Example sentences of "than [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Many low income families may still face enforcement action through private bailiffs at the door , rather than less stringent repayment methods . |
| 32 | For this reason , the bones of road runners — which undergo high levels of stress — tend to be denser than less active people . |
| 33 | Judicial views on this matter are likely to vary from judge to judge and from time to time : some judges favour more rather than less judicial review ; others less rather than more . |
| 34 | The series is a variation of Hans Christian Andersen 's fable of the Emperor — and it is more rather than less pointed because here the clothes are fabulous . |
| 35 | ‘ Rich and famous families usually behave worse than less important families , ’ she said . |
| 36 | You could suspect that this is a way of making it more rather than less egoistic , could n't you ? |
| 37 | Furthermore , the highly foliated nature of the carbon-bearing granulites suggests that much of their porosity is in the form of long thin cracks rather than less compressible , more rounded pores . |
| 38 | Risky investments do usually have higher yields , and do therefore pay more direct tax than less risky investments . |
| 39 | Specifically , those situations in which drivers might normally expect to experience risk ( e.g. generally dangerous junctions or right turns ) showed the expected effect , recognition sensitivity was better for risky exemplars than less risky ones . |
| 40 | The fact that risky junctions contain generally more information than less risky ones is consistent with earlier findings . |
| 41 | It will be an ‘ entitlement ’ to children only if the teachers ' interpretation of it and their teaching style , as it is affected by its requirements , will make them more rather than less likely to be the teachers with the sorts of qualities which are likely to engage their learners , interests . |
| 42 | This did not lead him to question the principle of majority decisions ; but it did lead him to pay attention to the social , cultural and economic conditions in which the will of all , or the will of the majority , would be more rather than less likely to coincide with " the general will " , by which Rousseau meant what all of us would will if we thought of ourselves not as private individuals but as citizens identifying ourselves with the good of the community . |
| 43 | An interesting additional finding which is stressed is that it appears that such people are more rather than less likely to exhibit qualities of psychological balance and social responsibility . |
| 44 | Whatever one 's opinions of their sentences there is no doubt that the defendants received much gentler treatment than less distinguished offenders . |
| 45 | If anything , the deepening and lengthening recession made it more rather than less unlikely that the electorate would turn to Mr Kinnock as an economic messiah . |
| 46 | And presumably there 's virtually no end to what these devices can do in a much more reliable way than perhaps human beings can do ? |
| 47 | Lodge suggests that this need not happen , if one sees the monologic and dialogic as dominant tendencies rather than mutually exclusive terms . |
| 48 | They neglect the efforts of those who have regarded scientific and religious discourse as complementary rather than mutually exclusive . |
| 49 | Similarly , a product which is marketed under a prestigious brand name may enjoy a much longer market life than basically similar products which lack a strong brand image . |
| 50 | The dangers of excessive alcohol are perhaps more obvious and the real problem here is that the effect is cumulative rather than merely temporary . |
| 51 | Was this a more than merely temporary parting of the ways ? |
| 52 | Yet objects were more than merely utilitarian or symbols of status and achievement . |
| 53 | To write a novel is to conduct imaginary personages through imaginary space and time in a way that will be simultaneously interesting , perhaps amusing , surprising yet convincing , representative or significant in a more than merely personal , private sense . |
| 54 | Several elusive references in the tracts themselves suggest that Carleton 's involvement in this illicit venture may have been more than merely managerial . |
| 55 | The reason that has been given for saying that Halley 's attempt was serious , rather than merely placatory , is that he confessed in public that his efforts had not , after all , produced decisive results . |
| 56 | He was being more than merely polite , he was being charming , the grey eyes glinting with warmth , the sensuous mouth parted in laughter . |
| 57 | Knowledge of the business is more rooted in substantive criteria of operational intimacy rather than merely rational techniques . |
| 58 | Yet the primate hand , particularly in the case of man , who has retained ( or , more accurately , re-acquired ) a generalized , unspecialized hand , can be put to many other uses than merely grasping branches . |
| 59 | The strong argument in favour of classifying such offences as attempted rape rather than merely indecent assault has now been recognized by the Law Commission 's draft Criminal Code , and the Court of Appeal has recently found its way to this conclusion by ‘ interpreting ’ the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 . |
| 60 | What is often lacking , however , in sociological research is a concerted effort to examine social data functionally in order to discover significant , rather than merely self-evident , correlations between different patterns of belief and behaviour . |