一道英语语法题:

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In a speech given before Bengal Asiatic Society in 1786,he declared that the Sanskrit language bears to both Latin and Greek a stronger resemblance both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammer than could possibly have been produced by accident.
这里的than could possibly have been 是什么句式？具体由什么用法？是不是省略了什么？谢谢！

could possibly 前省略了Sanskrit language此句意是“梵文不可能是偶然形成的”。这是句中的一个观点，用than 是将其与前面的另一种观点（Sanskrit language bears to both Latin and Greek a stronger resemblance both in the roots of verbs and in the forms）对比