Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [noun] than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frivolity is a better marketing strategy for the bottled-water industry than actually telling consumers about its products . |
| 2 | It is likely then that marriages , at least amongst the propertied , in fact lasted longer during the Victorian period than ever before or since . |
| 3 | Of course , if such a procedure were adopted by the House it would be better to have it subject to agreement between the usual channels than merely on the diktat of the Government . |
| 4 | There had always been more in common between the front benches than either had in common with their followers in the country . |
| 5 | Because in recent years hypnosis has tended to leave behind its mystical and Svengali-related image — and also because complementary medicine in general is far more widely accepted than it used to be — many people are less worried about the whole concept than before . |
| 6 | Trade unions , despite a loss of membership and their apparently weakened position , appear to have performed more effectively after the General Strike than before — which suggests that employers were more reluctant to become embroiled in major industrial conflict and that the unions were , themselves , asserting their rights in more effective and varied ways . |
| 7 | These two factors have always applied , but the significance of regional and local perspectives on population changes seems greater in the last quarter of the twentieth century than previously . |
| 8 | erm I 'm very much aware that the challenges are ahead of us , both in terms of erm dealing with a difficult financial situation , which has been the pattern now for three or four years , but also in entering certain fields and approaches to arts activity that perhaps require more of the central staff than previously . |
| 9 | In the event Labour received marginally more votes than the Tories , in an election in which the two parties took a larger share of the total votes than ever before , but because of the geography of electoral support in relation to constituency boundaries it was the Tories who gained the majority of seats in Parliament and formed the next government . |
| 10 | Unionists of the time would scarcely have recognized the terms of the debate , for in 1922 the party was still embroiled with Ireland and the House of Lords , held a smaller share of the popular vote than ever before , and was still split as it had been since 1902 ; few Unionists would have seen the war as a turning-point for the better in the party fortunes . |
| 11 | James Kasting , of the Pennsylvania State University , also told the American Association for the Advancement of Science in February 1990 that , judging from ancient craters on the moon , collisions with asteroids nearly 300 miles in diameter , hitting the Earth at more than 100,000 mph , were much more common in the early history of the solar system than today . |
| 12 | Experience of this nature may reduce the reliance of less developed countries on goods imported from abroad ; local manufacturers may be able to satisfy local market needs by intelligent marketing , and thus gain a larger share of the local market than before , with consequent results for local levels of production and the economy generally . |
| 13 | 's ( 1965 ) three dimensions and in a survey of heads of household in Illinois , found that socioeconomic status generally accounted for more of the rural-urban variation than either occupation or residence , and then rejected Bealer 's approach when they argued that future work should concentrate on single-dimension variables . |
| 14 | The cry by 1901 was for educated men ‘ of good social standing ’ to become ministers : ‘ Such men … are more needed now than before Board Schools provided hearers whose improved education demands preaching of a higher order than formerly . ’ |
| 15 | It was also said that both masters neglected to wear their gowns , that the gardens were overgrown , and that , though there were still about 150 boys at the School , yet " they were of a lower class than formerly " . |
| 16 | Yet in a curious way ‘ the Arabs seem even less of a real presence than before ’ . |
| 17 | 1 It is much more effective to carry out media relations activities within the framework of a detailed plan than simply to publicise events as they happen and haphazardly respond to media enquiries . |
| 18 | ‘ A wall of fire , maintained by the fire-makers of an older age than even these Tuthanach . |
| 19 | It made him look more like a ruthless pirate than ever . |
| 20 | The Trunchbull , her face more like a boiled ham than ever , was standing before the class quivering with fury . |
| 21 | In Dresden , long known for a softer line than elsewhere , the Mayor , Wolfgang Berghofer , announced after talks with 20 church and New Forum opposition activists that he was willing to discuss their nine-point proposal , and release anyone arrested who was not accused of violence within 24 hours . |
| 22 | ‘ Would n't it be better to love like that for a little while than never to know what it is like ? ’ she asked herself silently . |
| 23 | A national project allows astronomers of that country to take major decisions in building and using the satellite ; and national pride makes it more likely that politicians will produce the money for a national project than simply to join in someone else 's satellite . |
| 24 | General practitioners are experiencing more stress , less job satisfaction , and poorer mental health with the new contract than before . |
| 25 | Alongside the festivals , the dalliance of the music business with the counter-culture pumped more money into the underground press than ever before . |
| 26 | Clearly , consultation is essential , with a wider group than yet involved ( including for example EATWOT , the association of Third World theologians ) . |
| 27 | The association of ideas made fondness for Gentle sound like another disease , but he did n't comment on it , merely made arrangements to pick up Klein the following evening and put down the phone , plunged into a deeper trough than ever . |
| 28 | Prince Charlie can go a lot better in the tartan game than most for he can , officially , wear no fewer than 11 different tartans . |
| 29 | Peet 's analysis of labour unionization in the United States noted that rates of union membership have traditionally been much lower in the southern States than elsewhere ( figure 5.15 ) . |
| 30 | Minority groups were better represented in the new Congress than ever before . |