Example sentences of "than [adv] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But at the same time the party received the votes of a smaller proportion of working class electors than ever before since the war . |
| 2 | By its end the State had assumed greater control than ever before of the nation 's economy and manpower resources . |
| 3 | Overall , the poly graduate unemployment rate ( excluding short-term employment ) was down from 9.2 per cent to 6.9 per cent , bringing it closer than ever before to the university unemployment rate , which was 5.3 per cent in 1988 . |
| 4 | The rate at which the economy can grow is now constrained more directly and immediately than ever before by the extent to which exports rise relative to import penetration . |
| 5 | Hoover 's optimism about the future of the USA had been underlined by the words he used on accepting nomination We in America today are nearer the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land . |
| 6 | Moreover her rule saw in Russia an unprecedented growth of intellectual life and a flow and expression of ideas more free than ever before in the country 's history . |
| 7 | I reiterate what the Minister said : the aerospace industry in general is exporting more than ever before in the face of substantial competition from abroad . |
| 8 | For the literate group of women who might be expected to read magazines , this was in fact a transitional period : freed to a greater extent than ever before from the shadow of death , this was not yet the time of the educated lay interest in infant psychology which was soon to be aroused by Montessori , Froebel , Susan Isaacs and the Freudians generally ; nor had the hygienist movement yet got under way . |
| 9 | Of an evening , you might find yourself subjected to an ‘ American Food Promotion ’ and a honky-tonk Filipino band , but the food is better and more varied than anywhere else on the island and a dependable supply of cold beer is essential . |
| 10 | I think that the new settlement erm should be as close to York erm city as can be achieved , the erm question of the detailed location er I think is a matter for erm discussion on the basis of the other planning policy guidance erm criteria which I have n't explored terms of the locational criteria , what I was seeking to do in my comments was erm to counter a point which has been made er by the C P R E which refers to new settlements as an engine of growth , now that 's not the purpose of this new settlement , it is a response to the needs of meeting Greater York , and I do n't see any reason why that 's less likely to be achieved if it 's South South West of York , than anywhere else around the circumference of York . |
| 11 | More mortgages are probably lent from within 30 miles of this city centre than anywhere else in the country . |
| 12 | There are two unsolved murders ; crime rates are rising more rapidly here than anywhere else in the country ; and there 's an on-going battle for a bigger budget and more staff . |
| 13 | Mr Aird who has visited nearly all the guide 's 5,000 hang-outs reckons beer in Liverpool is between 15p and 20p cheaper than anywhere else in the country . |
| 14 | Staff accepted lower wages because Virgin seemed to be a more agreeable place to work than anywhere else in the record industry . |
| 15 | But the fact remained that there were more women in positions of authority in Virgin than anywhere else in the record industry . |
| 16 | The densities per square kilometre of its human and livestock populations are greater than anywhere else in the continent . |
| 17 | It has more cars per square kilometre than anywhere else in the world . |
| 18 | They are low-income countries and India has more desperately poor people than anywhere else in the world , but in 1988 China 's growth rate was 11 per cent and India 's 8 per cent , well ahead of their population increases . |
| 19 | First , air traffic in the Asia-Pacific region is growing at a faster rate than anywhere else in the world . |
| 20 | At just 24p , the chocolate treat is cheaper here than anywhere else in the world , except America where it costs the same . |
| 21 | ‘ Yes , Tudor darling , understand why this land is more wonderful than anywhere else in the world and why it is yours , just as much as it is mine . |
| 22 | There are perhaps more collectors of antiques in this country than anywhere else in the world . |
| 23 | ‘ Azerbaijan is the Texas of mud volcanoes : they are bigger , more active and there are more of them than anywhere else in the world — and they are clearly associated with oil and gas generation . ’ |
| 24 | There are 25,000 psychiatrists , more than anywhere else in the world except the US . |
| 25 | California 's Silicon Valley , home of computer high-tech , has more PhDs per square mile than anywhere else in the world . |
| 26 | In a keynote address on Nov. 8 the Director of the WHO Global Programme on AIDS , Michael Merson , said that the AIDS pandemic in Asia might ultimately be more massive in scope and overwhelming in impact than anywhere else in the world [ see also pp. 38747 ; 39032 ] . |
| 27 | There may be more early-music ensembles of international repute based in Southern England than anywhere else in the world . |
| 28 | Government ministers admit that ozone levels are higher than anywhere else in the world . |
| 29 | More children are being seriously injured in cycling accidents in Darlington than anywhere else in the county . |
| 30 | He added that although the figures might seem worrying , the number of people using bicycles in the town was greater than anywhere else in the county by 3.4 per cent . |