Example sentences of "[det] than last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were 91 entries , 16 fewer than last year . |
| 2 | Twenty-five entries were received , five fewer than last year . |
| 3 | That was one fewer than last year . |
| 4 | 45 deaths this year , 16 fewer than last year . |
| 5 | In Cleveland 13.2pc of people who are able to work are jobless compared to January 's figure of 13.3pc , or 280 people fewer than last month . |
| 6 | The 1989 awards are each worth £300,000 , 20 per cent more than last year , due to particularly good returns on investments made by the Nobel Foundation . |
| 7 | A third would spend more than last year , the same figure as those planning to book early , according to a Hoseasons survey . |
| 8 | Education too gets £1.5 billion more than last year , while the NHS is to get three per cent more after inflation , or £1.9 billion in cash . |
| 9 | A staggering 5.1 million exam papers were taken — 65,000 more than last year — and the numbers getting top grades are the highest ever , especially in key subjects like modern languages and English . |
| 10 | That is $18 billion more than last year 's figure . |
| 11 | Price will depend on the quality and quantity of the harvest , but expect to pay more than last year 's £1,200 per kilogram . |
| 12 | In the County Labour and Liberal Democrats have united to spend over £50 million more than last year . |
| 13 | The Direct Mail Information Service 's 1992 trends survey has found 82 per cent of customers are satisfied with the last transaction they made by direct mail , six per cent more than last year . |
| 14 | Applications totalled 96 — 35 more than last year and 22 up on the previous highest total two years ago . |
| 15 | more than last year and the best figure for 15 years ? |
| 16 | * 27 per cent of Germany 's trees are unhealthy , 2 per cent more than last year , according to a report presented by Agriculture Minister Ignaz Kiechle . |
| 17 | Allowing for inflation the total budget for L E A's this year is around seventeen point five billion pounds , nearly sixteen percent more than last year . |
| 18 | This year he 's produced thirty per cent more than last year … |
| 19 | Fife 's total gross budget for the year will be £351.4 million , which is £13.8 million more than last year . |
| 20 | McCoist has already scored 46 Rangers goals , eight more than last year , and three for Scotland . |
| 21 | Such was the quality of the books donated this year ( realising £6,000 more than last year ) that pricing has become an ever-increasing responsibility . |
| 22 | 76 pairs of red kites nested in the valleys of south-west Wales this year but only 62 young survived to maturity — eight less than last year . |
| 23 | For example , staff turnover is 130 per cent less than last year . |
| 24 | We have achieved this to such an extent that had the Community Charge still been in operation it would have been 40 less than last year 's figure . |
| 25 | Erm the judges , seventy five er and that 's ten pound less than last year , maybe because we 're struggling to get judges forty two pound for the trophies erm er , fifteen pound for the fish tank and plates at seventy five forty seven , crisps , eight seventy eight , which we struggled to sell we think you could sell crisps but we had a struggle . |
| 26 | Rates have fallen most sharply in the South East , where the going rate now averages £3.80 a week , £1.40 less than last year . |