Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adj] than [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These horses have a Jockey Club official handicap rating that merits carrying a weight lower than the minimum weight allotted for a race . |
| 2 | These horses have a Jockey Club official handicap rating that merits carrying a weight lower than the minimum weight allotted for a race . |
| 3 | I found it boring , self-conscious and a good deal sketchier than the Balzac novella on which it 's based . |
| 4 | You will not be at a level a good deal lower than the surrounding ground , so you will have to lay a hardcore base to build up the foundations to suit the path material and method of laying . |
| 5 | Again , there is no charge for purchases other than paying an exchange rate 2 p.c. or 3 p.c. worse than the wholesale money market rate . |
| 6 | The whole incident made the short cut longer than the long cut but in time we reached the approach to the camp , much to the relief of Hassan who seemed to have less and less faith in the Second Son 's navigation . |
| 7 | Some composers have instead made adventurous excursions , ending up quite successfully in a key other than the original tonic . |
| 8 | Thus , when we see an increase in the numbers , it is difficult to know what it means , Social research other than the obvious fact that more children live at home while legally in care . |
| 9 | So you said here to replace the two pipes , the sort of medium pipe and the small pipe you 'll have one that 's a bit bigger than the big pipe . |
| 10 | Yes that 's right , it might have even been a little bit bigger than the back room , but very seldom used . |
| 11 | It 's also quite a bit heavier than a similar garment in , say , Polartek 300 . |
| 12 | And from Alan the new flats here , Norman helped by Dave and other members has been constructing substantial timber stroke hardboard flats although a bit heavier than the conventional canvas they will last for years and they really do provide superb sets as has been proved with all three plays presented this year . |
| 13 | In computing values for cumulative distributions it is normal to consider values in terms of the percentage coarser than a given grain size . |
| 14 | There is a low chance of success in identifying companies intending to diversify into a sector other than the occasional press statement . |
| 15 | our society has become so complicated and our representative system of government so remote to many fellow citizens , that there has to be an alternative way of expressing dissent other than the constitutional way of doing it through representative government . |
| 16 | In such languages , a pronoun other than the second-person singular , usually the second- or third-person plural , is used in interaction with a singular addressee in order to express deference and/or non-familiarity : French vous as opposed to tu ; Italian lei ( third-person singular ) and in certain regions , classes , and age groups voi ( second-person plural ) as opposed to tu ; Spanish usted as opposed to tu ; German Sie as opposed to du ; Greek esi as opposed to esis ; and Russian vy as opposed to ty . |
| 17 | Virtually any publication other than a fine art title or a typographically critical one could be happily output at 1,000dpi . |
| 18 | It needs little in the way of special equipment other than a portable cassette recorder and microphone , and many a pleasant hour can be spent in collecting background sounds of various kinds . |
| 19 | Defence spending was planned to rise by 5.1 per cent , the lowest percentage rise since 1960 , and a whole percentage point lower than the previous year 's increase . |
| 20 | The holy , rather , formed the permanent context of life , always and everywhere present , animating a community larger than the little group gathered around the altar , ready at any moment to manifest blessing or power , at special moments or special places . |
| 21 | The findings indicated there was probably no major savings in efficiency to be made which would produce a commercial charge more than the present public authority cost . |
| 22 | If the marriage between small businesses and financiers is to have a happy ending , the couple need more than a guiding hand from a few enthusiasts dedicated to their cause . |
| 23 | A tightening labour market , coupled with higher productivity growth , was reflected in higher wage settlements ( in the first quarter of 1989 wages increased by an average 5.2 per cent — one point higher than the previous year ) , with the accompanying risk of an increase in the inflation rate . |
| 24 | The South-East and the North-West were , in fact , doing worse than the traditional problem regions of Scotland , the North , and Wales , the last of which was doing very well . |
| 25 | Relatedly , it afforded the wife no financial privacy ( except by couples opting to be taxed as two single persons , which ‘ paid ’ financially only if the loss of the husband 's allowance could be compensated for by a lower amount of income subject to a tax band higher than the basic rate ) . |
| 26 | Rangers are likely to contest any punishment stronger than a one-match ban but it 's not all bad news . |
| 27 | ( 3 ) Where the court makes an order for costs without indicating the basis of taxation or an order that costs be taxed on a basis other than the standard basis or the indemnity basis , the costs shall be taxed on the standard basis . |
| 28 | ‘ Where the court makes an order for costs without indicating the basis of taxation or an order that costs be taxed on a basis other than the standard basis or the indemnity basis , the costs shall be taxed on the standard basis . |
| 29 | If you are moving from a place other than a shared home for which you had no personal responsibility , you will need to cancel the milk and newspapers for ever , and organise new deliveries at your new address . |
| 30 | The only site other than the ano-genital region where they may be found is in the mouth and , when there , they have usually been acquired sexually . |