Example sentences of "[adj] than the other " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marginally lighter than the other two fabric boots reviewed , the Lady GT comes in a very attractive blue and purple with a pink collar . |
| 2 | Well they , I had to go to Road police station , London , it was quite good , the detective took , took me around that little area and er then when I got ready to collect to take him to Liverpool Street Station , I saw him for the first time , man about sixty one and he 'd got two suitcases , one lighter than the other , and while I was signing for him and his property I said to him , you take that light one and I 'll take the bigger one with the view to getting on the bus to get to Liverpool Street st but the inspector there was very good , he said I 'm not going to oh and I said to you take the light case I 'll take the high one , he said I ca n't carry anything , I got a rupture . |
| 3 | Yeah well they 're different than the other policemen . |
| 4 | Now you were saying just then that erm parts of the were different than the other parts . |
| 5 | If the purpose of sex is to have children , then , is there a special sort of casual , slightly illicit sex with near-strangers which has nothing to do with procreation and is also more exciting than the other steady sort ? |
| 6 | He finished this one quicker than the other two and when that was done he immediately picked up the knife and cut the next slice . |
| 7 | Light : Requires more light than the other two species . |
| 8 | Many of the grammatical and lexical oppositions in a language are not between equal members of a pair , but between two entities one of which is more marked than the other … . |
| 9 | One is , however , fairly constant : the pain and discomfort of illness is frequently easier than the other kind of pain and hurt in our unconscious memories . |
| 10 | Although Buddie seemed to loom like a lusty giant over Frankie , he was a good deal shorter than the other men who worked around Old Ashfield . |
| 11 | Her burns had left pale patches on her body , like distemper on windfallen fruit , and her pelvis mended in a twisted shape , leaving one leg four inches shorter than the other , and shooting pains through her back and shoulders when she moved . |
| 12 | One , one leg 's shorter than the other for starters is n't it ? |
| 13 | You could say well , Jackie took this and you got one leg on this table shorter than the other legs and we 've jammed it under there levels the table up . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's no more peculiar than the other houses on the drive , ’ argued my mother , and she was right . |
| 15 | Your horse should also be fit , as eventing is more demanding than the other activities covered . |
| 16 | However , for both choices of verb , one of the reference candidates is much more acceptable than the other , and so it seems that in this case , only a weak preference should be imposed , with reasoning expected to make the decision . |
| 17 | Painted steel is likely to be less durable than the other kinds , but it is equally important to choose strong frames that are not likely to buckle : ( aluminium may be more likely than steel to bend under strain ) . |
| 18 | ‘ All the children in the orphanages are very disadvantaged but these two are more disadvantaged than the other inmates , ’ said Mr Nath . |
| 19 | The profit margin on one sheet was much lower than the other and Emily drew in her breath sharply . |
| 20 | ‘ I suppose you want me to go first , ’ said Caspar as they stood looking up at the open window , which was grimy and smeary , but much lower than the other windows . |
| 21 | You ca n't mistake it , it 's there in the eyes , the way one is lower than the other , just a little . |
| 22 | In this case B is significantly lower than the other conditions ( t(58)=2.58 , p<0.01 ) , corresponding to a tendency to give too many ‘ Yes ’ responses . |
| 23 | AcBT-2/6/NS1/7 expressed BTV proteins although the level of VP2 expression was lower than the other three proteins as shown in Figure 2 . |
| 24 | A slight smile quivered the ends of his mouth , and if one eye looked slightly more narrow than the other there was n't much obvious bruising . |
| 25 | A third type of spectrometer , fundamentally simpler than the other two , uses a tunable monochromatic source ; instruments using IR-emitting diodes have been produced , but are not yet able to replace interferometers . |
| 26 | In this last respect , though in no other , we were probably luckier than the other people , many of whom became ( and remain ) colleagues and friends , and for whom comparable educational problems opened up career opportunities very similar to ours . |
| 27 | Dusky dolphins and Burmeister 's porpoise are considerably more abundant and wide-ranging than the other three species . |
| 28 | The exact division of responsibilities between central and local authorities varies from country to country , though in most respects England and Wales are more similar than the other countries . |
| 29 | If one is very much more common and prominent than the other then it will be written in bold type and the other in ordinary type . |
| 30 | The third syllable is more prominent than the other two and carries a rising tone . |