Example sentences of "[det] than [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The great majority of its members were more attracted to this than to the abuse from the Communists or to the dissensions of the ILP . |
| 2 | ‘ It is more difficult to be precise about this than about the earlier phases , partly because the pictures are rarer and less accessible , and have not been adequately photographed , partly because it includes considerable variations . ’ |
| 3 | The anatomy is also more strongly stressed in this than in the earlier statue , perhaps to tell against reflections in the shiny metal ; and this is something that becomes even more marked in succeeding generations . |
| 4 | Centromeres are portions of the DNA that hold the two halves of a divided chromosome together , and it is reasonable to suppose that the centromeres of a given species would be more like one another than like the centromeres of another species . |
| 5 | They were lovers now , and he preferred today to dwell on that than on the knottier problems . |
| 6 | The gradual assimilation of minority nationalities , moreover , has operated less to the advantage of the Russian population as such than to the advantage of the larger nationalities in general , Russians included . |
| 7 | The total number killed was 16 fewer than at the same time last year . |
| 8 | Village clusters are fewer than on the mainland . |
| 9 | At the western end of the Vale of the White Horse in Berkshire dairy farming afforded greater opportunities to smallholders , and poor labouring folk were far fewer than on the Downs . |
| 10 | 172 bomb incidents this year — 54 fewer than for the same period last year . |
| 11 | Nor did close links between banks and industry prevent panics and crashes , booms and slumps , though there were fewer than in the late 19th century . |
| 12 | With his party winning 20 seats — two fewer than in the previous parliament — Mr Ashdown conceded that the high hopes generated by his widely praised campaign had not been fulfilled . |
| 13 | With his party winning 20 seats — two fewer than in the previous parliament — Mr Ashdown conceded that the high hopes generated by his widely praised campaign had not been fulfilled . |
| 14 | Not only are there few people in the Highlands and Islands , but they are much fewer than in the past ( see Appendix 2 ) . |
| 15 | Here the workers were fewer than in the machine shop , and shyer — perhaps because they were mostly Asian . |
| 16 | In the first 11 months of 1992 Brazil exported 15m bags of coffee — 14% fewer than in the same period of 1991 . |
| 17 | On May 21 Milongo announced a major Cabinet reshuffle , naming only 10 ministers in addition to himself , eight fewer than in the previous transitional administration . |
| 18 | Gap junctions in the patients with gastric ulcer were significantly fewer than in the healthy volunteers . |
| 19 | ‘ To date this year there have been 172 bomb incidents , 54 fewer than in the same period last year . |
| 20 | Since the start of August the UDA/UFF has stepped up its campaign , killing four people within four short weeks and since the start of the year the UVF have killed seven — two fewer than in the same period last year . |
| 21 | There was , however , room for two pages of details of other excerpts records in the same series : why anyone would be any more interested in these than in the Humperdinck if they had not more information than that supplied with this CD was not clear . |
| 22 | There may be more scope for a GIS approach in the latter than in the former situations . |
| 23 | More than 77,000 people have visited the exhibition to find out for themselves already this year — that 's almost 28,000 more than for the same period in 1991 ! |
| 24 | In the past nine months the terror group — which boasts a bigger membership than the IRA — has murdered 14 people , two more than for the same period last year . |
| 25 | There are now 242 shops , 31 more than at the start of the year . |
| 26 | There are almost 6,600 workers at the plant , roughly 300 more than at the end of last year , after transfers from East Fishkill , New York . |
| 27 | Veloso said that 5,600,000 people were now displaced or affected by the emergency , 1,000,000 more than at the time of the April appeal . |
| 28 | If they are rich , they can spend more on it , and will ; but there is no calculus which can tell us the optimum amount that we ought to spend on education , any more than on the relief of suffering and the cure of the sick , or on the arts . |
| 29 | The London futures market had its busiest day with 650,000 contracts changing hands — 60 per cent more than on the previous record day . |
| 30 | Store chiefs at the Meadowhall Centre in Sheffield saw a record 150,000 people turn up , 12,000 more than on the same day last year and in Hull police had to appeal to drivers not to take cars into the city because it was full by midday . |