Example sentences of "be [adj] than [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The payments on a lease will normally be lower than on a contract allowing for the purchase of the asset , although sometimes the difference is small and then a rebate is made when the term of the contract finishes and the plane is sold . |
| 2 | The general standards of safety , hygiene , fire precautions etc will generally be lower than in the UK . |
| 3 | The temperature may be lower than in the height of summer , but that 's compensated for by the peace and quiet you find out of season . |
| 4 | A collection of general medical books in a public library may deal with the same range of topics , but the indexing can be broader than in a specialist context , and the terms used for the same thing may be different . |
| 5 | What can be easier than for a manufacturer to limit his sales to those members of the public who fulfil the qualification of being this or doing that ? |
| 6 | However , a spring sowing of such seed will produce some plants , though the number will be fewer than from a summer sowing . |
| 7 | Educational opportunities might well be better than in the country , not to mention employment prospects outside the home . |
| 8 | Similarly , there was an average swing to the Tories in those boroughs where poll tax demands were below government estimates or where household bills were likely to be less than under the rates . |
| 9 | The physical effort required in speaking would also be less than against a background noise of heavy traffic . |
| 10 | Any assessment on the beneficiaries to income tax can never be more than on the £65 grossed up . |
| 11 | The minimum in the potential function will therefore be at a shorter internuclear distance , and the vibration frequency will be higher than for the molecule . |
| 12 | In the case of the Watford and Foxton Locks , the line of ascent would be longer than in the sample , say , by only 1 min. and 4 minutes respectively : and the cost of the works would be increased only by the cost of increased lengths of slopes or inclines ; that is — 24 feet and 100 feet respectively . |
| 13 | The number of troops and the amount of equipment of all non-German armed forces stationed in Berlin will not be greater than at the time of signature of the present treaty . |
| 14 | An operating range of 250 miles at full speed was required and survivor accommodation had to be greater than in the Arun class , the current large All-weather lifeboat . |
| 15 | But , whatever form they make take , language demands will almost certainly be greater than in the past ; more pupils will be studying foreign languages for longer periods of time , and children 's perceptions of foreign languages are likely to change . |
| 16 | ( If , as on the Earth , there are outer ‘ shells ’ of oceans and atmosphere then tides will appear in these too and they will generally be greater than in the rest of the planet thus producing variations in oceanic and atmospheric thickness around the planet . ) |