Example sentences of "[adv] than [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thinks that I could do better than just a clerical job . |
| 2 | Still the goals fail to materialise , and a deal worth £5 million for a man who hits the net better than once every two games has genuine currency . |
| 3 | American stations in fact illustrated better than anywhere the great dichotomy between social theory and practice in the United States . |
| 4 | Of those who smoked or drank , patients with CLO had a smoking history of a median 15 pack years ( range 2–60 pack years ) , which was less than both the severe oesophagitis ( median 45.5 , range 5–150 pack years ) ( p<0.01 ) , and adenocarcinoma groups ( median 55.25 , range 4–200 pack years ) ( p<0.001 ) . |
| 5 | Of those who smoked , patients with CLO had a smoking history of 15 median pack years ( range 2–60 pack years ) which was less than both the severe oesophagitis ( median 45.5 , range 5–150 pack years ; p<0.001 ) and adenocarcinoma groups ( median 55.25 , range 4–200 pack years ) ( p<0.001 ) ( Fig 2 ) . |
| 6 | The Executive Committee shall meet not less than twice a year in every calendar year : decide its own procedure : elect its own Chairman and Vice-Chairman , each of whom may hold the office for a maximum period of four consecutive years . |
| 7 | You 'll pay only for the amount of cover you feel you need because the Midland Personal Accident Plan provides two levels of cover — Gold Cover and Silver Cover , for less than twice the monthly cost . |
| 8 | By 11 , the majority of children were hit less than once a month or never . |
| 9 | Less than once a month 8% |
| 10 | Less than once a month 13% |
| 11 | Eighteen per cent ( 131 ) of the men who are not virgins in our sample say they have sex either less than once a month ( 13% ) or ( currently ) never ( 5% ) . |
| 12 | They then persuaded the 8 highest scorers on their questionnaires who " dreamed every night " , as well as the 8 lowest scorers , who " dreamed less than once a month " to submit to laboratory recordings and wakenings during the night . |
| 13 | In other words , initiated communication with their supervisor erm less than once a month , okay ? |
| 14 | Such reports must be sent not less than once every six months , or once every two months ( r 6.163 ) . |
| 15 | The frequency with which arrhythmias and syncope occur varies considerably , from several times a day to less than once every several years . |
| 16 | Because he thought that he was dealing with the National Press rather than simply a few local people whom he had been ignoring for a considerable time , the Mayor responded to direct questioning , even if he did not change his colours . |
| 17 | Male-orientation may so colour the organization of sociology as a discipline that the invisibility of women is a structural weakness , rather than simply a superficial flaw . |
| 18 | The deputy chairman of the UN Special Commission on Iraq , Robert Galucci , said in Bahrain on Jan. 14 that Iraq had for the first time admitted " pursuing a production-scale centrifuge enrichment programme rather than simply a research programme " , after UN inspectors confronted Iraqi officials with evidence supplied by Germany showing the involvement of German firms in this programme . |
| 19 | If so , it is necessary to adopt a therapeutic rather than simply a directive approach , and to pay particular attention to establishing such a relationship with the patient . |
| 20 | The players then go round these people rather than simply the few chairs . |
| 21 | And — an important factor this , in view of the way that we found some commercial lenders now tend to make repetitive and cumulative borrowing almost an end in itself , rather than simply the means of funding one desired purchase — the union has no interest in persuading its members to borrow . |
| 22 | The foundation of this approach was a positive conception of liberty ; freedom as an actual capacity for doing or enjoying something rather than simply the absence of external constraint : |
| 23 | This advocated the idea of the conservation of coherent areas of townscape , rather than simply the preservation of individual buildings : from negative control to creative promotion . |
| 24 | Perhaps she had begun to realise that she had been the victim of an unhappy marriage , rather than simply the cause of one . |
| 25 | It 's not clear that new institutions are needed rather than simply an intensification of activities in the republics . ’ |
| 26 | When this process becomes revolutionary upheaval is not always easy to identify and the decision as to whether it was a radical reinterpretation rather than simply an adjustment depends on the observer 's standpoint . |
| 27 | But in order to become philosophically interesting ( rather than simply an intellectual freak ) he must do more than assert that higher standards of evidence are better . |
| 28 | A useful review of the clers of the Old French fabliaux by Phillipe Ménard ( 1983 ) indicates that to be a clerk is a matter of attitude and behaviour rather than simply an occupation . |
| 29 | A good sommelier or restaurant manager can persuade the customer to choose a super bottle of wine which offers marvellous value and drinks perfectly , rather than just a grand name in a superlative vintage which , inevitably , will have a premium attached to it . |
| 30 | It also manages to tie the Alps together as one whole , treating them as a range of mountains rather than just a list of routes . |