Example sentences of "by [adj] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | This pressure was exacerbated by lower than expected proceeds from the disposal of Ultramar 's downstream businesses , the settlement at $180 million of Ultramar 's substantial US tax liability and provisions against oil and gas assets , net of UK Budget tax changes . |
| 2 | They also remarked with astonishment a sort of combat between God and her without being able to determine whether God was more occupied in seeking in the secrets of his wisdom the means of exercising her by suffering than she was disposed to suffer for his love ; for she showed an incredible avidity for crosses and an invincible patience over her trials and over every affliction which Almighty God sent to exercise her love and fidelity . |
| 3 | The Report , echoing the research of the previous decade and the confidence of Crowther , asserted that the ‘ Newsom Children ’ ( as they were conveniently but inelegantly called ) were held back more by social than by genetic factors . |
| 4 | Why they came into existence , whether those about which one has information represent the now-visible signs of a systematic attempt by the Ottomans to provide in the provinces muftis of a high standard , appointed by the central government , or whether , on the other hand , they came into existence in a more haphazard way , more by individual than by systematic " governmental " initiative , is difficult to say . |
| 5 | He was replaced by Gen. Than Shwe , Defence Minister and hitherto the second-ranking SLORC member . |
| 6 | In the mid 1970s an IPM survey showed that even the most popular tests were used by fewer than 10 per cent of companies . |
| 7 | For instance , between 1972 and 1982 I caught 35392 hoverflies of 89 species in the Malaise trap , but seven species accounted for more than two-thirds of the catch and 35 species were each represented by fewer than 10 individuals . |
| 8 | However , it quickly emerged that this declaration was backed by fewer than a quarter of the Platform delegates at the congress . |
| 9 | ‘ Denbighshire can afford to lose by fewer than four wickets and still pip us on the calculation of wickets lost where the points are equal , ’ explained manager Jones , of Buckley . |
| 10 | The conversation turned to the Biafran War and a controversy arose about the Biafrans ' prospects of success , which would no doubt have been more favourably presented by Aitken than was believed by the General . |
| 11 | The clockwork life of Karen Rake is ticking by faster than ever before . |
| 12 | So the strike , which has reduced total coal output by less than a third , will reduce all energy supplies by only 6% . |
| 13 | Advertising revenue fell by less than 1 p.c. to £88.2m , and the 23 p.c. fall in pre-tax profits to £8.62m was more than accounted for by a £1.6m rise in its Channel 4 subscription and by £2.36m of exceptional staff cutting costs . |
| 14 | Many Rottweilers have been encouraged forward at an early age by less than proficient trainers , who then find that the dog 's defensive instinct matures , they are powerless to control the fruit of their labour . |
| 15 | Investigations show that replacing arable land with woodland would probably reduce the amount of nitrate leached to groundwater , but perhaps by less than was expected , since natural forest processes themselves release nitrate into the ground . |
| 16 | Replacing arable land with woodland would thus probably reduce the amount of nitrate leached to groundwater , but perhaps by less than was expected . |
| 17 | Dr Devious had finished twelve lengths behind St Jovite in the Irish Derby and they were separated by less than a nostril yesterday . |
| 18 | If we take the attribute which employers most often saw as ‘ essential ’ , willingness/attitude to work ( mentioned by 81 per cent ) , we see that the MSC 's poor rating of — 32 in fact reflects a negative judgement by less than half of employers ( 53 per cent said that young workers are different in this respect and 43 per cent of those said they were worse ) . |
| 19 | Sales by 1948 were almost double those of ten years earlier , though the installed capacity of power stations had been increased by less than half of this . |
| 20 | Even if a moderately large number ( N ) of individuals is used , mutations are likely to be fixed by chance if they reduce fitness by less than s1/N . |
| 21 | Over the decade from 1960 to 1970 the rate of all offences committed by females in this age group doubled , while the comparable male rate increased by less than a half . |
| 22 | First births declined by less than average — 26 per cent , while second births fell least of all , just 19 per cent . |
| 23 | In Oscar Chinn Judge Schucking thought that parties to a treaty which had placed restrictions upon conflicting treaties concluded by less than the full complement of parties to the former treaty , could regard as invalid a subsequent treaty concluded by a minority to the first treaty . |
| 24 | Tolerance was voiced by less than a sixth of male interviewees and less than a tenth of the female . |
| 25 | But suddenly , around one minute into the round , the Champ drops his gloves to his sides , exposing his chin , and when his opponent tries to reach it with punches , he pulls his head back and away , just like the Ali we remember , causing the kid to miss by less than an inch . |
| 26 | During the decade 1965–75 , industrial production in Britain increased by less than half the level achieved in the previous decade 1955–65 , i.e. a rise of 17 per cent , compared with 35 per cent . |
| 27 | For about half of the innovations in the sample , patents delayed imitation by less than a few months . |
| 28 | However , despite the extension of ICA to working-age married women in 1986 following a successful appeal to the European Court , ICA is still received by less than one-tenth of all carers who are providing thirty-five hours ' help a week ( McLaughlin , 1991 , p. 2 ) . |
| 29 | Energy flashed past Ardamal in a long arc of fire , blistering the side of the shaft , missing his face by less than half a metre . |
| 30 | Note that even without the exact position of the original markers being known , the line from Bishops Cannings church through the WKLB and the centres varies by less than of a degree . |