Example sentences of "than [prep] the first [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other than for the first flight of the day , engine run-ups are not deemed necessary because the aircraft 's engines are almost always warm , so off-chock to take-off times are often three minutes or less . |
| 2 | In all of Delhi 's history , at no period was that thin dress of civilization more beautiful — or more deceptively woven — than during the first half of the seventeenth century , during the Golden Age of Shah Jehan . |
| 3 | The situation was slightly better than in the first half of the 1980s , when more power stations were cancelled than entered service , but those under construction all dated from orders placed at the beginning of the 1970s . |
| 4 | The European balance of power was thus after the Seven Years War a more subtle problem in many ways than in the first half of the century . |
| 5 | higher than in the first half of 1990 . |
| 6 | In conclusion , the population of England remained fairly stable for much of the fifteenth century , at a far lower level than in the first half of the fourteenth . |
| 7 | Since labour supply did not increase to meet this demand , the growth of civilian employment was only marginally higher in the late sixties and early seventies than in the first half of the sixties ( table 11.2 ) . |
| 8 | Needing 361 to avoid the follow-on , England find themselves in a similar but even tougher position than in the first Test at Calcutta where they lost by eight wickets . |
| 9 | In the first three months of 1990 , the guess is that they were again about 13% lower than in the first quarter of 1989 , but there are now hopes that it was the last drop for a while . |