Example sentences of "[adj -er] than [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the purists a bag without a zip is going to be the most efficient at keeping warmth in and will always be lighter than the same bag with a zip . |
| 2 | It soon became clear however that the former was easier than the latter . |
| 3 | Some items were also tried out with Imperial units and these were often much easier than the same question with metric units . |
| 4 | The most common disguise is that of the jongleur or menestrel ( within the fabliau tales there is barely any discernible difference in status or respectability between these two although conventionally it is supposed that the former is lower than the latter ) : a disreputable itinerant entertainer living , creditably , off his wits and his talents , but only too vulnerable , and given to wasting what he gains on the temporary pleasures of drinking and gambling in the taverns ; a social outcast but at the same time one called upon by the members of normal society , as Jouglet is , both to instruct the ignorant young man and to play for the villagers . |
| 5 | It was still lower than the same period last year . |
| 6 | There are many new motorways not shown ; the detailed form of the roads is not reproduced faithfully ; and what is shown on the map to be an isolated settlement turns out to be hardly any bigger than the many other settlements you can see . |
| 7 | Not only is the Newton St. Loe pavement dated a good 30-40 years earlier than has been suggested above , the Withington mosaic is later than the former and earlier than the Barton Farm and Woodchester examples ( as an increasing elaboration of design is accepted as the criterion by which these developments are best understood ) . |
| 8 | If it is proposed to make employees redundant , it is suggested that the vendor should commence consultation with the unions no later than the same time as the statutory consultation period imposed upon him by the Trade Union and Labour Relations ( Consolidation ) Act 1992 , s188 . |
| 9 | These assertions , which would of course be very difficult to demonstrate in a literal or historical sense , are justified as part of Pareto 's general scheme of the equilibrium of social systems , which rests on a social-psychological basis : ‘ The principle of my sociology rests precisely upon separating logical from non-logical actions and in showing that in most men the second category is far larger than the former ’ . |
| 10 | Look among the ants for one that is larger than the others-this will be the queen . |
| 11 | And do bear in mind that if you do n't hit it 100 per cent , the result is likely to be far better than a less than perfect pitch . |
| 12 | This summer , I concluded that the latter was better than the former and I can give my hon. Friend no assurance that I would not reach the same conclusion again . |
| 13 | First the figures , furniture retailing continues to be highly competitive so I am pleased to report that turnover for the twenty eight weeks was through to the twenty million five point five percent better than the same period in the previous year . |
| 14 | But actually the one at Cornerstone is fifty pound cheaper than the both of them at Hansard . |
| 15 | They point out that in many cases they are not only far cheaper than the same holiday bought through a travel agent , but also often offer a unique experience in leadership , endurance and community service . |
| 16 | Topographic features are degraded by the impacts of bodies smaller than a few millimetres , by finely divided ejecta , by the solar wind and by seismic waves . |
| 17 | Since a typical Enumeration District contains about 200 households , a 10% sample of a single ED is unreliable , and the 10% data should not be used for areas smaller than a few Enumeration Districts ( Cole 1993 ) . |
| 18 | And yet it all but shattered your life and mine and all our work , and killed an unfortunate , rash young man no worse than the most of men , and hardly deserving of death . |
| 19 | I could tell you many tales of great joy and hope , but I could also give you far worse than the few examples I have mentioned here . |
| 20 | While still the baby it 's slightly larger , wider and higher than the former model . |
| 21 | Productivity growth in manufacturing in the first quarter at 3.8 per cent was higher than the same period a year earlier , but down on the five per cent improvement in the final three months of last year . |
| 22 | The fall of 17 per cent in company liquidations for the third quarter of 1991 brings us down to a figure which is still 44 per cent higher than the same period ; it does not yet represent a net recovery . |
| 23 | If you are knocked out for longer than a few seconds , you should report to your doctor as soon as possible after the competition . |
| 24 | Although this is a fair wage , it is n't going to sustain a rock ‘ n ’ roll superstar lifestyle for longer than a few weeks , so it is only by sensible use of budgets that the real size of the advances can be put in context . |
| 25 | Spiders can live for several days without food , but if you keep a spider for longer than a few days , you must feed it . |
| 26 | Nurse managers have a responsibility for the settings in which patients are cared for which is far greater than the same responsibility of nurses at large , simply because they are employed in positions which enable them to make appropriate representations . |
| 27 | By April 1986 , 186,711 men had been without work for more than five years , a sum nearly five times greater than the same group four decades earlier . |
| 28 | High Wycombe and Eccles could be earlier than the latter , as they are datable to before c. 175 A.D. , whereas it could be of the third century . |