Example sentences of "[adj -er] than at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I can tell you he 's running quicker than at the same time last year , ’ said the Welshman , confident that Christie is capable of matching Canadian Bruny Surin 's 1993 world best of 6.45 . |
| 2 | Bridget reported that the numbers for the Easter Course were much lower than at the previous courses held at Avery Hill . |
| 3 | It 's within the congregation , Paulo was writing , not to those outside but to those dedicated baptized brothers and sisters in the trees , said you know the season that it is already the hour for you to awake so he was speaking to spiritual people , spiritually minded people and yet here he is telling them to be awake , awake from sleep or slumbers , for now our salvation is nearer than at the time when we became the leavers , and that 's true with us all if you came into the truth yesterday , the time that much nearer now is n't it ? |
| 4 | The defence in general is 200% better than at the start of the year . |
| 5 | The SNP vote is higher than at the last three elections , but it is a soft vote , and still well below the figure it reached in October 1974 . |
| 6 | Temperatures at the lake-beds in about 6 m depths were higher than at the surface when ice was present , rising from 1°C in mid-May to about 3°C in late July . |
| 7 | The minimum fell somewhere between maternal ages 20 and 35 years and , from the minimum , the proportion of still births increased again towards older maternal age where , in most samples , it became higher than at the younger end of the maternal age scale . |
| 8 | Given that the group is expected to have made profits for the current year , the net assets will be higher than at the last account date and as the company is being purchased on a multiple of earnings we should consider stripping out the excess assets . |
| 9 | Oil prices remained 35 per cent higher than at the same time the previous year , the prospect of increased trade with Saudi Arabia and Iran opened up and major development projects , such as the expansion of the Das Island gas liquefaction plant and Dubai 's dhow wharfage scheme , recommenced . |
| 10 | The value of exports in the last three months was 13 per cent higher than at the corresponding stage last year , and volume alone was 11 per cent up , while imports were 20 per cent more in value and 15 per cent up by volume . |
| 11 | It is already apparent that players are much fitter than at the same time last season . |
| 12 | I know I was sadder than at the end of most commissions when we finally broke up the team in the refreshment room of Waterloo Station after we had left the ship in Southampton . |
| 13 | Egyptian forces again proved militarily superior to the Turks ; the Turkish fleet went over to the enemy ; the Sultan died when hostilities were at their peak ; and an Egyptian march on Constantinople seemed even likelier than at the end of 1832 . |
| 14 | Their catalogues contain fewer items , but the range of publications is wider than at the turn of the century . |
| 15 | Throughout the last 120 years , the demands on the experience and accumulated information of the Geological Survey in Scotland have never been greater than at the present time . |
| 16 | The United Kingdom 's total exports by 1953 were nearly four times greater than at the end of the 1940s . |
| 17 | The number of troops and the amount of equipment of all non-German armed forces stationed in Berlin will not be greater than at the time of signature of the present treaty . |
| 18 | While the Boat Race fans are on the Thames towpath here , the soccer supporters will be out on the terraces this Easter , and no-one will be shouting louder than at the County ground , where Swindon are taking on West Bromwich Albion . |