Example sentences of "[adj] than in the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | The entrance to the " opportunity garden " is less obvious than in the first drawing . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | higher than in the first half of 1990 . |