Example sentences of "[noun pl] than at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , in countries where fetal deaths for the maternal age group under 15 are not reported separately but are included in the under 20 age group , the relationship takes a " J " shape , since the chances for giving birth a viable child are poorer at the oldest childbearing ages than at the late teens . |
| 2 | Write-offs also rose faster at the regionals than at the money-centre banks . |
| 3 | This page and View from City Road , page 33 Pay rises : Two surveys show that pay is rising faster at the top end of the scales than at the bottom . |
| 4 | In the USA far more states now hold party primaries than at the start of the post-war period , and the sequence of primary results is increasingly the key determinant of presidential candidate selection . |
| 5 | Yet , first , that outcome of specialization which is an assumed general division between those who create and perform and those who merely receive is not significantly greater at this level of material techniques than at the level of systems of training of inherent resources . |
| 6 | There is substantially more information both general and related to risks at the risky junctions than at the less risky ones . |
| 7 | Sheila Payne suggests a number of reasons for this : the side effects of the drugs become more distressing ; patients are aware that they will have to go through further courses of similar treatment and feel gloomy at the prospect ; and they receive less support from health professionals than at the start . |
| 8 | The survey showed that breeding had been so successful that there were now three times as many swans than at the last census , taken in 1983 . |
| 9 | It 's better to shout at the walls than at the children . ’ |
| 10 | Since privatisation ( and no doubt helped by the £200 million of public investment ) the firm has expanded substantially and currently has about 1,000 more employees than at the beginning of 1990 . |