Example sentences of "[adj] than [prep] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Downstream , in light of high product stocks , industry refining margins in the USA and Europe are expected to be lower in the first quarter of 1993 than in the fourth quarter of 1992 . |
| 2 | When seen in hospital she was far less depressed than on the first occasion and did not feel she needed further help . |
| 3 | The OECD Economic Outlook indicated that the trade deficit in the USA stabilized at an annual rate $5,000 million lower than in the second half of 1988 . |
| 4 | In the first three months of 1990 , the guess is that they were again about 13% lower than in the first quarter of 1989 , but there are now hopes that it was the last drop for a while . |
| 5 | Control of Parliament by the executive has never been more complete than in the twentieth century , with compliant MPs loyally following party policy . |
| 6 | Since labour supply did not increase to meet this demand , the growth of civilian employment was only marginally higher in the late sixties and early seventies than in the first half of the sixties ( table 11.2 ) . |
| 7 | Accelerated erosion was more widespread than in the second episode , reflecting extensive forest clearance by the Purépecha . |
| 8 | The entrance to the " opportunity garden " is less obvious than in the first drawing . |
| 9 | The situation was slightly better than in the first half of the 1980s , when more power stations were cancelled than entered service , but those under construction all dated from orders placed at the beginning of the 1970s . |
| 10 | At the time of writing , Lebanon is probably a little less hazardous than in the last year or so . |
| 11 | Eventually , during my evolutionary wanderings through Biomorph Land — the sense of triumph was scarcely less than on the first occasion — I finally cornered them again . |
| 12 | The exigencies of war were such that those with long years of service to their name ( and there were probably more of them in the fifteenth than in the fourteenth century ) almost inevitably found themselves in positions of command . |
| 13 | This is nowhere more apparent than in the sixth quatrain : " Golden tongue " decently translates , but is purchased with a lame rhyme in " the shades among " . |
| 14 | Lucy listened to the repeated message with her heart in her mouth , and , hearing it again , the voice sounded even more arrogant than during the first recording . |
| 15 | Given that the group is expected to have made profits for the current year , the net assets will be higher than at the last account date and as the company is being purchased on a multiple of earnings we should consider stripping out the excess assets . |
| 16 | higher than in the first half of 1990 . |
| 17 | On the other hand , greater prosperity and more settled political conditions combined to make barrenness less common than in the tenth century ; Geoffrey Martel of Anjou and Duke Hugh of Burgundy were unusual in producing no heirs . |
| 18 | Other than for the first flight of the day , engine run-ups are not deemed necessary because the aircraft 's engines are almost always warm , so off-chock to take-off times are often three minutes or less . |
| 19 | The first part of the Book of Daniel ( approximately chapters 1–6 ) and the Books of Esther and Judith are more likely to belong to the third than to the second century B.C. They combine edification with entertainment . |
| 20 | Private Acts of Parliament could be used to overcome opposition ; 472 between 1770 and 1779 , 2000 in all ( Darby 1973b ) , although it seems that more land was enclosed in the seventeenth than in the eighteenth century . |