Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] than either " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a much lower level of use than either Edinburgh or Glasgow , but in view of the standard of service observed on this occasion , it is impossible to say whether this usage figure represents lower demand , or merely laxity in control . |
| 2 | In some respects a much more significant piece of legislation than either Mortmain or Circumspecte agatis was chapter 41 of the second statute of Westminster in 1285 . |
| 3 | This already provides a bigger contribution to the balance of payments than either remittances or shipping , and the Ministry of National Economy bubbles with ideas for making it still larger . |
| 4 | He has not , as a source , the shrewdness of his friend Charles Greville [ q.v. ] , nor the sharp asperity of his contemporary J. W. Croker [ q.v. ] ; but he had a greater sense of humour than either . |
| 5 | In religious matters the restoration of monarchy was followed by the decisive establishment of the power of the Church of England , and in constitutional questions Charles showed that he was much more resigned to the need to work with Parliament than either Charles I or Cromwell had been , but in colonial affairs there was no change of direction , though the new government may have been able to follow its policy with more continuity than its predecessor . |
| 6 | There can be no doubt that twenty-two years is a sounder regnal length for Penda than either ten or thirty and that neither of the two latter present a significant challenge to Bede 's figure . |
| 7 | Commitment accounting is much less widely adopted in practice than either cash accounting or accruals accounting . |
| 8 | In terms of bed numbers it has substantially more relative to population than either London or New York , but like them has been closing short stay beds steadily since the mid-1970s . |
| 9 | Rather more interesting , however , to Julia than either Ian 's or Canon Wheeler 's vision for the Church was the very puzzling question of why , when he invariably summoned his subordinates to come to him by phone , Wheeler had today put himself to the trouble of walking up a back staircase to the servants ' quarters ? |
| 10 | In fact , Britain under the Tories already spends a higher proportion of GDP on education than either Germany or Japan . |
| 11 | He was younger at entry than either his predecessor ( Bonar Law ) or his successor ( Neville Chamberlain ) as leader of the Conservative Party , but older , and in most cases significantly so , than any other Prime Minister , of any party , of the past two hundred years . |
| 12 | A social phenomenon of this magnitude suggests that more was at work than either the inadequacies or the moral heroism of a few individuals . |
| 13 | Pre-adolescents appear to be more at risk than either younger or older children . |
| 14 | There was , amongst those sectioned , considerably less use of section 3 among women referred by GPs than either male GP referrals or other referrals of women . |