Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [adj] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 1970 Act required the EPA to prescribe NAAQSs which were not to be exceeded in any region more than one day per year , or during more than a limited period within that day ( table 8.1 ) . |
| 2 | They may bear grievances about the fact that they are locked up in prison , perhaps for longer than they feel they deserve or for longer than other offenders whom they regard as comparable . |
| 3 | Dismissing the taxpayers ' appeals , Lord Justice Nourse said that the ordinary meaning of ‘ release ’ comprehended both a release given for full consideration and one given gratuitously , or for less than full consideration , and there was no warrant for putting the limitation , as contended by the tax-payers , on the word ‘ releases ’ in s 287(1) . |
| 4 | ‘ It is sufficient to say that in Maskell v. Horner Lord Reading C.J. , referring to these authorities , and in particular to the advice given by Willes J. in Great Western Railway Co. v. Sutton — where that learned judge said that he had ‘ always understood that when a man pays more than he is bound to do by law for performance of a duty which the law says is owed to him for nothing , or for less than he has paid , there is a compulsion or concussion in respect of which he is entitled to recover the excess by condictio indebiti , or action for money had and received ’ — said that ‘ such claims made in this form of action are treated as matters of ordinary practice and beyond discussion . ’ |
| 5 | ( b ) Money paid to a person in a public or quasi-public position to obtain the performance by him of a duty which he is bound to perform for nothing or for less than the sum demanded by him is recoverable to the extent that he is not entitled to it . |
| 6 | ‘ when a man pays more than he is bound to do by law for the performance of a duty which the law says is owed to him for nothing , or for less than he has paid , there is a compulsion or concussion in respect of which he is entitled to recover the excess by condictio indebiti , or action for money had and received . |
| 7 | Last year Ford UK took a major step in banning staff members under 21 or with fewer than three years ' driving experience from using the fast models . |
| 8 | This provides banking services through your local post office , which is normally open six days a week ( including Saturday mornings ) , and for longer than normal banking hours . |
| 9 | Thereafter , and for more than a generation , Germany was the stage on which the rival powers played out their conflicts . |
| 10 | And for more than an hour they heard about the glory of steam and engines and old stations . |
| 11 | MPs did have the opportunity for dalliance , away as they were from home for the best part of the week — and for more than half the year . |
| 12 | And for more than a mile they threaded their way around the standing pools that reached from the verges out into the drying roadway . |
| 13 | One day , he hinted , he would insist she did , and for more than just a holiday . |
| 14 | And for more than a century they were home to livestock . |
| 15 | Reliable cause of death statistics are woefully lacking for developing countries and of less than desirable quality for many developed ones . |
| 16 | To land on a spot consistently by this method , the round out and early part of the float must be made without too much excess speed and with less than full airbrake . |
| 17 | Solo and with less than half tanks , ‘ IL was light and showed almost 800 fpm climb at full power and 80 mph . |
| 18 | The modern practice of flailing the remaining hedges with crude machinery has not only destroyed the possibility of such views , but has also led to a considerable reduction of bird and animal life The landscape is much poorer both visually and in content than it was thirty years ago . |
| 19 | As a result , there has been a steady growth in the number of companies that have an audit committee — around two-thirds of the top 150 UK listed industrial companies and the great majority of UK listed financial institutions now have audit committees , and in more than half these cases , the committees were established within the past five years . |
| 20 | The engine leapt , shouted , and was tamed , and in less than a minute we had taken off from the little beach and were circling the island . |
| 21 | Considered uninspired , highly-priced and in less than perfect condition by some , Andrea Previtali 's ‘ Portrait of a young Gentleman ’ ( lot 6 ) still went to £150,000 ( $240,000 ) while ‘ The Piazza San Marco , Venice ’ attributed to Francesco Guardi ( lot 24 ) reached £130,000 ( $208,000 ) against an estimate of £30,000–40,000 . |
| 22 | It was abandoned when the new church was built in 1909 and in less than severity years has fallen into complete ruin — a good indication of how severe the Dales weather can be and how quickly buildings succumb to its assault . |
| 23 | The wind turned colder , with a scatter of rain , and in less than an hour it was dark . |
| 24 | And in less than a year after that the Secretary of State may make it clear that our client group is radically changed and moved |
| 25 | And in less than no time the weeks passed and the memories of that dreaded party were only a vaguely uneasy thought in the sealed-off recesses of Robyn 's mind . |
| 26 | Cytomegalovirus was associated with AIDS related sclerosing cholangitis in only two of the present patients in whom cryptosporidiosis was not also implicated and in less than a third overall ; these represent less than 10% of all cases of cytomegalovirus enteritis seen during the study period . |
| 27 | As soon as Luce had been helped in and settled the gondolier plied his oar , and in less than a minute they were on the Grand Canal . |
| 28 | This sum is equivalent to about one third of the Government grant to Radio Tanzania for the same period , and to more than the entire sum allocated to the development of information and broadcasting services in the first Five Year plan . |
| 29 | So this week we 're offering your family another chance to buy these brilliant mountain bikes — and at less than half the usual price for machines of this type . |
| 30 | The researchers found that levels of ultraviolet radiation doubled on certain days in September and October 1992 , but by only 9 per cent in the whole of September , the worst month , and by less than 1 per cent for the year as a whole . |