Example sentences of "[adj] [det] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local hierarchy did not always read off academic excellence as the desired end of local practice , so that there was less concern in these rural areas for the fate of the top few than for that of the majority . |
| 2 | In 1985 fewer than one in ten of the country 's children were immunised . |
| 3 | He left the hospital weighing 110 lb , 30 less than when he came in . |
| 4 | It was funny , actually it was on that one , I think he was a little bit erm sexually-orientated more than average this gentleman , cos he 'd got the four poster bed . |
| 5 | Yet by 1985 more than two-thirds of further education colleges , for example , ran special courses for such students . |
| 6 | No doubt some of you will find this less than convincing in the face of the superstition and magic that exists everywhere . |
| 7 | Gazing at the blue fabric , she noted that Ivan , ever present when least wanted , was intently watching this less than interesting encounter from a position just behind and below Henrietta 's left shoulder . |
| 8 | Most were about 15 minutes late , some more than an hour . |
| 9 | The jellies will shake too , but some more than others . |
| 10 | All of these , some more than others , carry the risk of injury from accidents and even the safety of some long-standing sports — notably rugby — has become the focus of attention . |
| 11 | The vertebral border of the scapula is broken in every case , some more than others , probably as a result of entry into the body cavity by the eagle to extract the heart and lungs . |
| 12 | But this log-jam is going to take some more than human effort , however sincere and weighty , to break through . |
| 13 | And liking some more than others . |
| 14 | some more than others . |
| 15 | You must have thought of some more than that . |
| 16 | MUSIC scores , some more than 100-years-old , were destroyed early yesterday in an arson attack on a hall used by a well-known silver band . |
| 17 | I think I need some more than that but that 's all I had , the six pounds . |
| 18 | This has been a source of some less than harmonious comments from my beloved . |
| 19 | Yet we can not claim that our sensory reality is more real than theirs : that we see it the ‘ right ’ way and that they see it in some less than real manner . |
| 20 | It was disappointing that the positive achievements of some activities were undermined by some less than satisfactory results and commercial and technical contract performances in others . |
| 21 | Students with limited time to complete an essay would do well to begin here , although they are likely to get a British perspective and , inevitably , some less than comprehensive coverage . |
| 22 | History repeats itself in some less than mysterious ways . |
| 23 | ( Incidentally , the papers give Kerslake 's transfer fee as 450,000 — that 's 50,000 less than we bought him for . ) |
| 24 | Oh , I 've got a few more than that , fifteen two , fifteen |
| 25 | A further important aspect of the assessment process was the significance of ASW consultation with male family members , associated with section 2 more than section 3 and to a greater degree with GP than other referrals with non admission . |
| 26 | The first full dress rehearsal occurred on July 10 and 637 aircraft took part , a few less than on the actual event . |
| 27 | Morton saw that Leonard and Mrs Cohen were very close , and nothing emphasised this more than her willingness to take them and their friends out for meals , especially to a favourite Greek restaurant where she would be the life of the party , not least in singing , and encouraged by good wine which the restaurateur would ply them with in order to get the mood of the evening going . |
| 28 | It was this more than anything that impelled Havel into active opposition , and there 's little doubt that it 's his reputation as a truth-teller , a man whose word is to be trusted , that most commends him to a nation recovering from constitutional mendacity . |
| 29 | Eckholm 's book ( 1976 ) does this more than adequately , and less recent accounts ( e.g. Jacks and Whyte 1939 : Hyams 1952 ) have also documented what has been seen as a widespread and serious problem . |
| 30 | This more than made up for the Tramway Department 's loss of revenue resulting from the suspension of the service ! |