Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun] [adj] than [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What had influenced Hollywood , thought Moley , was the ample evidence that ‘ the generality of the public takes its movies seriously and is adversely responsive to any effort which offers the least suspicion that they are being used for some purpose other than entertainment ’ and that in particular ‘ nothing hurts a picture 's chance of success more than the whisper that it contains propaganda ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ There is no logical reason for taxing spirits higher than beer or wine . |
| 3 | In English law the offence of indecent assault is charged for all forms of sexual assault other than rape , buggery , and attempts to commit those crimes . |
| 4 | Important suppliers of raw materials other than petroleum were the United States ( oil seeds , coal ) , Australia ( wool ) , the Soviet Union ( cotton , coal , iron ore ) , and Egypt ( cotton ) . |
| 5 | Theories of socialization also tend to provide implicitly biological explanations of social relations other than gender . |
| 6 | Exclusion of other types of liability ( for damage other than personal injury or death , for breach generally , for breach of implied warranties other than title or quiet possession , and for pre-contract misrepresentation — ss 2(2) , 3 , 6(3) , 7(3) and 8 of the UCTA ) is governed by the requirement of reasonableness . |
| 7 | Depreciation is calculated to write off the cost or valuation of tangible assets other than freehold land over their estimated useful lives . |
| 8 | The proposed closure of the USM , though not before the end of 1996 ( it will remain open to new entrants until the end of next year ) has thrown sharply into focus the debate on how smaller companies find a way of closing the much quoted ‘ equity gap ’ which they and their advisers have long argued makes it harder for them to raise any significant degree of long-term capital other than debt finance . |
| 9 | There was no evidence in these miners that a radon-rich atmosphere increased the risk of any cancer other than lung cancer . |
| 10 | The formation of political parties was allowed , and fundamental rights , including freedom of speech and the press , were guaranteed , but the propagation of any religion other than Islam was prohibited . |
| 11 | The propagation of any religion other than Islam would not be permitted . |
| 12 | Only seven people had experience of paid employment other than government work schemes , and four of these were employed before they acquired their impairment — they had not worked since . |
| 13 | The ITC guidelines make it clear that it does n't see ‘ sanitised ’ violence as innocuous and Ferman expresses greater concern about Lethal Weapon 2 than Reservoir Dogs . |
| 14 | As part of the comprehensive transportation policy of most cities , a network or urban main roads is being defined which should cater for all movements over than access . |
| 15 | But the approach used has considerable advantage in principle over the cruder system used for educational deprivation , since there is an attempt to relate expenditure needs directly to deprivation indicators , rather than adoption of an ad hoc procedure with little justification other than expediency . |
| 16 | And so also with living things other than man . |
| 17 | Therefore , intervention with hypotensive drugs other than angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors should be considered . |
| 18 | The table suggests that , in all industries other than whisky , a total of 83,215 jobs were sustained by exports in 1990 . |
| 19 | Coincidentally with the DoE report , Friends of the Earth produced a non-nuclear package of measures which , it claimed , would produce a 46.5 per cent reduction in emissions in all sectors other than transport , which it excluded . |
| 20 | The sugar industry has campaigned to separate sugar from medical conditions other than tooth decay , and has suggested that natural sugars , carbohydrates and frequency of consumption are more important to cavities than sugar itself . |
| 21 | Smith had an amiable , courteous , and considerate personality , and was gifted in various fields other than dentistry . |
| 22 | They were protected from trampling or from modification from any source other than weathering , and some protection was provided against wind , but despite this most of the bones have been blown away . |
| 23 | If a UK resident had a deposit in a UK bank in any currency other than sterling , this would be an example of Eurocurrency . |
| 24 | In none of these five detailed study authorities were versions available in any language other than English , despite the fact that in one of them , 17 per cent of the population were from ethnic minority groups . |
| 25 | The first was the advisory team 's preference when the Authority introduced enhanced staffing as a strategy , while the second , being the traditional way of using extra pairs of hands in most contexts other than nursery , was the initial preference of many schools . |
| 26 | The promising possibility of omeprazole enhanced antibiotic treatment for H pylori associated diseases can not be assumed unconditionally for antimicrobial compounds other than amoxicillin . |
| 27 | Here , it is worth drawing attention to some points other than cost which emerge from the analysis of people 's attitudes to different types of credit ( Appendix I , Tables 12a , 12b , 12c and comments on them ) . |
| 28 | Whence it came it will return , perhaps again , to be communicated to some being higher than man , perhaps to pass through gradations of glory from the pale human soul to brighten the seraph . |
| 29 | If the words used are wide enough for the above purpose , the court must then consider whether " the head of damage may be based on some ground other than negligence " . |
| 30 | There has been some doubt about the law with regard to traffic-calming measures other than road humps which has meant that authorities have produced traffic-calming schemes but have been left in some doubt as to whether they could be prosecuted for obstructing the highway . |