Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Species and genetic change , fixation of atmospheric N 2 , and nitrogen deposition may have facilitated plant response to CO 2 in the past when concentrations rose more slowly or with a greater relaxation time between change than today , but data are lacking . |
| 2 | According to Meat and Livestock Commission statistics meat is better value for money than ever |
| 3 | Meat is better value for money than ever — MLC |
| 4 | Our success in attracting more investment from the United States than has been attracted by all the countries of western Europe put together is proof that we have created a more attractive climate for investment than anywhere else in Europe . |
| 5 | For all that , it is wise to know a little more about search than just that method , so here are a few relatively elaborate algorithms which are also sometimes useful . |
| 6 | It is easier to inset after typing than before . |
| 7 | Unlike cleaning chemicals which still perform even if they are grossly misused and , at worst can hardly leave a surface dirtier after application than before , misuse in disinfectants and sanitisers can result in an increase in bacterial contamination . |
| 8 | In the case of Venice and her heritage however , the ‘ ethic question ’ is of wider import and presupposes other kinds of honesty than merely those connected with money . |
| 9 | Far be it for me to say that this is the sort of budget that conservatives ought to applaud because it is after all , a budget that is guided by a feeling that councils should provide services and they should orientate their services to the least communities , to be guided by equal opportunities and by egalitarians and that 's what this group has always stood for , this is the budget that we present tonight and I would hope that it would get a far better and far larger measure of support than perhaps of course been the case in the past . |
| 10 | The hissing of the rain was somehow louder , somehow more different in tone … and somehow much more like the whispering of a multitude of voices than before . |
| 11 | However , the latest amendments to the Building Regulations require much higher standards of insulation than ever before and have also belatedly recognised the problems that over-insulation can cause as far as condensation is concerned — both inside the house itself and also within the building 's structure . |
| 12 | In fact , they have made it possible to process far greater amounts of data than ever before . |
| 13 | There is scarcely any corporate-bond market in Japan , because issuing costs are too high ; but if new rules bring those costs down and the market revives , it is likely to have a wider range of yields than before . |
| 14 | The structural changes which would be necessary to reduce the present Davis Cup match format from three days , to one , would destroy the whole character of a competition which , in this commercially dominated age , is arguably more important to the world of tennis than ever before |
| 15 | No prior warning can be given to travellers as it is obvious that the public address system has been infiltrated and now issues an even worse form of gobbledygook than hitherto . |
| 16 | But from Rome the British agent sent a warning while Charles was still a boy : ‘ Everybody says that he will be in time a far more dangerous enemy to the present establishment of the government of England than ever his father was . ’ |
| 17 | This has proved to be a great success and is encouraging participation from a wider range of companies than before . |
| 18 | This level of poverty might be thought to have been peculiar to London , which was believed by contemporaries to have a greater concentration of poverty than elsewhere . |
| 19 | You get more out of workshops than just work |
| 20 | There are certainly no more rats in the Isle of Man than anywhere else . |
| 21 | We all agree to the need for more rational use of insecticides than hitherto , especially in agriculture ; yet insecticides to control mosquitoes are normally applied to the inside walls and roofs of buildings so that , unlike agricultural pesticides , they are not widely dispersed over the landscape but confined within houses . |
| 22 | Instead I had to sit and watch him produce the belt , and although he seemed pleased enough with it the incident left me even more empty of joy than before . |
| 23 | , A lake next to Trawsfynydd nuclear power station in Wales has a higher level of radioactivity than anywhere else in Britain apart from Sellafield , according to a report from Nuclear Electric ( previously the Central Electricity Generating Board ) . |
| 24 | This should mean that smaller numbers of students have access to a larger range of resources than formerly . |
| 25 | It 'll mean more Day Care , more Home Care , more Occupational Therapy , for people in an area of the county who get far less levels of service than elsewhere in the county . |
| 26 | This is a much lower level of use than either Edinburgh or Glasgow , but in view of the standard of service observed on this occasion , it is impossible to say whether this usage figure represents lower demand , or merely laxity in control . |
| 27 | The boundaries of the study area are more of convenience than purely zoogeographical , because of the paucity of material from certain regions . |
| 28 | In some respects a much more significant piece of legislation than either Mortmain or Circumspecte agatis was chapter 41 of the second statute of Westminster in 1285 . |
| 29 | This already provides a bigger contribution to the balance of payments than either remittances or shipping , and the Ministry of National Economy bubbles with ideas for making it still larger . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , in spite of a much less universal use of music than formerly , the monastic musical tradition remains a vital one . |