Example sentences of "[det] than [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one was more aware of this than Francisco Franco . |
| 2 | A more precise source for this than archaeology is the record of tax assessments , and more particularly the grants of tax relief which were made in the fifteenth-century reassessments . |
| 3 | And there 's more to this than questions of individual fitness . |
| 4 | Evergreen winter foliage needs to stay looking fresh right through the darkest days and some variegated plants are better at this than others . |
| 5 | Some machines have less trouble with this than others , but the option of being able to use an extension microphone held well away from the camcorder is a good way of avoiding spoiling your recordings . |
| 6 | No one is more aware of this than publishers , to the sceptics ' fury . |
| 7 | Elizabeth could see that there was more to this than George would tell her , but she , too , came to the conclusion that Sarah must go to Leeds and that as soon as possible . |
| 8 | ‘ There 's more to this than Volkov and the girl . ’ |
| 9 | Despite your conditioning ( women tend to have greater difficulty doing this than men ) , interrupt if necessary and state your intention ‘ Can I interrupt , please ? ’ |
| 10 | But quite soon different conclusions were drawn from this than Moore 's . |
| 11 | Foods tend to contain mixtures of these fatty acids , but obviously some foods have higher proportions of some than others . |
| 12 | ‘ Obviously I have a lot more information on some than others , who may just appear as names and addresses . |
| 13 | Office blocks are less easily priced relative to one another than Peru 2005 and Argentina 1998 . |
| 14 | Jim was better at that than Phoebe was , and inside herself she sulked . |
| 15 | Better that than discretion and gentle kindliness . |
| 16 | ‘ They can tell you more about that than I. ’ She took a deep breath . |
| 17 | You are better at that than Nigel . |
| 18 | Khin Nyunt , secretary of the ruling military council , the State Law and Order Restoration Council ( SLORC ) , told a press conference on Jan. 25 that Than Kywe and Myint Aung , " cabinet ministers " in the opposition parallel government formed in December [ see pp. 37915-16 ] , had surrendered to the Myanma embassy in Bangkok in early January , revealing " important news " . |
| 19 | It soundslike a fast , powerful car , and many would rather that than silence . |
| 20 | On April 24 it was announced that Than Shwe would serve as Prime Minister , a post hitherto held by Saw Maung , and the following day Than Shwe also replaced Saw Maung as C.-in-C. of the Defence Forces . |
| 21 | you would have more information on that than Milvia would have for that , after they done the SATS and they 're marked reports have to be sent out , we must report at the end of key stage three . |
| 22 | It 's same with rheumatoid arthritis , more women suffer from that than men . |
| 23 | In a place like Kingston-upon-Hull in Humberside , 68% of homes are in the lowest ( £40,000 and under ) band , and fewer than 1% are in either of the top two bands ( more than £120,000 ) . |
| 24 | Radical changes in working patterns have yet to happen : apart from doctors in accident and emergency departments fewer than 1% of doctors are working full shifts and just over 2% are working partial shifts . |
| 25 | Other fish with parental care , like pit-spawning cichlids , or bubble-nesters , lay more eggs than egg scatterers , but fewer than mouthbrooders . |
| 26 | From 19 study trees in one season , fewer than 4% of the total of more than 430 000 seeds produced had a chance of establishing , for 6% were killed by the parrots , 66% fell under the mother trees and 24% germinated in close competitive clumps in faeces . |
| 27 | In 1980 , fewer than 6% of the total school population were attending assisted and independent schools — yet more than a quarter of University entrants continued to be drawn from private schools . |
| 28 | In the past five years that has happened in fewer than 15% of the cases ; not a single officer has been found criminally liable . |
| 29 | It is aimed either at the external hacker of which there are far fewer than press reports suggest or at the employee who though they have legitimate access legitimate lim limited access to a computer , nevertheless go beyond that authorization , but in order for the act to be successful , in order to get a successful prosecution , the prosecution have got to show that the access was unauthorized , and in the absence of clear codes of conduct , clear on-screen messages , that can be quite tricky . |
| 30 | In January , for the first time since April 1985 , fewer than 50% of new apartments in the greater Tokyo area were sold ; Daikyo , Japan 's leading apartment-block developer , had a nationwide sales rate of only 47% . |