Example sentences of "[adj] than [art] [noun] [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Longer , higher and wider than the old R25 , the more rounded Safrane is 148mm ( 5.8ins ) shorter than the Rover 800 fastback but , at 1818mm between doors , is nearly an inch wider than the Citroen XM . |
| 2 | The Brink's-Mat trials left Britain 's taxpayers with a bill bigger than the £26 million robbery haul . |
| 3 | The fee for this type of work would again be based on time taken plus outlays , but , since it is a detailed survey , it will be more costly than the Type 1 search described above . |
| 4 | The fee for this type of work would again be based on time taken plus outlays , but , since it is a detailed survey , it will be more costly than the Type 1 search described above . |
| 5 | However , City economists expect Britain 's trade deficit to improve , but with few expecting next year 's trade gap to be better than the £15 billion figure forecast by Mr Major in his autumn statement . |
| 6 | The System 15000 , due for delivery by the end of the year , will sell at around £10,000 more than a base 10000 system . |
| 7 | Whatever the urgency , setting more than the number three jib and the mainsail would have been stupid . |
| 8 | Although the Type 22 frigate is substantially longer than a Type 42 destroyer , it carries neither the sea Dart long-range anti-aircraft missile nor the Vickers Mk 8 gun . |
| 9 | Other than the s 92 remedy , it may be possible for the minority shareholder to petition the court under s 459 , CA1985 alleging ‘ unfair prejudice ’ . |
| 10 | If the recovery fails to materialise , the deficit in 1993-94 could be even greater than the £50 billion forecast , and the Chancellor will either have to slash welfare spending in November or put taxes up even further , risking a vicious circle of rising taxes , depleted spending power and slower growth , or borrow more which inevitably will mean putting interest rates back up . |