Example sentences of "[be] [adj] than the [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Temptation to defect must be better than the Reward for mutual cooperation , which must be better than the Punishment for mutual defection , which must be better than the Sucker 's payoff . |
| 2 | The Temptation to defect must be better than the Reward for mutual cooperation , which must be better than the Punishment for mutual defection , which must be better than the Sucker 's payoff . |
| 3 | A forecast from the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development suggests that Japan 's economic growth in 1993 will be higher than the average for the six other leading industrial nations . |
| 4 | Export credit finance should be considered where a project requires capital goods and associated services to be imported because the term of the loan can sometimes be longer than the term for commercial funds |
| 5 | So far as I am aware , we have no evidence , for example , to show whether male unemployment which in some areas has been higher than the rate for females , has enabled tending tasks of old relatives to be taken on by men who remain at home . |
| 6 | Both of these groups had non-completion rates which were higher than the average for all students . |
| 7 | In all other age groups below retirement age the proportion of temporary workers is lower than the average for all age groups . |
| 8 | The 75 per cent requirement is less than the requirement for 90 per cent acceptances in respect of the shares to which the offer relates in order to effect a compulsory sale by the minority under CA 1985 , s429 ( see Chapter 14 ) . |
| 9 | The horror felt for or against the censorship is less than the feeling for the opportunity it provides to make capital out of the situation . |
| 10 | Proportionately , the reduction in Wales is less than the average for the United Kingdom as a whole . |
| 11 | The figure of 22.8% of claims at the low rate in the sample is higher than the rate for Berkshire as a whole ( 14.8% ) in the same period because the largest practice in the sample used a deputy for 53% of its night visits . |
| 12 | Unemployment is higher than the average for Scotland . |