Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] than [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , I think that 's again going to be part of it because that is certainly I mean a major reason why er a lot of peasant societies have large families , but we 'd still have to try and explain why it was that in this period , presumably so very much more of those children were surviving than had been the case earlier . |
| 2 | On the following day , Fidelity 's directors announced that the company 's profits were lower than had earlier been predicted . |
| 3 | Amdahl Corp is not known as an IBMulator for nothing : it too is cutting its dividend — to five cents a share this year from a dime last year , in an effort to conserve its capital base : the company , which reported a first quarter $240m loss after a $243m restructuring charge said its revenues were lower than expected because of soft economic conditions and competitive pressure on prices . |
| 4 | Amdahl Corp is not known as an IBMulator for nothing : it too is cutting its dividend — to five cents a share this year from a dime last year , in an effort to conserve its capital base : the company , which reported a first quarter $240m loss after a $243m restructuring charge — figures , page seven — said its revenues were lower than expected because of soft economic conditions and competitive pressure on prices ; it also said that while it was committed to the IBMulator business , it plans to expand its open systems products line because demand is increasing in that field ; it is also enhancing our Huron applications development and production system , which creates applications that run without change in both proprietary and open environments and on both large and desktop systems , the company added , saying that its objective is to turn Huron into an industry standard and to develop a growing business in open systems for large-scale computing . |
| 5 | The sentences were lighter than had been generally expected ; the military prosecutor on July 14 had asked for life sentences rather than death sentences ( as sought in June ) . |
| 6 | Er because they were bigger than say Murrays . |
| 7 | Although some strikes went ahead , the estimated 30,000 Russian workers in 18 enterprises who stopped work on May 21 were fewer than had participated in strikes for Russian minority rights in August 1989 [ see pp. 36854-55 ] . |
| 8 | The differences between Blacks and Whites were fewer than have been found in other surveys , though Blacks ' attitudes tended to be less favourable . |
| 9 | It found that the build-up of methane in the atmosphere had slowed down , and suggested that emissions of methane from rice paddies were less than had been previously estimated . |
| 10 | Tangy and crisp with a fruity flavour we quite liked this one , although we were less than impressed with the look of the bottle . |
| 11 | Gregory himself did not doubt the efficacy of the saint , but clearly Leudast and his supporters were less than impressed by the bishop 's special relationship with his supernatural patron . |
| 12 | MY party of visitors to the new Museum of Liverpool Life were less than impressed with the Brookside exhibit . |
| 13 | Not surprisingly , the daughter and her husband were less than thrilled at this and the further suggestion that they could rent their home back ! |
| 14 | However , the reduction in railway employment was offset by the growth of activity in the Post Office , and changes in bus service employment were less than feared at the time of ‘ deregulation ’ ( 1987 ) . |
| 15 | This was attributable mainly to an increase in the number of branches , from 158 in 1953–54 to 189 in 1957–58 ; losses in Bedfordshire ( 15 branches down to 11 ) and the Fenland ( 23 down to 15 ) , both of which had been without a tutor-organiser for much of the period , were more than offset by gains everywhere else , notably in Essex ( 27 branches up to 40 ) and Suffolk ( 14 up to 32 ) . |
| 16 | The DES ( 1983 , 1984a , 1986b ) have used the most recent year for which data are available , arguing that although there were government-induced reductions in the entry of UK students to universities in the early 1980s these were more than offset by increases in the public sector . |
| 17 | However , these were more than offset by the migration of 348,000 people to the area . |
| 18 | The increased UK branch losses were more than offset by a massive recovery in the United States , where profits at NatWest Bancorp soared to £109 million , after losses of £182 million the previous year . |
| 19 | Patricia and Sue were more than fed up with being constantly left out in the cold , usually on the pavement outside women 's events because of lack of physical access . |
| 20 | Her face was too square and her features were too irregular , though most people thought that these defects were more than compensated by her radiant smile and long-lashed hazel eyes . |
| 21 | However , his sufferings in the Sahara were more than compensated for when the Sports Council voted him Sports Photographer of the Year for 1989 in recognition of his work in the Super Marathon . |
| 22 | The re-furbished flats were more than contributing their share of reducing the UK target of 20% reduction in CO 2 emissions — 15 years ahead of schedule ! |
| 23 | Profits last year were more than halved to £7.3m . |
| 24 | Concentrations of two other heavy metal pollutants , cadmium and zinc , were more than halved during the same period . |
| 25 | COT deaths were more than halved last year following a national campaign to sleep babies on their back , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 26 | COT deaths were more than halved last year after a national campaign to sleep babies on their back , new figures show today . |
| 27 | Performance itself soon established norms which by 1950 were higher than had been hoped for in 1945 ; and then , as European recovery got underway , the standard became even more precise and , for Britain , more formidable . |
| 28 | Informix exceeded its stated goal during times when it undershot its hiring figures or revenues were greater than had been expected , White told the conference . |
| 29 | On the other hand they were available , recruiting them was simpler than persuading workers to come out from England , and they could never leave to work elsewhere . |
| 30 | But what was simpler than to drive the car to Streatley , siphon petrol out of the Rolls into it ( possibly even siphon some into a can as well , to top it up near London ) and then drive back ? |