Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] than [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some market makers quoted offer prices of shares in the index lower than bid prices , the opposite of normal market practice , and there were accusations that some market makers did not answer their phones , so that quotes were not accurate . |
| 2 | Avoid width at the top but create volume at the chin — do not wear your hair shorter than chin level . |
| 3 | ‘ Because you are so beautiful , ’ he said very softly , from a mouth redder than wine . |
| 4 | To the bats themselves , not only is blood thicker than water . |
| 5 | The crisis Branson had been expecting broke in October , when British Airways dropped the price of their cheapest return ticket on the London-New York route from £278 to £259 — only £1 more than Virgin — and began selling tickets ‘ subject to government confirmation ’ . |
| 6 | Patients with the following characteristics were excluded : ( a ) women of childbearing age ; ( b ) patients with one or more of three established significant diabetic complications — namely , nephropathy with creatinine concentration >150 µmol/l ( proteinuria was not in itself an exclusion ) , ischaemia severe enough to have resulted in gangrene or amputation , and retinopathy worse than background in one eye . |
| 7 | Mike sighed and gave up , for the moment at least , trying to turn the conversation into channels other than work . |
| 8 | The formation of political parties was allowed , and fundamental rights , including freedom of speech and the press , were guaranteed , but the propagation of any religion other than Islam was prohibited . |
| 9 | The propagation of any religion other than Islam would not be permitted . |
| 10 | Although the authorities in the UK have sought to control interest rates by their operations in the discount market , this relates much more to Figure 18.4 than Figure 18.5 , especially during the first part of the 1980s . |
| 11 | With effect from I January 1992 the ‘ old ’ offences at paragraphs ( f ) and ( g ) of regulation 27(1) of the 1986 Regulations no longer apply to passenger motor cars other than motor cars constructed or adapted to carry more than eight seated passengers in addition to the driver , or to goods vehicles with a maximum gross weight which does not exceed 3,500 kg . |
| 12 | This may be explained by the fact that more hydrogen was used in a metabolism other than methanogenesis in these subjects even on the basal diet . |
| 13 | Exclusion of other types of liability ( for damage other than personal injury or death , for breach generally , for breach of implied warranties other than title or quiet possession , and for pre-contract misrepresentation — ss 2(2) , 3 , 6(3) , 7(3) and 8 of the UCTA ) is governed by the requirement of reasonableness . |
| 14 | It was not long before the two families were joined with ties other than zeal for their faith and a deep devotion to its outworking . |
| 15 | The first part of this research will develop a novel statistical methodology , which combines census , electoral and survey data , so that we can evaluate the relative importance of three possible causes of the polarisation : the changing social structure of the population in different regions ; the impact of the growth of parties other than Conservative and Labour ; and variations in voting behaviour between people in defined social groups but living in different regions . |
| 16 | the amount of turnover to third parties other than Government and the amount of central and local government payments shown as revenue ; |
| 17 | In addition it was suggested that only about a quarter of the earlier sample of women had used birth control methods other than withdrawal compared with 57 per cent of the latter group . |
| 18 | However , much attention has been given in the literature to inversion of triangular matrices by methods other than back-substitution , particularly iterative methods . |
| 19 | A force greater than magnetism gripped Jaq 's feet . |
| 20 | It refers first to the widening of the scope of collective bargaining to include subjects other than pay and conditions , citing as examples : the provision of time and office services for lay trade-union representatives ; man-power planning ; job and income security ; and disclosure of information . |
| 21 | Tom himself said it was because he had to work hard at school at subjects other than music , he could not devote himself wholeheartedly to the flute . |
| 22 | Are , are you taking any other science subjects other than chemistry ? |
| 23 | It then , in October , expressed its concern that a high proportion of courses in subjects other than business studies were being turned down , and it suggested that one of the reasons making it difficult for such courses to be approved might be that ‘ the Council 's present structure of honours and ordinary degrees was not so appropriate for courses in those fields ’ as in science and technology . |
| 24 | The principle long continued to be agreed that Christian aid to the destitute should not discriminate in favour of church members , but had no criterion other than need . |
| 25 | The response of hospitals has varied considerably — eg , introduction of full barrier nursing of all CF patients ; segregation of inpatients and outpatients ; no action other than separation for physiotherapy and sleeping ; and expansion of home intravenous therapy programmes . |
| 26 | Participation and active citizenship therefore have a limited role due to the desire to preserve stability and the claims that it is unrealistic to have citizens active in decision-making ; ‘ the electoral mass is incapable of action other than stampede ’ . |
| 27 | Maintenance other than break-down is done outside normal working hours . |
| 28 | Of course , it was the oligopolistic character of product markets which gave those who ran the company discretion to pursue goals other than profit-maximization . |
| 29 | Contraception is usually not freely available to unmarried couples in China , therefore sexual activity between students involved added risks other than expulsion . |
| 30 | Coincidentally with the DoE report , Friends of the Earth produced a non-nuclear package of measures which , it claimed , would produce a 46.5 per cent reduction in emissions in all sectors other than transport , which it excluded . |