Example sentences of "considerably [adj -er] than [art] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 1970s the average family size of graduate women at the time of interview ( 1.53 ) was considerably lower than the fertility of women with no further education ( 2.04 ) ( Cartwright 1978 ) and they were likely to be childless . |
| 2 | Temporary workers , as Table 2.9 shows , are considerably younger than the generality of workers . |
| 3 | Temporary workers are also considerably younger than the generality of workers , largely because a high proportion of them are still teenagers . |
| 4 | which is such that the proportion of people of the victim 's racial group who can comply is considerably smaller than the proportion of the people not of that group who can comply ; |
| 5 | It was rumoured that the number of staff who had responded was considerably smaller than the number of participants in the strike claimed by the AUT . |
| 6 | Selby et al isolated an excess of44×10 6 mononuclear cells/g UC mucosa , or 440000 per 10 mg biopsy , so both these estimates are considerably smaller than the number of lymphocytes studied with each biopsy ( 2.56×10 6 ) . |
| 7 | Because , at this level , the floor of the extension is considerably higher than the floor of the main block , the master bedroom is reached from this landing via a flight of five stairs . |
| 8 | Since about 35% of contacts at night are dealt with by telephone the amount of disturbance for individual doctors is considerably higher than the number of claims , and the stress created by night work is out of proportion with the small number of contacts with patients . |
| 9 | The number of dwellings in Great Britain in 1981 was 21.2 million , considerably greater than the number of households , estimated as 19.5 million ( Social Trends 17 , 1987 , Table 2.2 ; Housing and Construction Statistics 1976–1986 , 1987 , Table 9 ) . |