Example sentences of "the [adj] sector than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Research and development should be taking a bigger priority in our public expenditure and within the private sector than it is even now . ’ |
| 2 | Provided either competition or effective regulation provides adequate discipline on private managers , on balance , companies will tend to achieve lower cost curves in the private sector than in the public sector . |
| 3 | It is often said that women have greater access to housing in the public sector than men , or that housing officials tend to be more sympathetic to women . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , it 's harder to be entrepreneurial in the public sector than in the private one and there are more rules , but they are good rules and in fact there are more similarities between the two sectors than differences . ’ |
| 5 | Hence it may make more sense for soldiers to be in the public sector than street-sweepers . |
| 6 | The consumer-oriented image has been enhanced by stylish new brochures and a credit card ordering system — devices that owe more to the commercial sector than to industry . |
| 7 | Pupil-teacher ratios are much lower in the independent sector than in the public sector , and the disparity widened between 1975–6 and 1985–6 . |