape than it would employees who are fit.

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7        特殊比较（其实不是比较，看起来像而已）

Consequently, the strategy to maximize overall profit from a new product is to charge less than the greatest possible price.
Prep1-168
An international team of astronomers working at telescopes in the Canary Islands and Spain has detected at least 18 huge gas spheres estimated to have 5 to 15 times the mass of Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet.
GWD27-Q7:
environmentalists in Chicago report that the total amount of pollutant emitted annually by vehicles at O’Hare International Airport is twice that emitted annually by all motor vehicles in the Chicago metropolitan area.

According to the study, children spent an average of 12 hours, 5 minutes a week watching television last year, compared with 15 hours, 12 minutes in 1981.

Q18: GWD4-Q4
A new hair-growing drug is being sold for three times the price, per milligram, that the drug’s maker charges for another product with the same active ingredient.