Example sentences of "with [adj] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely it would be better to content herself with that than stay on , laying herself open to inevitable heartbreak . |
| 2 | Especially when you 'd rather work with eights than sixteenths . |
| 3 | The possibility that some neurological damage may occur before delivery and be more pronounced in infants with classic than atypical disease ( and therefore be associated with rather than caused by worse phenylalanine control ) can not be completely discounted . |
| 4 | It is interesting to note that among those subject areas with lower than average levels of students seeking employment were all the " purer " IT specialisms . |
| 5 | But any individual market or island may experience somewhat higher or lower demand than average , those with lower than average demand cancelling out those with higher than average demand . |
| 6 | That struggle was still concerned more with European than with colonial questions . |
| 7 | But what of Mr Major 's claim that Mr Ashdown has more in common with Labour than with the Tories and could be the Trojan horse with which Mr Kinnock bursts through the wrought-iron gates into Downing Street ? |
| 8 | Subsidiarity is an old doctrine from German Catholic social philosophy and has far more to do with this than with constitutional theory . |
| 9 | Some machines have less trouble with this than others , but the option of being able to use an extension microphone held well away from the camcorder is a good way of avoiding spoiling your recordings . |
| 10 | One of the many major problems for this idea is that Broca 's aphasics usually show better performance with content than with function words even when the task is reading aloud single words : the patient given tie , and , the and ant to read aloud might well succeed with tie and ant but not with and or the . |
| 11 | Teacher-initiated collaboration was more often associated with individual than with shared tasks . |
| 12 | The results for patients suspected of having diabetic gastroparesis — more patients with rapid than with slow emptying — might seem surprising but illustrates an important consideration that is too easily overlooked . |
| 13 | The goal for 1993 is that 60 per cent of participants will be companies with fewer than 500 employees . |
| 14 | Mr Bannock estimates that these increases have led to substantial gains in employment , with three million more people working in businesses with fewer than 1,000 staff . |
| 15 | The goal for 1993 is that 60 per cent of participants will be companies with fewer than 500 employees . |
| 16 | A London clinic specialising in reversal operations said yesterday that more than six out of 10 operations are now successful compared with fewer than two out of 10 only three or four years ago . |
| 17 | An important perception was that in villages with fewer than 500 inhabitants interest in adult education had to be generated within the whole community with the intention of creating a social movement , rather than in appeals to sectional interests in such small communities . |
| 18 | With fewer than 150 breeding females the breed remains in the RBST 's ‘ Critical ’ category among the rare breeds , treasured as the Trust 's symbol . |
| 19 | In inner cities , within the Development Areas ( where regional incentives apply ) , small companies with fewer than 25 employees will be eligible for 15 per cent Regional Enterprise Grant on fixed assets up to a threshold of £15,000 and a 50 per cent innovation grant up to a maximum of £25,000 . |
| 20 | A study at the Science policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex found that 37 per cent of innovations in mechanical engineering between 1969 and 1980 were made in firms with fewer than 1000 employees . |
| 21 | In our case , by starting two small congregations which began with fewer than forty , the total number of those attending on Sunday mornings grew from around 200 to around 400 as a result of this strategy . |
| 22 | Second , the figure of 97 per cent of workplaces with fewer than 20 people , is , in itself , meaningless . |
| 23 | Of those responding , 34 were from offices with fewer than three partners , of whom eight were sole practitioners with no other staff ; 31 respondents were from offices with fewer than 10 staff . |
| 24 | Of those responding , 34 were from offices with fewer than three partners , of whom eight were sole practitioners with no other staff ; 31 respondents were from offices with fewer than 10 staff . |
| 25 | Predictably , below the top 20 firms , it is the larger firms that have the greater number of listed clients , and there are no firms with fewer than seven partners acting for more than two listed companies . |
| 26 | Possibly the solution is to fix accounting reference dates for those companies choosing to make up their accounts to the end of the month with fewer than 31 days to , say , the third day of the following month and take regular advantage of seven day variation of actual accounting date from accounting reference date allowed by s 223 . |
| 27 | Last year Ford UK took a major step in banning staff members under 21 or with fewer than three years ' driving experience from using the fast models . |
| 28 | Investment grants up to £15,000 are payable after the purchase of plant machinery and buildings for companies with fewer than 25 employees , while innovation grants pay up to half eligible costs , to a maximum of £25,000 , for projects leading to the development and introduction of products and processes for companies with fewer than 50 employees . |
| 29 | Investment grants up to £15,000 are payable after the purchase of plant machinery and buildings for companies with fewer than 25 employees , while innovation grants pay up to half eligible costs , to a maximum of £25,000 , for projects leading to the development and introduction of products and processes for companies with fewer than 50 employees . |
| 30 | But he admits , cost-effectiveness does depend on the number of users involved — with up to 100 users it is cheaper to use Unix , while he personally would n't suggest running a mainframe with fewer than 200 users . |