Example sentences of "[adj] than [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it was still going the third centenary would be approaching quicker than flames on dry moorland . |
| 2 | This is because of the great importance of infant mortality , the weightiest component of life expectancy and general mortality in developing countries , and also because a large body of observations concerning the effects are available not only from developed but also from developing countries and which are much more reliable than data on fetal mortality . |
| 3 | Women do not have equal access to them because of their location in the labour market and consequently are more dependent than men on the less generous statutory minimum payments . |
| 4 | Print on a page is more seductive than print on a screen . |
| 5 | Although nephrite is less hard than jadeite on this scale , the tight felting of its fibrous crystals makes it exceptionally tough . |
| 6 | Anything was better than dwelling on whatever was in his mind now . |
| 7 | They have to the Atari , right you load this in a word processing in a path games are venture and the sound is much better than Amiga on the Amiga er the graphics are better on the Amiga and but the Atari ST is slightly easier to program . |
| 8 | Its leader , Holger Nielsen , says he now thinks that a chance to influence Europe 's future is better than dependence on the EC without influence . |
| 9 | If the client is confident that he 's getting the best deal from us , he will say , alright Birmingham ar are cheaper than York on a route improvement say , but I 've had one of their cheap jobs before . |
| 10 | Government and the HSE are well aware that the promotion and enforcement of safety demands much more than reliance on individuals and management . |
| 11 | While Parliament itself can regulate such matters it has shown itself reluctant to do more than call on " the good sense of M.P.s not to abuse their privilege . " |
| 12 | The territorial offers were never really more than variations on others made earlier in the war . |
| 13 | Lithified materials may require little more than decision on the orientations of thin sections needed for later examination under the optical microscope , but special slide preparation and cementing media may be required , particularly if soluble minerals are thought to be present ( see Chapter 4 ) . |
| 14 | The astrophysics of such events is complicated , so that it is not possible to give more than limits on the parameters of the gravitational radiation to be expected . |
| 15 | These securities and the interest they collect are notional : they amount to nothing more than claims on the taxes and loans that the Treasury will have to raise when they are redeemed . |
| 16 | But there are four reasons why these years should not be used as anything more than points on a continuum . |
| 17 | Who the hell are we , poor little people , against that , nothing , we 're nothing we 're just little bloody flies on the , on the , no more than flies on the edge of the bloody universe you know , I 'm sorry . |
| 18 | These grants , although valuable , were not much more than flourishes on an already diverse collection . |
| 19 | These grants , although valuable , were not much more than flourishes on an already diverse collection . |
| 20 | However , elite collusion can and does entail far more than agreement on the ‘ rules of the game ’ . |
| 21 | I 'm erm I 've been working in low cost housing , housing charities , for a very long time , with Shelter and various other charities like that , and I never cease to be amazed that the Conservative Group , here or nationally , are hostile to subsidies for council housing , because the subsidy which goes to owner-occupiers , through mortgage tax relief , is very much greater than the subsidy that goes to council housing and there 's nothing we as a Council can do about this , but I do hope that in due course we will get a fair system of subsidising houses for everybody , so that wealthy people on high incomes who are getting a big subsidy on their housing through their tax relief , erm are not getting more than people on low incomes living in council houses . |
| 22 | Without a combination the nation could not be properly mobilized , for any party government would be opposed by half the nation , and would be forced to consider its own extremists as more important than moderates on the other side . |
| 23 | A willingness to learn and perseverance are much more important than candles on a birthday cake . |
| 24 | Judges who sit in the Crown Court tend to be slightly older than magistrates on average ( around 60 for judges and 56 for lay justices ) . |
| 25 | The Austrian fleece is one reason why Phoenix are able to offer Windstopper on some of their jackets at about £15 to £20 less than others on the market . |
| 26 | The L-Series systems are targeted to list at 20% less than Sun on all models . |
| 27 | The L-Series systems are to list at 20% less than Sun on all models . |
| 28 | There is a backwash to all this , however : as a stage-show they are less than shadow-puppets on the wall . |
| 29 | Jemson lasted less than half-an-hour on Saturday . |
| 30 | A mortar has no wheels or other means to move it once it is on the battlefield , and so can not move other than turn on the spot to face its target . |