Example sentences of "the [adj] than [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It produces less sulphur dioxide — because the sulphur in the coal reacts with the limestone during combustion — and less nitrogen oxides , due to the lower than normal combustion temperature . |
| 2 | Announcing the lower than expected year end results in his preface to the accounts , Company Chairman John Evans has told shareholders that the DVR was ‘ pursuing a declared policy of excellence ’ , but that net profits tumbled nearly £111,000 from £171,077 in 1990 to £60,260 before tax last year ! |
| 3 | Together with the lower than expected flotation price , the 10 companies have been given an attractive yield averaging as much as 8.55 per cent . |
| 4 | Together with the lower than expected flotation price , the 10 companies have been given an attractive yield averaging as much as 8.55 per cent . |
| 5 | Though it was wary of placing too optimistic a gloss on the latest figures , the larger than expected PSBR surplus of £3.8 billion for last month was seen as a cautious signal that Mr Lamont will be able easily to avoid increasing the tax burden in next month 's Budget . |
| 6 | There were murmurs from the platform when the less than pristine replacement set arrived — but NSE 's Great Eastern operations manager Dave Sargent said he was confident the units would prove popular with travellers . |
| 7 | Every time the animal steps down it received a mild electric shock ( yet another of the less than pleasant learning tasks which experimental psychology finds it necessary to employ ) . |
| 8 | K-9 ( 12 ) , which stars James Belushi , hints at the less than glittering screen career that might have awaited his elder brother , had he lived . |
| 9 | The facts — that Chrissie has been caught taking food home , the higher than average food costs , etc. — show that things have n't been going entirely according to plan , but what are the causes ? |
| 10 | And although they maintained none of County Durham 's 5,000 teachers would lose their jobs the higher than expected pay deal will make the county dig into its reserves to pay for the salary hike . |