Example sentences of "[adv] [det] than [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only are there few people in the Highlands and Islands , but they are much fewer than in the past ( see Appendix 2 ) . |
| 2 | Programming time is usually less than for an optimization technique but designer time is frequently greater . |
| 3 | In this low undergrowth their disorganized progress and uneven , differing rhythms of movement delayed them still more than in the wood . |
| 4 | Housing officers , too , will provide important links between some parts of a local community and its schools but notably less than in the period before the privatization of subsidized housing . |
| 5 | The officer 's undress headgear was a dark blue visored forage cap of ‘ pill-box ’ shape : ‘ … the diameter at the top slightly less than at the base , the height 3¼ inches all round ; … |
| 6 | The setting-up costs of a PEP are far less than for an endowment policy , so , investment conditions permitting , early encashment should not prove penal . |
| 7 | If you want to experiment at home , it 'll cost you far less than in a salon but you should get a friend to help put the rollers in to get perfectly even curls . |
| 8 | It is certainly the case that crime rates in socialist countries are far less than in the USA and other capitalist societies . |
| 9 | Apart from the UK , which has begun to deregulate the airline industry , all continental airlines pay workers substantially more than in the United States , even though countries like Spain and Portugal have much lower living standards in general . |
| 10 | And this , far more than in the past , will determine the legality or illegality of the action . |
| 11 | With that in mind , will he assure the House that he will try to integrate training between reserve forces and regulars far more than in the past ? |
| 12 | It also saw one very important new development ; its extension far more than in the past to bind Europe to other continents . |
| 13 | Three years later the introduction of a new registration system for despatches and telegrams played a crucial role in changing the position of the more senior officials , the first-division clerks , and giving them , far more than in the past , a share in policy-making . |
| 14 | Barrow admits his new job occupies his mind far more than in the past . |
| 15 | There was always such a lot of scope in hospitals , certainly far more than in the Army sick room . |
| 16 | The scientific committee had itself recommended an option calling for as much logging as could be carried out in compliance with US environmental laws , far more than in the option chosen by the President . |
| 17 | Rain can thrash its surface , wind can chop it up , and the carp still have to be outwitted ; probably even more than on a water where the natural food is less abundant and the carp are smaller and therefore not so cautious . |
| 18 | Perhaps even more than in the case of energising Anglican evangelical clergymen like William Marsh , in the ranks of evangelical nonconformity the powerful leadership of some ministers shaped the attitudes of chapel communities and led them into collaboration across denominational and church/chapel lines . |
| 19 | Even more than in the case of war , political sociologists have tended to neglect the more subtle , less blatant influences which affect political change . |
| 20 | Even less than with the designation of the polytechnics was the CNAA in the 1970s confronting a policy-driven situation . |
| 21 | Advertising has reached , we believe , a quite remarkable development in the 1980s , and perhaps nowhere more than in the United Kingdom . |
| 22 | Nowhere more than in the repeal movement was the link between philanthropic work and an emergent feminist discourse more clearly visible . |
| 23 | Figures from the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys show that the number of voters is significantly less than at the time of the 1987 election , even though the adult population has grown . |
| 24 | This was significantly less than in the alcohol group ( p<0.001 ) . |
| 25 | They found that oil pollution around Bahrain was actually less than before the war . |