Example sentences of "than [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nine state governors of the Unity party of Nigeria ( UPN ) , the Great Nigeria people 's party ( GNPP ) and the people 's Redemption party ( PRP ) have nonetheless complained more vigorously about Federal policy towards the mass media than about almost anything else . |
| 2 | b Completion rates — While there is some evidence that completion rates for non-traditional students are overall somewhat lower than for traditionally qualified students , there is also evidence that completion rates for these students vary considerably depending on their qualifications and previous experience . |
| 3 | Broadly speaking , it is easier to obtain funding for explanatory research that seems to provide guidance to policy-makers than for purely academic research , and for research that is statistically based than for research that is more qualitative in its approach . |
| 4 | Items of particular relevance to futures trading are as follows : ( 1 ) A statement of the customer 's investment objectives ( unless included in a separate document ) : If futures trading is to be undertaken otherwise than for purely hedging purposes , it would be necessary to document that the customer 's investment objectives were speculative . |
| 5 | Advice and protection were more commonly given for diseases such as tetanus and malaria than for sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhoea and syphilis ( table ) . |
| 6 | Transducer elements based on standard electrochemical principles have dominated biosensor research , and much more is known about their make-up than for almost any other transducer system . |
| 7 | There was no other way out of the building than through here , though the girls may have had a secret exit of their own , and this antechamber was guarded more fiercely by Nubenehem than ever a desert demon guarded its cave . |
| 8 | It is in terms of the relations between worker and capitalist and tenant and landlord rather than between psychologically given individuals . |
| 9 | ‘ And it 's a better hiding-place than out here in the country . |
| 10 | It 'll be cosier than out here . |
| 11 | They were significantly higher in patients after truncal vagotomy and drainage ( n=37 ; mean=3.5 mmol/l ) than after highly selective vagotomy ( n=18 ; mean=0.24 mmol/l ; p<0.001 Mann-Whitney U test ) ( see Fig 3 ) . |
| 12 | Similarly , once concepts such as alienability and authenticity are re-defined within a general theory of objectification , as properties of relationships rather than of either peoples or things , the place of time in determining the implications of context becomes of major importance . |
| 13 | Calculating frankness is very different from the spontaneous variety ; there was some fatal extra dimension in his objectivity , which was much more that of a novelist before a character than of even the oldest , most changed man before his own real past self . |
| 14 | Actual attacks on humans are rare so far and more likely to be the work of strays than of truly feral animals . |
| 15 | Though two of the G7 countries — Britain and America — now appear to be in recession , the likeliest outlook for the world in 1991 is a tolerable mixture of slower growth and lower inflation than of late , with a brighter year to follow in 1992 . |
| 16 | A happier period is ahead , rather than of late , and you 're in for some high times with plenty of hilarity . |
| 17 | Their mood was a good deal happier than of late . |
| 18 | Although by then , ’ he moved towards the door , his step noticeably more buoyant than of late , ‘ our friends in the media may have something else to think about . ’ |
| 19 | You may also expect more love and support than of late . |
| 20 | Outright sales were down on what was a pretty dim quarter a year ago , but at least the headline figures enabled John Akers to make his characteristically jaunty statement with a little more justification than of late . |
| 21 | Salisbury again toiled in vain , but Munton commanded respect and Lewis bowled better than of late , and England 's self-respect was retrieved to some extent . |
| 22 | Bright intervals are possible and apart from the chance of a light shower it should stay dry milder than of late with a top temperature of eleven celsius fifty two fahrenheit in a moderate south easterly wind . |
| 23 | But this was a far more spirited performance than of late by Oxford . |
| 24 | Max 17C 63F. 14,17,18,20,21,25,29 : Dry night , with variable cloud and colder than of late . |
| 25 | Having dismissed the Italians , he demolishes the French in just eight lines ; and before totally annihilating the English he turns his attention to the Germans : ‘ In Germany and Austria the attitude towards the singer more nearly approaches that of India than of anywhere else in Europe . |
| 26 | But they are pastoral at the same time , as you are constantly made aware , and nowhere more so than up here on the lofty Plateau d'Iraty , where several roads meet . |
| 27 | ‘ Down there seems a better bet than up here at the moment . |
| 28 | It has a K-type spectrum , but I always find the colour less pronounced than with most bright K-stars , though binoculars show it to be decidedly ‘ off-white ’ . |
| 29 | Even when it is near maximum , I find the colour much less pronounced than with most other Mira stars . |
| 30 | A much smaller increase in premium where you loose your no claims bonus following an accident than with most other insurers . |