Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] than [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gross profit margins were lower than budget though , he said , which resulted in a ‘ less than satisfactory return on sales ’ — high sterling levels during most of 1992 and higher costs than anticipated during the early development phases of Series 3 had a negative impact , while modest sales levels to the traditionally lucrative UK corporate market meant that margins were below expectations . |
| 2 | Moreover , the bill purchases were due to a large extent to overfunding of the PSBR through sales of gilts so the Bank was effectively carrying out a maturity transformation in the market and one which , at times , entailed a " cost " ( as bill yields were lower than gilt yields ) . |
| 3 | My sister Helen , now fourteen , was attending the local grammar school , and during her holidays ( which were shorter than mine ) she was still in contact with her friends , both girls and boys . |
| 4 | ‘ In 1945 , ’ Husband said , ‘ they were trading cigarettes-which were better than gold in those days — for party cards and affidavits that they 'd always been true Worker Youths-once they found themselves in the Russian Zone . |
| 5 | The basic chemical structure common to promethazine and chlorpromazine provided a good basis from which to begin the search for compounds which were better than chlorpromazine , and in the next few years many came into clinical use . |
| 6 | KOTC concluded that on their fleet of 23 vessels , repairs were cheaper than insurance and promptly cancelled their London cover for the entire fleet . |
| 7 | The animals ' cages were smaller than Government guidelines and contained no bedding or playthings . |
| 8 | These were safer than petrol engines , more suitable because they could be run more slowly and could be connected directly to the propeller . |
| 9 | The Cumbria AHA report also shows that leukaemia cases , particularly multiple myclomas , were higher than average ( see table ) . |
| 10 | They were longer than Mama 's and Mama 's were false . |
| 11 | Dune sands also had positive skewness but were finer than beach sands . |
| 12 | Although lipase secretion was not significantly lower in the post-acute pancreatitis patients , when mean enzyme secretion was expressed as a percentage of the control mean lipase secretion was lower than trypsin . |
| 13 | Sand was cleaner than water , the desert dead cleaner than the drowned dishevelled things which I had seen thrown up on shores . |
| 14 | Poll Tax was fairer than Council Tax ? — Convener to answer this one but see what facts and figures can be found to back up his argument . |
| 15 | And the story goes , to cut it quite short , two workmen were in this person 's house laying carpet tiles in the lounge and they were using this substance that was heavier than air and it was also highly flammable . |
| 16 | Anything which could not be proven in a laboratory by scientific method — anything , that is to say , which was bigger than science — was ruled out of court . |
| 17 | She was larger than life , she had seen the world , she was game for anything , she was jolly and vibrant , spoke her mind ; all in all , she was fun to be with . |
| 18 | But the eldest was younger than Pen and the girl no more than five she was sure . |
| 19 | Anything was better than dwelling on whatever was in his mind now . |
| 20 | She did n't feel that brave , but anything was better than hanging about to no purpose . |
| 21 | He also agreed that he once claimed surfing was better than sex , and had said he could not be gay because he went surfing , which he considered a largely heterosexual sport . |
| 22 | He also agreed that he once claimed surfing was better than sex , and had said he could not be gay because he went surfing , which he considered a largely heterosexual sport . |
| 23 | It was better than walking , better than fighting the tangle of woodland , but whether it was better than lying in the clearing , I could n't decide . |
| 24 | She sipped as if on automatic pilot , which was n't good but it was better than catatonia . |
| 25 | So far , there had been no outbreak in the district , but , acting on the principle that prevention was better than cure , many clients brought in their dogs to be vaccinated . |
| 26 | And then she looked back at the bed and saw the naked longing in his eyes , and something that was better than desire and that was more enduring than passion broke within her , and she moved forward , and said , ‘ Oh , my dear love ’ |
| 27 | BBC Radio news scored 5.0 and Commercial Radio news 4.4. party leaflets came bottom with 4.0 while conversations with family , friends , and acquaintances scored 4.8 , which was better than party leaflets or Commercial Radio but worse than the press or television . |
| 28 | Take something as fundamental as the NHS and Community Care Act — we could have tested whether general practitioner fundholding was better than health care purchasing by districts . |
| 29 | Or perhaps it was that recollection , however poignant , was better than emptiness . |
| 30 | Believing in economy , Miss Lodsworth had already baked rock and fairy cakes and spread hundreds of sandwiches with crusts still on with Marmite and plum jam which was cheaper than strawberry . |