Example sentences of "than this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does n't sound quite so good when you put it at that sort of level , cause it puts a school at risk , but of course there 's no reason why a county council should n't borrow considerably more than this council does , looked at on accounting principle , unless I 'm wrong , and Mr I 'm going to call in a minute , will correct me if I am . |
| 2 | By using salvaged slates , it was possible to revise the roof of the garage to a ‘ cat-slide ’ form projecting out and down from the eaves of the main rear roof-slope at a slightly shallower pitch than this surface ( Plate 10 ) . |
| 3 | The addition of three roof windows close to the eaves of this upper roof-slope at a slightly shallower pitch than this surface ( Plate 10 ) . |
| 4 | Helping the balance of payments could weigh more heavily on the scales of decision-making than this country 's reputation as the universal nuclear rubbish bin . |
| 5 | Will the Minister explain why European companies can apparently provide their workers with better conditions in terms of hours and minimum wages than this country 's employers ? |
| 6 | The district judge in Hong Kong was far better placed than this Board to make such a judgment , as part of his assessment of the situation as a whole . |
| 7 | I liked it far better than this North Africa , which is more ‘ civilised ’ and cultivated . |
| 8 | Any conversation , even if it was only about food , was better than this stalemate . |
| 9 | Their whole house was no bigger than this bathroom — ; |
| 10 | Yes , it 's not like he 's going , he 's , he 's going faster than this geezer , he 's not , he 's getting a drag from him , then all of a sudden he comes out and he goes faster you think , explain a little bit more on the old . |
| 11 | Goal directed search is useful much more often than this discussion suggests . |
| 12 | Moreover , the effects of industrial action on members ' attendance exacerbated the situation , and it is arguable that in times of adversity such bodies need stronger leadership and clearer terms of reference than this panel ever enjoyed . |
| 13 | Nothing could be further removed from the graceful garden-tombs of the Great Moguls than this warrior 's memorial , as narrowly militaristic as theirs were elegant and sophisticated . |
| 14 | Unpalatable conclusions are likely to require more substantial evidence than this technique can provide . |
| 15 | In those circumstances , does he really think that a dying Parliament , a week after the Maastricht summit , should empower a lame-duck Prime Minister to use the royal prerogative to sign that treaty without any consultation with the British people whose rights will be affected far more than this Parliament ? |
| 16 | Bristol overtook Gloucester 's 14–3 lead in the second half but two late tries by Morris for Gloucester gave the score a more one-sided look than this mid-table contest had actually been . |
| 17 | Annual recruitment had to be even heavier than this total suggests , since well into the nineteenth century a high percentage of recruits died before even reaching their regiments and disease took a heavy toll among established troops . |
| 18 | Otherwise it tends to make the whole picture , like , I went to er er one club once and there was a very nice portrait , not unlike this , there was a girl sitting on a stool , rather less clothes on than this girl has got and it was very nicely done except she was sitting on a painted stool and all the paint was chipped and that to me looked really tacky ! |
| 19 | New Zealand 's inhabitants are colloquially called ‘ Kiwis ’ after their native nocturnal flightless birds , but the average Kiwi is a much more aviation-oriented creature than this pseudonym would lead you to believe . |
| 20 | Yes , but still I mean it is much longer than this journey . |
| 21 | The total budget will be £9.5 billion — £525 million higher than this year — and will rise to £10.4 billion within three years , Mr Malcolm Rifkind told the Commons . |
| 22 | Paraschiv , a former international scrum-half who was involved in a 28-22 victory over the Scots in Bucharest five years ago , believes that Romania have more potential than this year 's mediocre results indicate . |
| 23 | Taking cuttings and collecting seeds will ensure that next year 's garden is even more colourful than this year 's |
| 24 | His first election was 1959 , when the polls did rather better than this year . |
| 25 | His record pay-off cost more than this year 's dividends to all the shareholders in Murdoch 's News International company . |
| 26 | IBM expects the world economy in 1993 to be no better than this year , and the workforce reductions will come from manufacturing and development organisations and in marketing and services units , principally from support areas . |
| 27 | For all the proof you need , look no further than this year 's Reading Festival and the amazing response the Neds got for some T-shirts that they had made especially for the occasion . |
| 28 | higher than this year , but it is for Derbyshire to decide its level of spending and priorities between services . |
| 29 | more than this year and three times as many as in 1990-91 . |
| 30 | Their bills will be higher than this year 's community charge bills . |