Example sentences of "[adj -er] [adj] [noun sg] than the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , insufficient height was available to install windows copying the attenuated shape of the original ‘ lancets ’ and the unquestioning reproduction of the arch form in the new windows would have produced a weaker visual result than the treatment which was adopted — the insertion of new tripartite lights capped by a simple square-headed profile ( Plates 18 and 19 ) . |
| 2 | We are not speaking here so much of the kettledrums , which are on a higher artistic plane than the rest of the ‘ kitchen ’ , but with regard to the percussion instruments of indefinite pitch , one should be extremely sparing in their use . |
| 3 | The rocket motors were closer to the centre of the hole than the rest of the craft ( it was falling in backwards , remember ) so was experiencing a stronger gravitational pull than the rest of the craft . |
| 4 | But Lebanon 's inter-communal boundaries are so porous , so criss-crossed by reciprocal interests — with , for example , East Beirut controlling most of West Beirut 's water and electricity supplies — that an economic blockade would probably require a much greater political will than the shambles which Hrawi 's ‘ legitimate ’ administration could ever muster . |
| 5 | I readily acknowledge that I can not expect definitive statements from the Minister when the answers given by his ministerial colleagues , who have greater legal experience than the Minister and I possess , are , to say the least , somewhat circumspect . |
| 6 | By this means the south was to achieve a rather greater legal homogeneity than the north . |
| 7 | Simplesse does not offer an alternative for people allergic to dairy products because it is made from milk whey and eggs , although tests have shown that the microparticulated proteins in Simplesse cause no greater allergic reaction than the component proteins . |
| 8 | Cases reported here were associated with 50 µg oestrogen combined pills , mostly before this risk was recognised ; it remains to be seen whether 30 µg pills are safer , but as the progestogen component may carry a greater hypertensive risk than the oestrogen component all cases still need careful follow up at not less than three monthly intervals . |