Example sentences of "[det] than [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the legislative elections which took place on the same day , Jawara 's People 's Progressive Party ( PPP ) secured 25 of the 36 directly elected seats in the House of Representatives , six fewer than at dissolution . |
| 2 | In the same way a temple which was situated at the top of a flight of steps might be shown on top of steps , though the number of steps on the coin would normally be fewer than in reality . |
| 3 | The Prime Minister objects to a guillotine date for the treaty revision conference even more than to setting of an opening date for the inter-governmental conference where she is resigned to be outvoted . |
| 4 | He was therefore more than at home in French culture , he was an important participant in its development , assimilating it ( as he reputedly said ) rather than being assimilated by it . |
| 5 | The real message that came from this question was that many family and part-time farmers had wives willing to do more than at present . |
| 6 | If prosecutors , magistrates , judges and jurors were to proceed on an entirely sceptical footing , many fewer search and arrest warrants would be issued , fewer people would be prosecuted , even fewer would be committed to trial , and , of those tried , many more than at present would be acquitted . |
| 7 | The Lord chancellor 's proposals , contained in Regulations due to come into effect on 12th April , would potentially affect about 12–14 million adults : some would cease to be eligible for legal aid ; some would have to pay much more than at present ; and some would be required to pay a contribution for the first time . |
| 8 | One of the problems of deciding how much of a person 's temperament is inherited is due to the fact that babies are usually brought up in an environment of both parents , or at least more than on individual , and that they take a while to grow and show many personality characteristics . |
| 9 | The Institute can not make instant assumptions of guilt , any more than of innocence . |
| 10 | Pillar roses are in the main simply less vigorous ramblers — climbers and climbing sports are sometimes included — that normally do not reach more than about 9–10ft ( 2.7–3m ) in height or cane length . |
| 11 | Francis was n't wrong , but change is regarded with suspicion , nowhere more than in football . |
| 12 | In this country that has been ravaged by civil war even more than by drought , security is shaky . |
| 13 | Second , never do it in type of less than about 10-point ; and even this is really too small in newspapers . |
| 14 | ‘ The differences between various digital formats are far less than between microphone placings . |
| 15 | For instance , the standard of merchantable quality of secondhand or shop-soiled goods is clearly less than of brand new goods , and a vendor who spells out that he is selling secondhand or shop-soiled goods is still warranting conformance with description , but it is a different description from the one he would have applied to brand new goods . |
| 16 | The visions which our ancestors saw with the mind 's eye , must be embodied for us in palpable form … all must be made palpable to sight , no less than to feeling . ’ |
| 17 | Hours of teaching practice varied between 90 and 630 , and supervision ( ignoring those who listed upwards of 100 hours ! ) was often for less than 10 hours in total — noticeably less than for English on average . |
| 18 | Although the price of a dishwasher may seem expensive , the costs of actually running the machine can work out to be far less than for washing-up by hand . |
| 19 | Even though the same might be argued for painting , the technical obstacles to be overcome for painting are very much less than for sculpture . |
| 20 | There is the inevitable paperwork , but this is much less than for section police although , given the antipathy to paperwork in all police forces , it is surprising how the neighbourhood men welcome it on cold , wintry mornings . |
| 21 | In defence of the charges , David Moffat , fund manager of Eagle Star European ( 071–929 1111 ) , agrees that unit trusts are more expensive to buy but argues that with investment trusts there are dealing charges on purchase and sale , and that it is better to pay a percentage at the beginning when the fund is worth less than on redemption when , hopefully , it should be worth substantially more ! |
| 22 | Oh no , you 'll probably going up by less than on average less than one child per class , but the trend is going the wrong way . |
| 23 | Up to of soil per year were lost from these plots , which compares with less than per year from undisturbed forest . |
| 24 | It is clear that nationally , some businesses will pay less than at present and some will pay more . |
| 25 | Nonetheless , once in recovery , the opportunity remains for the recovering person to extend his or her range of physical abstinence and , by doing this , the relapse rate may in time come to be less than at present . |
| 26 | But they should welcome it if in fact their dealings cost them materially less than at present . |
| 27 | Carbon emissions under the cheapest plan are less than under market forces , thanks to the efficient methods it uses . |
| 28 | In general , the amount of antibody in OMT is less than in serum . |
| 29 | less than before privatisation . |