Example sentences of "than [prep] the same [noun] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 172 bomb incidents this year — 54 fewer than for the same period last year . |
| 2 | In the past nine months the terror group — which boasts a bigger membership than the IRA — has murdered 14 people , two more than for the same period last year . |
| 3 | This is nearly 200,000 more than during the same period last year , an increase of 14 per cent . |
| 4 | On figures that are probably far too kind , real GNP was a staggering 8% lower in the first three months of this year than in the same period last year ; investment is dropping fast ; foreign trade has shrunk by a third . |
| 5 | Turnover was £136.5m , 18 per cent higher than in the same period last year . |
| 6 | Business collapses soared to 46,500 over the past nine months — 40 per cent more than in the same period last year . |
| 7 | ‘ To date this year there have been 172 bomb incidents , 54 fewer than in the same period last year . |
| 8 | Since the start of August the UDA/UFF has stepped up its campaign , killing four people within four short weeks and since the start of the year the UVF have killed seven — two fewer than in the same period last year . |
| 9 | The brewery , which celebrated its 125th anniversary this year , notched up turnover of £25.7m in the six months to September , £3m more than in the same period last year . |
| 10 | Store chiefs at the Meadowhall Centre in Sheffield saw a record 150,000 people turn up , 12,000 more than on the same day last year and in Hull police had to appeal to drivers not to take cars into the city because it was full by midday . |
| 11 | Judge power The authorised number of Lords Justices was at present 26 , one less than at the same time last year . |
| 12 | It is already apparent that players are much fitter than at the same time last season . |
| 13 | The amount of money donated to the Village Association through the envelopes is less than at the same time last year . |
| 14 | The total number killed was 16 fewer than at the same time last year . |
| 15 | ‘ I can tell you he 's running quicker than at the same time last year , ’ said the Welshman , confident that Christie is capable of matching Canadian Bruny Surin 's 1993 world best of 6.45 . |
| 16 | He 's more forward than at the same time last season . ’ |