Example sentences of "[det] than [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Discrimination between individuals consists in making it easier for some than for others to realize their ideals of the good . |
| 2 | If these underground emotions came to the surface all at once , they would shatter our existence , but fortunately they come upon us gradually — more so for some than for others . |
| 3 | This habit is more natural to some than to others , but conscious discipline is needed to extend it into every aspect of the farm . |
| 4 | This may come more naturally and easily to some than to others , but it is possible that where a prolonged conscious effort has been made to tap this creative source , greater understanding and appreciation result than where only little work has been needed . |
| 5 | Though in some ways Colin was quite close to his drivers — closer to some than to others — he was , in financial matters , something of a cheese-parer and though his sponsors were generally reasonably generous , even at the height of Lotus 's reputation he neither enjoyed the kind of largesse available to some teams nor , with his many other commitments and his fairly flamboyant life style , could devote all of what he did receive to his team . |
| 6 | Along with this imaginative , inspirational side of the mind goes the capacity — better developed in some than in others — for intuition . |
| 7 | The implication is that the fuse for type I diabetes is lit early in life but may burn faster in some than in others . |
| 8 | ‘ I just want to play regular football and I do n't think there 's a better place to do that than at Goodison . ’ |
| 9 | Glucose adsorption from HYPO-ORS and RS-ORS was almost identical and was less from either than from WHO-ORS ( p<0.004 ) . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | During the month , staff in careers offices helped 34 young people into employment , fewer than in February when 53 youngsters were placed . |
| 12 | Hampshire employers notified county careers offices of 117 job vacancies for young people in the month to March 12th , more than in the previous month when 105 jobs were offered but fewer than in March last year when there were 166 vacancies for young people . |
| 13 | At a party congress of the DBP on Jan. 27 delegates representing 117,000 members ( 7,000 fewer than in October 1989 ) approved an electoral programme which included continued support for co-operative and state ownership of farms . |
| 14 | Even though shorn of the banker that was Craig Chalmers , it matches the size of the Scotland representation in New Zealand in 1983 though one fewer than in Australia in 1989 . |
| 15 | Interestingly , gap junctions in patients with recurrent ulcer were much fewer than in patients with first onset ulcer . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The number of strips held by households were larger and fewer than around Kursk , but distances between houses and plots were even larger , since peasants lived alongside the water-courses away from their land . |
| 18 | Prescriptions for men cost more than for women aged between 25 and 84 years . |
| 19 | Life was not all work and no play for women any more than for men ; even if they had chores to do at home , the women compositors — who almost by definition young and/or unmarried — had the chance to escape duty for pleasure from time to time . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It was achieved off only 33 balls , two more than at Sabina Park . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Nearly 7,000 different parts flood into Dagenham for assembly of the Sierra and Fiesta — 50 per cent more than at Halewood or Saarlouis . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Cocoa for delivery that month traded at a premium of £36 a tonne to March , the next contract month , about £10 a tonne more than on Friday . |
| 29 | There is no simple answer with Dostoevsky any more than with Dickens . |
| 30 | The Institute can not make instant assumptions of guilt , any more than of innocence . |