Example sentences of "[adv] [det] than [art] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was perhaps more than the chill air that flushed the parson 's cheeks as he bent to fasten his skates . |
| 2 | Private investors account , on average , for about 20 per cent of the equity of privatised companies — scarcely more than the market norm . |
| 3 | Therefore , if the demand price is greater than the supply price for amounts just less than an equilibrium amount ; then , if the scale of production is temporarily diminished somewhat below that equilibrium amount , it will tend to return ; thus the equilibrium is stable for displacements in that direction . |
| 4 | Such an equilibrium is stable ; that is , the price , if displaced a little from it , will tend to return , as a pendulum oscillates about its lowest point ; and it will be found to be a characteristic of stable equilibria that in them the demand price is greater than the supply price for amounts just less than the equilibrium amount , and vice versa . |
| 5 | If the demand price is greater than the supply price for amounts just less than the equilibrium amount , it is sure to be less than the supply price for amounts just greater : and therefore , if the scale of production is somewhat increased beyond the equilibrium position , it will tend to return ; and the equilibrium will be stable for displacements in that direction also . |
| 6 | The dorsal most or second dorsal most arm spines are the longest about 1½ arm segments long , the ventral ones usually less than an arm segment in length . |
| 7 | A subfamily of the Ophiuridae characterised by the disk usually covered by plates sometimes with thickened skin ; radial shield usually conspicuous ; arm combs sometimes present ; one to many apical papillae flanked by a continuous series of oral papillae ; second oral tentacle pore opening outside the mouth slit or opening outside but entering the mouth slit via a furrow ; oral shield variable in shape and size ; arms varying size ; arm spines usually less than an arm segment in length and usually appressed . |
| 8 | The gates to this were kept permanently locked but there was a less conspicuous entrance , hardly more than a mud road , amongst the trees a hundred yards along . |
| 9 | It was very small , hardly more than a box room , with a single high window . |
| 10 | One may doubt whether this was ever more than a schoolboy game . |
| 11 | She was clearly more than a shop assistant . |
| 12 | Despite a tug of interest he moved away , and after a little less than a minute Alison returned . |
| 13 | Though formerly something of a manufacturer , God is clearly rather more than a management guru . |
| 14 | Although it is often treated as a little more than a menu system , the Windows Program Manager is a flexible organising tool for the Windows environment . |
| 15 | When news of a flourishing Swedish house scene began to break 18 months ago , it looked like being little more than a PR scam based around the fact that Neneh Cherry 's half-sister Titiyo could sing and came from Stockholm . |
| 16 | This and other transformations , rendered in the beautiful Technicolor of the 1940s ( which has faded far less than the colour processes of the 1950s and '60s ) , call on the state-of-the-art technology of the period , which still looks very sophisticated . |
| 17 | The dorsal or second dorsalmost spines is the longest , up to 2 arm segments in length , the ventral arm spines are short often less than an arm segment in length . |
| 18 | Prayer is far more than a shopping list , or an incidental five minutes at the end of a busy day . |
| 19 | The adoption of the name ScotRail by the Scottish Region was far more than a marketing ploy . |
| 20 | However , recruitment companies should provide far more than an emergency relief service and should be able to deal with all problematical staff-finding jobs in a diplomatic and professional manner . |
| 21 | To the primary teacher " teaching resources " mean far more than the school textbook . |
| 22 | The " package " may also involve stock options — rights to buy shares at a specific value exercisable at a future date , the idea being that if the firm does well the shares will be worth far more than the exercise price . |
| 23 | Preston used to love these walks , far more than the chocolate bars and the ice-cream , though he favoured having all three if William 's grandad could be pushed that far . |
| 24 | It takes a great deal of time and money to establish a brand which explains why predators may be willing , when purchasing a company with strong brand identification , to pay far more than the stock market valuation of that company . |
| 25 | They were speculators , who hoped to sell it for even more than the showroom price even though it meant tying up a £50,000 deposit for four years . |
| 26 | Four judges then tried to match the reported dreams with the topics , identifying between 5 and 9 of the 29 target suggestions , at barely more than a chance rate . |
| 27 | They then negotiated a new contract with the sellers whereby they bought the goods at a price considerably less than the market price — the price being depressed because of the sequestration order . |
| 28 | Senior professors at our university , for example , may earn less than the staff at the nearby Westernised hotel and considerably less than the street corner cobblers or entrepreneur peasants , but they get massive banquets and use of the university 's chauffeur-driven cars . |
| 29 | The average temperature difference between the warm and cold year groups was 1.6 °C for high latitudes and 0.6 °C or the northern hemisphere as a whole — that is , considerably less than the temperature difference predicted for a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide content . |
| 30 | Considerably more than a baseball cap bearing the legend ‘ Brits On The Piss , Wicked ! ’ |