Example sentences of "than in [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought about the gutter outside , surely less obnoxious , less sacrilegious than in here . |
| 2 | They surrendered because they were more frightened of what is out there than in here . ’ |
| 3 | He would very probably find better evidence of present attitudes in his own political experience or in the popular press than in even fairly recent statutes enacted by a legislature most of whose members are now gone . |
| 4 | It is a source of pride to know that overall government spending on civil R&D in this country as a proportion of GDP is greater than in either the US or Japan . |
| 5 | Municipal reform came later in Ireland than in either England or Scotland ; and when the Act was passed in 1840 , the new councils were given more restricted powers ( Roche 1982:33 — 4 ) . |
| 6 | I intend us to have a better record on inflation in the 1990s than in either the 1970s or the 1980s . |
| 7 | Whatever its precise definition , the unoccupied group accounted for 6% of all children ( 61445 ) — more than in either social class I or V — yet 14% of observed deaths ( 1690 ) occurred in this group . |
| 8 | Among the 40 developing countries that participated in the WFS , there were two in which the level of infant mortality was higher in the metropolitan area than in rural places , eight in which the level was highest in other urban places than in either rural areas or the major urban areas and 29 countries for which data indicated infant mortality to be highest in rural places . |
| 9 | The timing of when to do the turn is particularly important in anything other than in dead flat water , since the slope of even the smallest wave can be used to bank off , thereby helping to maintain speed . |
| 10 | If you decide to design your own lace pattern , do remember that you must transfer to both left and right rather than in just one direction or you may finish up with a definite bias in your knitting . |
| 11 | His brother Paul , conversely , had soccer trials for Middlesbrough and Leeds but plays cricket , more out than in just now , for Yorks . |
| 12 | It is a fundamental requirement of any democratic and just society that the process by which individuals are accused , tried and , where appropriate , punished should be open , and exposed to public scrutiny and comment at an appropriate moment , other than in wholly exceptional circumstances — for example , where on grounds of national security the court must receive evidence about matters of security or intelligence ; or where , for purposes of the administration of justice , particular matters must be dealt with concerning informants . |
| 13 | Shortly after this the Building Research Establishment ( BRE ) published its own report called ‘ Timber-frame housing : a technical appraisal ’ which found that there was no evidence of any more problems , or greater risk of major defects due to deficiencies in design or workmanship , than in traditionally constructed houses . |
| 14 | Far more money is still being made in talking about biotechnology than in actually doing it . |
| 15 | The welcome is personal and genuine and the breakfast may be fresher and taste better than in almost any hotel . |
| 16 | Prices can not remain at this level for long , but potential buyers can be assured that their money will be safer in one of these than in almost any other car . |
| 17 | The need for proper regulation is greater in the water industry than in almost any other . |
| 18 | CIA International managing director Mike Morris says : ‘ There are more politics involved [ in creating a pan-European deal ] than in almost anything else you can mention . |
| 19 | For example , it has been shown in certain studies that providing health care to some more isolated rural populations is more expensive than in less sparsely populated areas . |
| 20 | And in the Lorenz equations , it is easier to make connections between apparently unrelated things than in less well known , less well studied and less well understood systems . |
| 21 | Moreover , as the police and the army had no place in the formal structure of government , they had greater autonomy than in ostensibly centralized states . |
| 22 | Crown cars are used less and less these days , other than in very rural areas . |
| 23 | The sail may appear to look better with the leech closed , but actual performance has shown that , other than in very light conditions , the boat will sail better with the main opened up . |
| 24 | The extreme oceanicity of the climate of the Western Isles has a profound effect on vegetation , so that montane plants grow at much lower altitudes than in more continental areas . |
| 25 | The key to the success of any rural experiment , however , is publicity — something which will always be that much more difficult in rural areas than in more heavily populated parts of the country . |
| 26 | When a practice enters new markets , or takes on new clients or unfamiliar types of work , accurate costing becomes even more important than in more conventional activities . |
| 27 | In Bijlmermeer itself , for example , Wegman has shown that children under 12 are involved in fewer accidents than in more traditional street layouts . |
| 28 | A related theme in Children 's Minds is that young children often perform less well on experimental tasks than in more natural situations . |
| 29 | However , there is theoretical evidence that the Martian exposure to asteroids was higher over the last few 1000 Ma than in more recent times , which scales the ages down such that all but the more heavily cratered terrain is less than about 2000 Ma old . |
| 30 | But the level was lower and the rush of the flood less severe than in more restricted surroundings , so that that insurmountable dread of drowning gradually subsided . |