Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] than the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think they can make a much more plausible case for this than the invasion of Grenada [ in 1983 ] or the Dominican Republic in the Sixties , ’ said an American university law professor , Mr Robert Goldman . |
| 2 | The essential reason for obeying the sovereign power was that keeping it in power was inevitably better for the security of each than the chaos of civil war , or a society without government . |
| 3 | With regard to the need for direct and close contact , I do not think that we could have had a clearer example of that than the visit of President Yeltsin and the very straight talking between my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister and the president . |
| 4 | ‘ Perhaps it was the Friar , ’ the thin man said , scarcely less alarmed by the thought of this than the thought of the unspecified ‘ they ’ . |
| 5 | Notwithstanding that the development of notions of democracy and the extension of the franchise have rendered the Queen 's participation formal and that of the Lords subservient to that of the Commons , Parliament still consists of more than the House of Commons . |
| 6 | Viennese modernism , which had a briefer period of flourishing than the modernism of other great cities , was also the least oppositional , the least social-critical , of modernisms . |
| 7 | Valuable metal , plastic , cardboard , rubber , energy go in at one end ; Trabant cars worth less than the sum of these parts emerge at the other . |
| 8 | The application for an export licence was withdrawn as each leaf was now worth less than the limit of £35,000 , beyond which an export licence is required . |
| 9 | For patients , continued trust in the basis for their doctor 's decisions is worth more than the possibility of quicker access to elective surgery . |
| 10 | It is not the fact that a coin is often worth more than the value of the bullion it contains . |
| 11 | If you can do business each week for less than the price of a TV licence , the government has a deal for you . |
| 12 | The strategy is to sell the plug compatibles for less than the price of the equivalent IBM machine but to make them at least as powerful , or to provide more for the same money . |
| 13 | There are plenty of dealers who can offer you a computer for less than the price of a Dell , Elonex or a Dan ; but will the support be as good ? |
| 14 | Microsoft 's latest scheme to increase its market share in the Macintosh software arena is a trade-in deal which nets a customer the four Microsoft applications which make up the integrated Microsoft Office pack for less than the price of just one of those applications . |
| 15 | The result is that ordinary motorists can now pick them up at the more respectable auctions for less than the price of an everyday family car . |
| 16 | If not , should heads settle for less than the whole of their ideal or keep on pressing their colleagues ? |
| 17 | As the bulk of the material was culled from just three radio sessions , this proved that an album of quality could still be made for less than the cost of recording your average chart single . |
| 18 | We can expect more statements in the coming weeks and months and I am certain they will be about more than the separation of the Prince and Princess of Wales , which is not a grave legal or constitutional matter . |
| 19 | Many people whose films have been lost have taken the processors to court , winning compensation for more than the cost of the film . |
| 20 | Clearly , information from the subcortical visual system can , under some circumstances , be used for more than the control of visual reflexes . |
| 21 | He can , of course , also make a payment into court , but the difficulties of calculating it are obvious and he would probably have to pay in more than the value of the claim for immediate damages to tempt the plaintiff . |
| 22 | Speechreading is an uncertain art ; successful speechreading depends on more than the skill of the individual : it also depends on the circumstances and the speaker . |
| 23 | It will be recalled that Section 37 of the Finance Act , 1969 provided for the ascertainment for the purposes of estate duty of the ‘ slice ’ of the property in which the interest of ; beneficiary who was entitled to less than the whole of the in come or who had a joint interest in property which was no income-producing subsisted . |
| 24 | That 's why I 'm submitting a budget that holds the growth in spending to less than the rate of inflation . |
| 25 | It seems churlish to denigrate a show that offers as much humour and sharp observation as this one , but it is impossible to escape the conclusion that Reflected Glory finally adds up to less than the sum of its parts . |
| 26 | nothing in this Condition shall limit the liability of the Carrier to less than the sum of £10 ; |
| 27 | The other three preconditions , according to FMCG , are : that the acquiring bank has a proven record of controlling its non-interest expenses ( that is , the costs of computer systems , branches , staff and so forth ) ; that the acquiring bank will be getting a mix of businesses , which , combined sensibly with their own , add up to more than the sum of the parts ; and that the two banks are physically close together . |
| 28 | Just as the new conceptual artists have more passion than they were at first credited with , so many of the new painters amount to more than the sum of their supposed influences . |
| 29 | But she knew that telling things the way you wanted them to be rather than the way they were did n't change anything for longer than the moment of the lie . |
| 30 | Even if they were noted , they might not survive for longer than the solution of the particular case or point . |