Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [adv] [adv] than [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gloucestershire is faring much better than many other parts of England . |
| 2 | The effect of the proposed addition to Article 93 would be to require the Company to include in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting , free of charge , any notification made by shareholders of their intention to propose a person for election as a Director , provided it is received not less than 70 days before the meeting . |
| 3 | The velum develops from the same embryonic segment as the mandibular arch , and part of its skeleton is located more medially than that of subsequent arches . |
| 4 | The sound in " key " is said further forward than that in " car " , but the difference is not contrastive , i.e. the words could never mean anything else if you should happen to use the " wrong k " . |
| 5 | It is more generally understood as pain that is made worse rather than better by increasing doses of morphine . |
| 6 | This means the cutter hood is positioned further forward than normal rear-mounted cutters , says the firm . |
| 7 | My personal preference and practice — but it has to be supported by very fertile conditions — is to prune much harder than many think that a rose can stand ( remember , do n't be afraid of the knife , to three or four buds as necessary to find the outward pointing direction from the previous years prune . |
| 8 | It is priced more reasonably than some of its fellows , Quintus says , beginning at $25,000 ( or $1,500 a seat ) for 16 users and running up to $100,000 ( generally about $350 a seat ) for unlimited users . |
| 9 | Examples of the contrast most commonly given use relative clauses as in ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) , containing a restrictive and a non-restrictive relative , respectively : ( 1 ) silk which comes from Thailand is taxed more heavily than Malaysian silk ( 2 ) silk , which is a natural fibre , incurs less tax than artificial fabrics There are , of course , certain linguistic devices in English which can help to indicate which interpretation is intended ( though surprisingly few , given that the difference in effect can sometimes be considerable ) . |
| 10 | Describing the market as ‘ unquenchable ’ , UK managing director of Precision Visuals , Nick Lewis , says the European market is growing proportionately faster than that in the US . |
| 11 | The student population at polytechnics is growing much faster than that of universities . |
| 12 | There are signs that the current-account deficit is growing more slowly than last year . |
| 13 | You can , of course , say that a certain bait catches more bream than any other , but what you really mean is that a certain bait is used more often than any other on the waters with which you are acquainted . |
| 14 | The slight variation of the longitudinal velocity in Fig. 21.19(b) , as indicated by the spacing of dye patches , implies that fluid close to the wall is moving much faster than average . |
| 15 | SOUTH AFRICA is calling up more than 20,000 mainly white army reservists to stamp out violence threatening its transition to democracy and to protect civilians from marauding gunmen . |
| 16 | According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders , Rover is doing slightly better than many competitors . |
| 17 | It is interesting to note that the GpC step is cut less well than any of the GpT steps and that cleavage is greatest towards the centre of each ( GT ) n tract . |
| 18 | A similar effect is seen with the sequence ( AT ) 15 GG(AT) 6 ( Figure 2f ) in which the first ApT site on the 5'-side of the central GG is cut less well than most of the other ApT sites . |
| 19 | ‘ This prison is run more efficiently than most , ’ Nicholson rumbled , his eyes blazing . |
| 20 | It presumed that the particular classroom layouts and patterns of organization commended would promote children 's learning more effectively than any others . |
| 21 | Is it not the case that his departmental budget is increasing less quickly than that of any other major spending Department ? |
| 22 | ‘ his nomination is requisitioned under the Companies Act ; in which case , and provided this is submitted not less than seventy days before the date appointed for the meeting , it shall be circulated , with a supporting statement of up to fifty words , without charge . ’ |
| 23 | Moreover , the overhang of unsold properties is evaporating much faster than expected . |
| 24 | Jo 's talking even faster than usual , shows she 's still feeling a bit down . |
| 25 | You are asked to complete and return it to the Company 's Registrars in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and , in any event , so that it is returned not later than 48 hours before the time for holding the meeting . |
| 26 | A fifth of England could be built on by the middle of the next century , according to a report from the Council for the Preservation of Rural England ( CPRE ) , which finds that countryside is disappearing much faster than official figures suggest . |