Example sentences of "than for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The author of the manual wins more points for entertainment than for clarity — the manual is extremely difficult to follow . |
| 2 | Wilkinson says his area is a difficult one , but no more so than for scholars writing about military strategy and intelligence . |
| 3 | As olivine has a much lower critical concentration than plagioclase ( see equation ( 1 ) ) , the scale of olivine layering should be smaller than for plagioclase , as is observed . |
| 4 | other than for windows in occupied bedrooms the security devices fitted to the Home are put effectively into operation and |
| 5 | other than for windows in unoccupied bedrooms the security devices fitted to the Home are put effectively into operation and |
| 6 | His recipes , some his own and many collected from his friends and contemporaries , were put together in the form of a private notebook rather than for publication . |
| 7 | The impact of maternal age upon the viability of children up to age 5 years is illustrated by WFS statistics for 39 developing countries , which show that the mortality of those under age one year is about 42 per cent higher if the mother was less than 20 years old at their birth than for infants born to women in the 20–29 year age group . |
| 8 | This effect seems more important for Dipentum than for Salazopyrin resulting in significantly higher mucosal concentrations in the rectum and sigmoid in patients who had not had previous washout . |
| 9 | A similar effect of GR has been observed for the orbit of the binary pair containing the pulsar 1913+16 : the advance of the periastron ( the line joining the stars at their point of nearest approach ) of the pulsar orbit is , at 4° per year , considerably larger than for Mercury 's orbit . |
| 10 | Various contraceptive methods have always been known , from abortion to coitus interruptus , and by the eighteenth century condoms were available , though they seem to have been usually used as safeguards against venereal disease rather than for birth control . |
| 11 | When , it finally did , reports showed that the Mexican tuna fleet had killed roughly 100,000 dolphins during that year — a rate four times greater than for US boats . |
| 12 | In glassy solids the effects of random differences in local environment are even greater than for liquids ; where fairly strong interactions occur , some bands may be very broad indeed . |
| 13 | Here , he was much better supplied with materials than for Elphege . |
| 14 | The origins of fingerspelling are rather difficult to trace , though there are better records than for signs . |
| 15 | Due diligence for asset sales is generally cheaper and quicker than for share sales as the investigation covers the specific assets that have been selected rather than investigating hidden liabilities . |
| 16 | For market indices based on a small number of shares , such as the MMI with only 20 shares , arbitrage using all the shares in the index is much easier than for indices like the NYSE Composite , which comprises about 1700 shares . |
| 17 | It can also appear in more sophisticated writing , used for effect rather than for simplicity : |
| 18 | Though such a swap is a better deal for a company 's bond-holders than for shareholders , shareholders have been prepared to accept the dilution , reckoning that cutting debt more than offsets it . |
| 19 | Much of the debate has related to reducing waiting times for surgery rather than for outpatient appointments . |
| 20 | Arbitrage is easier for interest rate or currency futures markets than for index futures because , in these other markets , the underlying asset can be purchased or sold in a single transaction . |
| 21 | He should be encouraged to think of sport as healthy exercise done for fun , rather than for competition . |
| 22 | The then Director General of World Health Organisation , Dr. H. Mahler in 1985 encouraged nurses to ‘ lead the way ’ in Health for All and envisaged nurses becoming resources for people rather than for physicians , developing their role as health promoters . |
| 23 | Their hope has been realized , by rather than for miscreants ; their rhetoric reminds us that Victorian values did not produce an orderly society . |
| 24 | In Harrison v. Duke of Rutland ( H.C. , 1893 ) it was held that a person who used the highway other than for passage could be sued for trespass . |
| 25 | In Britain it has seldom been more controversial than for Zeneca , a drugs firm being spun off from ICI on June 1st . |
| 26 | This is quite difficult to apply , and is used more for fancy and wedding cakes than for fantasy cakes such as those described in this book . |
| 27 | In general , this is a general point , the ionic selectivity of such channels is much less than for voltage gated channels . |
| 28 | I would call it the instinct for survival rather than for selfishness . |
| 29 | Mixing is greater for nitrogen than for oxygen because the gap between 2s and 2p is smaller . |
| 30 | The frequency of these fights is higher than for fights with peers . |