Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [verb] [adv] [adv] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | A fixed date summons , originating application , petition or appeal should be served not less than twenty-one clear days before the return day , but on the plaintiff satisfying the district judge by affidavit that a defendant is about to remove , it may be served at any time before the return day ( Ord 7 , r 10(5) , Ord 3 , rr 4 – 6 ) . |
| 2 | One disputed point is whether words alone can constitute an assault : the preponderance of authority is probably that mere words , unaccompanied by any threatening conduct , can not amount to an assault , but if the point of the offence is to penalize the creation of fear of imminent attack , it is difficult to see why utterances such as ‘ Get out the knives ’ or ‘ Let's hit them ’ should be regarded more indulgently than a raised hand . |
| 3 | We propose that that process should be concluded not later than April , but it is immensely to be hoped that it can be done far more speedily . |
| 4 | Although it sought to make schools accessible , it also held that attendance at them should be voluntary , that pupils should pay for the instruction they received , that public education should be developed gradually rather than immediately , and that , although schools would still be run by different agencies , societies and private individuals , they should teach the same things and be managed identically . |
| 5 | Entries should be received not later than 30 November 1992 . |
| 6 | People with less advanced HIV-related illness may tolerate zidovudine better than people with AIDS , so treatment should be started earlier rather than later . |
| 7 | The issue should be considered more widely than that , though Ash croft and Love ( 1988 ) showed that acquisition of Scottish firms tended on average to increase sales and have no effect on overall employment . |
| 8 | But it does imply the need for caution in making extreme claims about the distances of quasars based solely on redshift evidence , and it does suggest that Arp 's evidence concerning other , similar associations should be taken more seriously than has often been the case . |
| 9 | ‘ In my opinion the period from three to six is the most important and should be utilised much better than it is today . |
| 10 | He will then draft the petition and settle it and , as I mentioned before , the petition must be deposited not later than 22nd January ( in the case of a November order ) or 23rd May ( in the case of a March order ) . |
| 11 | Remember that a subpoena in the High Court , once issued , is valid only for twelve weeks and must be served not less than four days before the day on which the witness is required to attend before the court unless the court fixes a shorter period . |
| 12 | Shortly after the Second World War the typical advice given concerning this condition was : " Acute coronary thrombosis must be regarded more seriously than most cardiac conditions , a rest in bed for weeks or months , with a minimum of 4 weeks , should be prescribed in order to assure as sound a healing of the myocardial infarct as possible . " |
| 13 | Notification of a concentration must be made not more than one week after whichever is the first of the conclusion of the agreement , the announcement bid of the public bid or the acquisition of a controlling interest . |
| 14 | Such reports must be sent not less than once every six months , or once every two months ( r 6.163 ) . |
| 15 | The missed approach procedure must be commenced not later than this time . |
| 16 | Proceedings by a tenant for a new tenancy must be commenced not less than two months nor more than four months of the date of the original notice or the tenant will lose his rights under the Act , and this limitation of time is absolute . |
| 17 | This must be paid not later than eight weeks before your departure date . |
| 18 | The meeting must be convened in the same way , as nearly as possible , as that in which meetings are to be convened by the directors and must be held not later than 3 months from the date of service of the notice . |
| 19 | If he decides to summon such a meeting , the meeting must be held not more than four months from the date of the bankruptcy order ( r 6.79(1) ) , and the official receiver must inform the court and give at least twenty-one days ' notice to all creditors ( r 6.79(2) ) . |
| 20 | Mr Rees elaborated : ‘ We are being expected to agree to an omnibus distribution method under which the monthly creditor might be repaid more quickly than the contract provides , whilst the weekly creditor is repaid by instalments only a fraction of those shown in the contract . |
| 21 | In 1856 the one sign he gave that peasants might be freed sooner rather than later was the suspension , in July , of the existing rules for recruitment into the army . |
| 22 | You know , nobody 's expecting three or four sides , right , you 've got quarter of an hour , not erm , you know , if , if you can write a side a half you , you 'll be doing much better than most people , alright , so you 're just thinking about a side really , depending on how big your handwriting is . |
| 23 | The judgement could be applied more widely than its immediate target . |
| 24 | Mr Goodman adds that the company was fortunate to have started up in the recession , because services could be had more cheaply than in easier times . |
| 25 | Maybe it could be done monthly rather than the punishingly weekly ? |
| 26 | But the future of this airline could be decided much sooner than that , and with it the levels of service and fares we can all expect on long haul flights . |
| 27 | Because there were fewer volosti than communes , the former could be pressurized more easily than the latter . |
| 28 | Moreover , it is also possible that management took the view that unskilled workers could be controlled more easily than skilled workers because they had less powerful union backing , and that they could be replaced more easily because there was a bigger pool of labour to draw from . |
| 29 | The money could be allocated openly rather than through ‘ hidden tax in the form of food prices which hit hardest those least able to pay ’ . |
| 30 | Others have argued that , whatever resources are available to housing , they could be used more effectively than is the case with the present system of MITR . |