Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [det] than [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If society gains more than the private supplier would gain , the social cost of the capital good is less than the market price that a private supplier would have to charge . |
| 2 | The human mind is more than a computer : Computers have dull and exact memories — what went in can come out again , exactly as it went in . |
| 3 | If the switching angle is not optimised at any operating speed then the motor torque is less than the pull-out torque . |
| 4 | Although the detent torque is less than the motor torque with one or more windings fully excited , it can be a useful feature in applications where the rotor position must be preserved during a power failure . |
| 5 | There is a part of each step during which the motor torque is less than the load torque , so that the system decelerates . |
| 6 | In the West , a car is more than a way of travelling ; it represents freedom and flexibility and is a potent status symbol . |
| 7 | When the demand for labour is less than the labour force , there is a general deficiency of the demand for labour and unemployment rises above the NUP . |
| 8 | The Tomy Cradle Carrier is more than a carrier . |
| 9 | However , maintenance is more than a cost centre because it affects aircraft availability . |
| 10 | The rhetorical approach emphasizes that any attitude is more than an expression in favour of a position : it is also implicitly or explicitly an argument against a counter-position . |
| 11 | If the cost of abuse is less than the cost of implementing and enforcing regulatory structures in preventing the abuse , there seems to be , prima facie , a case for doing nothing , at least on a preventive level . |
| 12 | To its enthusiasts hunting and especially fox hunting is more than a sport it is a national institution enjoyed equally by all countrymen and I emphasis all countrymen . |
| 13 | The 75 per cent requirement is less than the requirement for 90 per cent acceptances in respect of the shares to which the offer relates in order to effect a compulsory sale by the minority under CA 1985 , s429 ( see Chapter 14 ) . |
| 14 | The net result is that the total energy return is less than the input . |
| 15 | The use of the word " chance " in s32A(1) suggests that the test is less than the balance of probabilities . |
| 16 | The creed had such a powerful hold upon the party that even Quintin Hogg , who later chose the life-peerage title Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone — you can hardly get more urban than that — was opining in 1947 that ‘ the Conservative believes that farming is more than a business ; it is a way of life , essential to the community in war and peace . ’ |
| 17 | That fee is less than a quarter of the £300,000 Bassett paid Arsenal nearly two years ago , yet there are still no takers . |
| 18 | The jail is less than a year old and has been hailed as a model prison . |
| 19 | Any or all of these factors may encourage you to seek to negotiate a settlement which entitles you to speedy payment of a lump sum and perhaps other benefits , even if the value of the total package is less than the amount that you might theoretically win if you sued and all went well . |
| 20 | But the venue is less than a mile away from Castlemorton Common , which was invaded by more than twenty thousand hippies a fortnight ago . |
| 21 | Anyway , why put a new straitjacket around the economy until recovery is more than a twinkle in the market 's eye ? |
| 22 | If the model armed with a Man Catcher hits his opponent roll a D6 : if the score is more than the target 's toughness he is caught and killed automatically , regardless of the number of wounds he has or armour . |
| 23 | The truth is more than a recital of the visible . |
| 24 | For we already have knowledge , ’ said the king , ‘ that our enemy in Wales has sent letters praying aid to all these potential foes of our state , and a joint assault is more than a possibility . |
| 25 | The Wye Raft race is more than a sporting event ; it 's also a big moneyspinner for charity . |
| 26 | The Wye Raft race is more than a sporting event ; it 's also a big moneyspinner for charity . |
| 27 | The special and attractive character of the Ortiz collection is that it is not just an assemblage of objects but the coherent vision of a man who believes that the whole is more than the sum of its parts and that the collector is as creative as the artist . |
| 28 | The way you wanted to do , and then we added all this lot up , we 'd find well , w the chance is more than a certainty . |
| 29 | This means that injections exceed withdrawals and the total value of output is less than the economy 's aggregate demand . |
| 30 | However , if the market price is less than the contract price , the difference between the two represents the seller 's loss . |