Example sentences of "is [adj] than the [noun sg] for " in BNC.

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1 In all other age groups below retirement age the proportion of temporary workers is lower than the average for all age groups .
2 The 75 per cent requirement is less than the requirement for 90 per cent acceptances in respect of the shares to which the offer relates in order to effect a compulsory sale by the minority under CA 1985 , s429 ( see Chapter 14 ) .
3 The horror felt for or against the censorship is less than the feeling for the opportunity it provides to make capital out of the situation .
4 Proportionately , the reduction in Wales is less than the average for the United Kingdom as a whole .
5 The figure of 22.8% of claims at the low rate in the sample is higher than the rate for Berkshire as a whole ( 14.8% ) in the same period because the largest practice in the sample used a deputy for 53% of its night visits .
6 Unemployment is higher than the average for Scotland .
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