Example sentences of "than the average [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My attitude is that somebody has to do the job and if I get bumped off , I have experienced much more than the average bloke . |
| 2 | The average pensioner is 32% better off in real terms than the average pensioner in 1979 . |
| 3 | The average Cuban in the United States has better moral values and more love for the family than the average American . |
| 4 | I personally do n't believe that the average English citizen is any less proud of their own country than the average American . |
| 5 | Her fluency resulted in almost 100 books ; Flaubert 's entire output fits one volume no fatter than the average airport blockbuster . |
| 6 | She slipped into a frock made of less tape than the average cassette . |
| 7 | ‘ Guerillas In Tha Mist ’ is not a great album by Ice Cube 's standards , but it 's still stronger than the average hardcore LP . |
| 8 | Note that the average payment following the optimal strategy is around three times greater than the average payment following the myopic strategy . |
| 9 | Because New York in the summer was too hot even for the natives , shows would close for a couple of months when the Girls would be sent home for a holiday on half pay , which was better than the average salary in Britain . |
| 10 | THE average radiation exposure to a Sellafield site worker is now less than the average dose which people in the United Kingdom receive every year from natural radiation sources . |
| 11 | There are people out there who 've got problems that are bigger than the average household can deal with and erm I think , therefore , we 're looking for more institutionalized forms of help and folks like this particular character — I almost said his name — almost need to be made to accept that kind of help . |
| 12 | In areas of resistant rocks the wavecut platform ( Plate 27 ) , although often showing some degree of concavity , may be considerably flatter than the average sand and shingle beach . |
| 13 | ‘ They have to be tougher than the average kid , I do n't like losers , but once they 're into boxing it takes them off the streets , away from the drugs and alcohol , ’ said Lol , 57 . |
| 14 | It is true that there is also a chance that the individual plaintiff may live longer than the average expectation of life . |
| 15 | Election ‘ 92 : ‘ A lot less tiring than the average day in Downing Street ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It 's been a lot less tiring than the average day in Downing Street , ’ he said yesterday . |
| 17 | Now , of course , we are told that council tenants pay more , on average , than the average mortgagee pays in repayments . |
| 18 | It may mean that the mentally handicapped child will be dependent on other people , including its parents , more than the average child . |
| 19 | Robertson Nicoll , with his journalistic exuberance , boasted in 1902 that ‘ the average Dissenting minister has … a better literary and theological culture than the average minister of the Church [ of England ] ’ who were ‘ the worst educated [ ministry ] in this country ’ . |
| 20 | T. B. You 're walking slower than the average person , when you 're first about . |
| 21 | Running 26.2 miles is further than the average person achieves in a lifetime and you 've done it in around four hours or less writes . |
| 22 | Psychological studies have confirmed this : the more advanced students have much less aggressive personalities than the average person . |
| 23 | I had always suspected him of being rather more solid than the average person and this collision provided complete confirmation . |
| 24 | They are less resistant to innovation than the average person , who tends ( at least initially ) to put up barriers to the adoption and assimilation of new ideas . |
| 25 | This also holds true for items of similar groups within the same country ; a top quality Nain will tend to be more expensive than a second-grade Isfahan ( and vice versa ) , while both can be expected to command a higher price than the average Hamadan or Heriz . |
| 26 | As a result of the vast range of clothing and household goods that Savacentre sells , it receives far more customer returns than the average JS branch . |
| 27 | This is substantially higher than the average yield of shares quoted on the Stock Exchange . |
| 28 | However , as you are leading a more active life than the average man , you need to take this into account when calculating your energy requirement . |
| 29 | Psychics can often see the auras of women more clearly , possibly because women tend to express their emotions more easily than the average man . |
| 30 | Then , too , the subtle contact of mind to mind , of life to life , is probably more a part of the tigress than the average man . |