Example sentences of "greater than [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The biological effects of α-particles ( high linear energy transfer , LET ) are in general much greater than the effects of β-particles and γ-rays ( low LET ) . |
| 2 | If you compare this modulus with the typical bulk modulus of a polymer — about 5 GPa — it is clear that the forces opposing extension , whether by bond stretching or bond bending , in any one chain are considerably greater than the forces which hold one chain to the next . |
| 3 | The maximum depth of 230 m is considerably greater than the seas surrounding our shores , and of all British lakes , Loch Ness is second in depth only to Loch Morar , at 310 m . |
| 4 | Just before St Petersburg learned that the sultan had accepted the Treaty of Adrianople , a conference of senior Russian ministers agreed " That the advantages of maintaining the Ottoman Empire in Europe are greater than the difficulties which it presents " . |
| 5 | Erm very extensive business park development took place , land values on these industrial areas rose accordingly and all manufacturing uses were either er destabilized because their land values now became greater than the businesses that were on them , or new manufacturing plant simply could not acquire the land at affordable prices because there were always people willing to buy it for B one . |
| 6 | We have had wars greater than the wars against Napoleon , fought with more terrible weapons and less mercy , and involving most of the nations of the globe . |
| 7 | Their relative importance is even greater than the floods of humid , temperate regions , because so little erosion is effected between floods . |
| 8 | A million families have insolvency hanging over them as their mortgage debts have grown greater than the values of their homes . |
| 9 | Where more than two pellet samples are available , for instance for barn owls and tawny owls , the within species similarities observed in bone breakage and digestion are greater than the differences from other species , and this indicates that single pellet collections probably are representative of the species . |
| 10 | The powers of the court are greater than the powers of a natural parent : see the recent decision of the High Court of Australia in Department of Health and Community Services v. J. W. B. and S. M. B. ( 1992 ) 66 A.L.J.R. 300 , 314 , 333 ; In re R. ( A Minor ) ( Wardship : Consent to Treatment ) [ 1992 ] Fam. 11 , 25 , 28 . |
| 11 | Incomers do not understand why , when public attention turns to acres of unused or underused pasture or park , the needs of sheep or the needs of agriculture in the distant future are felt by Shetlanders to be greater than the incomers ' here-and-now needs for housing , shops or recreational facilities . |
| 12 | The risk from natural poisons in foods is a hundred times greater than the perils posed by man-made additives or pesticide residues , claims Dr Roger Fenwick of the Government 's Food Research Institute . |
| 13 | It was found that xenografts treated with histamine were significantly greater than the controls ( p=0.034 ) . |
| 14 | Selection is likely to penalize a cheater if cheating has subsequent adverse effects on his life that are greater than the benefits of not reciprocating . |
| 15 | It assumes that it is actually the unemployed who are being imprisoned , and , furthermore , is clearly untenable when faced with data which show the numbers unemployed in England and Wales many times greater than the numbers imprisoned . |
| 16 | Glaxo rightly points out that Astra used very high levels of ranitidine , several hundred times the normal human intake and far greater than the doses of omeprazole Astra fed to rats . |
| 17 | If the costs at the home you prefer are greater than the fees payable by the Social Work Department , your placement will be dependent on a third party being willing to make up the difference , ie a relative , a charity or a trust . |
| 18 | Since this strategy works outwards from the highest scoring words , it is possible to show ( see Woods 1982 ) that islands always incorporate words which have a density score no greater than the words already in the island . |
| 19 | This must imply that the possibilities of gain are overall greater than the risks of injury . |
| 20 | The differences between the Italian Renaissance and the German Hellenizing movement initiated by Winckelmann are far greater than the similarities . |
| 21 | The costs of treating Richard in this fashion were far greater than the gains to be made from keeping him in suspense about his future . |
| 22 | Many of these measures are small in themselves , but it is important to realise that the changed atmosphere in the town — in the sense of more greenery , more skeet play possibilities , lower noise levels and so on — represents a sum that is greater than the parts in developing a pedestrian- and cycle-friendly environment . |
| 23 | This last month , the Bavarians have been going through the painful experience of learning that , where an historic collection is concerned , it is the whole which is greater than the parts , and no saving of individual items can make up for the erosion of that whole . |
| 24 | Women were prescribed drugs with average annual costs ( £52.37 ) greater than the costs for men ( £47.00 ) . |
| 25 | Are the costs of inflation greater than the costs of curing inflation ? |
| 26 | This actually makes the obstacles to any acceptance of papal authority much greater than the dignitaries gathered in Rome this weekend have realised . |
| 27 | Its overall width is greater than the needs of the twentieth century but it was designed for moving herds of animals , not for the motor car . |
| 28 | The man who had planted it would want time to get clear before an explosion occurred greater than the blasts which had flattened Hiroshima and Nagasaki . |