Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [noun] [adj] than [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the 1920s other ports had taken much of Gloucester 's corn trade and some of the dock warehouses became used for purposes other than corn storage . |
| 2 | Another form of game which has become popular among teachers other than drama teachers has been ‘ simulation ’ , where elaborate game structures are set up usually involving a great deal of time and application in order to teach some specific subject-matter about the civic planning of motorways , starvation in the Third World or executive decision-making in industry . |
| 3 | ‘ It remains too early for visitors other than family and very close friends . |
| 4 | They do n't need to , but , erm , I mean nine , ninety eight per cent of their sales is on sale of gas , so the only way you can make a name for yourself is getting involved in things other than gas , one , installing central heating or kitchen . |
| 5 | The dogmatic attempt to hand on religious faith through education is very much alive within religions other than Christianity also . |
| 6 | How do smaller companies meet their capital raising requirements , particularly in emergence from recession ; particularly in the face of venture capitalists , many of whom have become more renowned for risk averse than risk taking strategies ; particularly in the face of clearing banks ' policy which does not exactly involve them rushing to throw loan finance about as they emerge from one of the most traumatic periods in their history ; and particularly in the face of the closure of the Unlisted Securities Market ( USM ) with no successor currently in sight ? |
| 7 | Those who see that one section of the report is concerned with fates worse than death may be disappointed . |
| 8 | Although the authorities in the UK have sought to control interest rates by their operations in the discount market , this relates much more to Figure 18.4 than Figure 18.5 , especially during the first part of the 1980s . |
| 9 | An improvement or deterioration in the health conditions of a group in society may be due to factors other than access to or use of medical services . |
| 10 | Although the company is on Sparc International 's executive committee and Tsunami chips are reportedly available to firms other than Sun , the boxes will not be available until June . |
| 11 | Participation and active citizenship therefore have a limited role due to the desire to preserve stability and the claims that it is unrealistic to have citizens active in decision-making ; ‘ the electoral mass is incapable of action other than stampede ’ . |
| 12 | But rule-making by bodies other than Parliament may be subject to judicial review on a number of grounds , as we will see in due course . |