Example sentences of "[is] [adj] than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only thing that 's true in that rag is the price on the front , which is a pity really — in this case the truth is stranger than the fiction … |
| 2 | No it 's lower than the one there . |
| 3 | A few clever and overequipped craftsmen have a little magnetic device to locate the studs by finding the nails driven into them , but most people would just bang on the wall until they hear a thud that is duller than the others . |
| 4 | Nothing is simpler than the question ‘ Why do trees change colour ? ’ says John White , the Forestry Commission 's dendrologist at Westonbirt Arboretum in Gloucestershire . |
| 5 | Insofar as the labour process may be dissociated , it may be separated into elements some of which are simpler than others and each of which is simpler than the whole . |
| 6 | Income from a UK unit trust invested in foreign shares is lower than a locally based one because of UK corporation tax . |
| 7 | This is lower than the steady 3 points per move that both players can amass in a run of mutual cooperation ( and , by the way , this is the reason for the ‘ additional condition ’ left unexplained on page 204 ) . |
| 8 | If , on the other hand , the market value is lower than the repurchase price and the terms are the same , then the buyer is likely to exercise the put option . |
| 9 | In particular , it is sometimes argued that , when the amount paid on exercise of warrants is lower than the fair value of the shares issued , there is an additional , implicit consideration that needs to be reflected in the financial statements . |
| 10 | A figure of more than 100 indicates that GDP per head in that region is higher than the UK average and , conversely , a figure lower than 100 indicates that the region 's GDP per head is lower than the national average . |
| 11 | The floor of my brick garage is lower than the surrounding area , and I had trouble because water kept leaking in and collecting along one side . |
| 12 | Conversely , if the UK limit is lower than the EC limit , the exporter of an item valued at or above the UK limit has to use the UK application form . |
| 13 | This is lower than the daily minimum temperature observed in the polar vortex in March for the years 1964–89 ( ref. 28 ) . |
| 14 | Although the spectral index at phase 0.7 , close to the maximum , is about -2.0 between 606MHz and 1,660MHz and typical of most pulsars , at 408MHz the flux density is actually less than that at 606MHz and is lower than the extrapolated spectrum by a factor of about 4 ( Table 1 ) , indicating that strong absorption or scattering is occurring even when the companion is on the far side of the pulsar . |
| 15 | i A Norwegian study of the efficacy of transdermal nicotine patches as a method of giving up smoking has shown that while it is a safe and effective cessation method , the absolute rate of abstinence after one year was only 17% , which is lower than the success rate using nicotine gum in conjunction with behavioural therapy . |
| 16 | In 1971 the census-defined unemployment rate for the project area was high at 13% , but this is lower than the national average as defined much less inclusively in 1988 . |
| 17 | In all other age groups below retirement age the proportion of temporary workers is lower than the average for all age groups . |
| 18 | Interestingly , the results obtained with enzyme Eco K + ts-1 shows that its activity is lower than the activity of Eco K ts-1 at the permissive temperature . |
| 19 | As the tensile strength of rocks is lower than the compression and shear strengths it is most likely that rock will be shattered during cooling and contraction . |
| 20 | ( Indeed , underreporting of cases may be a reason for the relatively low rural miscarriage ratio in Table 12 , which is lower than the ratio of the " other urban " places , while the still birth ratio that is based on complete registration of late fetal deaths was on the same level — 7.5 per 1,000 live births — in both rural and " other urban " areas . ) . |
| 21 | It was also proposed that the piece of roadway that comes from Road , in front of the community centre for 's Court , which at the moment is lower than the marketplace , the marketplace is raised , and th the road is lower . |
| 22 | All five LEAs were inner city areas , where the average educational attainment for every ethnic group is lower than the national average . |
| 23 | Where the sum insured is inadequate i.e. is lower than the actual value of the total property at risk and the lost or damaged items were not in a new condition . |
| 24 | You ca n't mistake it , it 's there in the eyes , the way one is lower than the other , just a little . |
| 25 | Since the distortion leads to a level of work that is lower than the socially efficient amount , cutting income taxes would also increase the amount of work done in the economy . |
| 26 | Does not the fact that our inflation rate is lower than the European Community average offer a real opportunity to British industry to improve its competitiveness ? |
| 27 | The net redemption yield is lower than the gross redemption yield . |
| 28 | Such a bond is likely to be called when the market rate of interest is lower than the coupon rate on the bond . |
| 29 | This means that the net cost of raising bond finance is lower than the net cost of raising finance via a share issue . |
| 30 | For all three junction types the mean value of B is lower than the 3.5 expected for unbiased responding despite the fact that overall subjects gave more ‘ No ’ responses than ‘ Yes ’ ones . |