Example sentences of "than at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was more like being present at a seance than at a lecture . |
| 2 | An elderly verger once confided to me that he felt happier at a good funeral than at a wedding . |
| 3 | The fact that it would have been tricky to die on a hill with more people around than at a Harrods sale , unless I 'd packed a gun and some razor blades , was irrelevant . |
| 4 | Contrary to normal practice , ‘ the most discussed football official of recent years ’ , as the Daily Mail described him , had his team training at Highbury in the week before the final , rather than at a country or seaside resort ( Brighton was later to become the favoured Cup training ground ) . |
| 5 | Being at the start of a slimming programme , rather than at a midway stage . |
| 6 | ‘ There was another row at Newmarket last year when Sheikh Mohammed bought In The Groove privately rather than at a Tattersalls auction . ’ |
| 7 | Instead , cross at lights whenever possible or at a clear stretch of road where there is good visibility , rather than at a corner . |
| 8 | Yet , in sharp contrast , village life here moves little faster than at a slow donkey 's pace and has a simple , rustic feel which gives it a special charm . |
| 9 | If you do not like what happens at a school , you should discuss it with the headmaster , but bear in mind that teachers at a boarding school are acting much more in loco parentis than at a day school and may feel that very firm action is essential . |
| 10 | Arrest elsewhere than at a police station |
| 11 | It has long been the view of central government that these forecasts are much more accurate if they are made at a local rather than at a national level ( Hammond , 1984 ) . |
| 12 | ( 5 ) A licence granted otherwise than at a properly constituted meeting of a licensing board or otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Act shall be void . |
| 13 | Until you are within a minute or two of your ETA , there is no need to call for QDMs more frequently than at a half to one minute intervals . |
| 14 | The noise is louder than at a dog track . |
| 15 | The simple margin method has the disadvantage of amortizing the discount or premium on the FRN in a straight line over the remaining life of the bond rather than at a constantly compounded rate . |
| 16 | It seems more likely that the decisive factor is the improvement in the antibacterial activity of amoxicillin after profound inhibition of acid secretion , because the MIC values of amoxicillin against H pylori are appreciably lower at neutral pH , for example , than at a pH of 5.5 . |
| 17 | In addition , by having this land available at the value of its current use , rather than at a value based on speculation as to its possible development , the community will be able to provide , in the places that need them , the public facilities it needs , but can not now afford because of the inflated price it has to pay to the private owner . |
| 18 | In this case , the Court of Appeal held that there had been a breach of s14(2) as the plaintiff had thought he was buying a second-hand enthusiast 's car in good condition at a fair price when in fact he was buying , at the same price , a car which no one , knowing its history ( a car insurance write-off because it had been submerged in water for over 24 hours ) , would have bought at other than at a substantially reduced price . |
| 19 | And than at a later stage go bock and have a go at Sally and and remind her of all these good things that you talked about . |
| 20 | Where Niall was concerned , by means of careful avoidance , she had n't seen him , other than at a distance , for the past two days . |
| 21 | ‘ This year there are a lot of students who have not yet got training places — significantly more than at a similar time in previous years , ’ Mr Pritchard said , adding that the Law Society was considering various ways of helping those unable to find a training places with a law firm . |
| 22 | ‘ My name is Captain Trentham , ’ the man informed the expectant band of untrained warriors , in an accent that Charlie suspected would have sounded more in place in Mayfair than at a railway station in Scotland . |