Example sentences of "[adj] than [noun sg] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In 1945 , ’ Husband said , ‘ they were trading cigarettes-which were better than gold in those days — for party cards and affidavits that they 'd always been true Worker Youths-once they found themselves in the Russian Zone . |
| 2 | Paradoxically , LP often fares better than SP under these conditions because the noise-bar interference on the picture tends to be less for LP . |
| 3 | Religious masterpieces such as the Messiah continue to exercise a fascination which is much more than enjoyment of good tunes . |
| 4 | Quality can be more important than price for bed-and-breakfast customers and there is a demand for more en suite bathrooms as long as they can be fitted without changing the character of the house , and for secluded , self-catering accommodation with a rural character , rather than multiple units . |
| 5 | As in the case of genes , fecundity is much more important than longevity of particular copies . |
| 6 | The L-Series systems are targeted to list at 20% less than Sun on all models . |
| 7 | The L-Series systems are to list at 20% less than Sun on all models . |
| 8 | Shinwell 's remarks did less than justice to both men who , in their own fashion , had a genuine concern for the welfare of seamen and their organisation . |
| 9 | Last year , fares rose slightly higher than inflation in most areas . |
| 10 | This may be explained by the fact that more hydrogen was used in a metabolism other than methanogenesis in these subjects even on the basal diet . |
| 11 | Although more potent than salbutamol on human airways , salmeterol is a partial agonist achieving about 70% of the maximum effect seen with salbutamol . |
| 12 | This difference can be measured from the dissymmetry coefficient Z which is unity for small particles , but greater than unity for large particles . |