Example sentences of "[adj] than [art] average [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | However , we found the machine could still be used for much more than the average heat gun . |
| 32 | Do you live far from a good shopping area so that you will need more than the average amount of food storage space and a large deep freeze ? |
| 33 | All the platinum ever mined would fill no more than the average living room . |
| 34 | Mr Davis said Probyn was seeking a payout of £150,000 pounds , far more than the average policy . |
| 35 | The North African wild cat weighs only slightly more than the average moggie . |
| 36 | Which towns will need more than the average number of ( i ) schools and ( ii ) hospitals and nursing homes ? |
| 37 | Rome had probably more than the average number of beggars . |
| 38 | She used her face and hands much more than the average Englishman , though perhaps not more than the average Italian . |
| 39 | Highly skilled and highly trained stockmen on intensive livestock farms can , it is true , earn much more than the average wage ( though often for longer and more awkward hours ) , since such workers are in relatively short supply , but they are the industry 's élite and constitute no more than 15 per cent of the labour force . |
| 40 | Although we are unable to ascertain the price increases for the various insurance companies in Northern Ireland and Great Britain as we can in the Republic of Ireland , nevertheless our research does indicate that even after allowing for these rate increases the cumulative increase for Autocover in Northern Ireland and Great Britain since the commencement of the scheme is significantly less than the average increase charged by most other insurance companies during the same period . |
| 41 | But it is still cost-effective since the rest of its annual costs , £3.85M or about £10/tonne , are 27 per cent less than the average cost of refusal disposal to the GLC and only half those of long-distance hole-filling contracts ( up to £23/tonne ) . |
| 42 | THE average radiation exposure to a Sellafield site worker is now less than the average dose which people in the United Kingdom receive every year from natural radiation sources . |
| 43 | Let's rewrite that slightly differently and just say l over L open brackets into D T P L over D L minus T P over L , alright , what 's that in economic terms , well that 's simply , right , marginal product of labour in the brackets , right , minus the average product of labour , okay , so if if the marginal product of labour here is greater than the average product right , the righthand side is going to be positive right , therefore , average product is going to be positive okay , the marginal product is greater than the average product ah change the slope of the average product curve is going to be er positive therefore average product itself is positive and rising let's write that down as the marginal product of labour is greater than the average product of labour that implies changing slope of the er average product curve right , is positive implying that average product is positive itself and rising Okay , if the marginal product of labour , right , is less than the average product right , that implies the slope of the average product curve is positive therefore the average product itself , right , is positive and falling sorry right , so we can rewrite that somewhat succinctly , using the following D A P L over D L , right , is greater than equal to or less than zero if D T P L over D L , right , is greater than , equal to , less than right T P L over L the average product . |
| 44 | This figure is less than the average number of new company registrations every month . |
| 45 | Election ‘ 92 : ‘ A lot less tiring than the average day in Downing Street ’ |
| 46 | ‘ It 's been a lot less tiring than the average day in Downing Street , ’ he said yesterday . |
| 47 | ‘ I doubt if Suzie 's any worse than the average teenager . |
| 48 | T. B. You 're walking slower than the average person , when you 're first about . |
| 49 | The difference between Peak and RMS switching is that , with Peak , the compressor monitors the true signal peaks which may be much higher than the average level ; for drums , therefore , Peak makes most sense . |
| 50 | This figure is higher than the average sea level rise calculated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change because the east side of England is already slowly sinking due to geological movements . |
| 51 | This is substantially higher than the average yield of shares quoted on the Stock Exchange . |
| 52 | So the very fact that she observes her price to be higher than the average price level she was originally expecting may make her adjust upwards her expected average price level . |
| 53 | As this was higher than the average rate over such a period that had been experienced at any historical time , something had to be done . |
| 54 | THE SAFETY NET : In the first year of the new system ( 1990–1 ) an area safety net will protect areas in which the community charge ( on the Government 's assumption about spending would otherwise be more than £25 higher than the average rate bill per adult in 1989–1990 ( plus an allowance for inflation ) . |
| 55 | In the same way , only when the marginal rate of tax is higher than the average rate , will the average rate rise as income rises , and the tax be progressive . |
| 56 | There is little doubt Brits are among the world 's most powerful boulderers , but put them on anything higher than an average cellar roof and they climb , with very few exceptions , like pumped , nervous and confused lemmings . |
| 57 | They have no more idea of the public 's response to something musical than the average man in the street . |
| 58 | In areas of resistant rocks the wavecut platform ( Plate 27 ) , although often showing some degree of concavity , may be considerably flatter than the average sand and shingle beach . |
| 59 | ‘ Guerillas In Tha Mist ’ is not a great album by Ice Cube 's standards , but it 's still stronger than the average hardcore LP . |
| 60 | Note that the average payment following the optimal strategy is around three times greater than the average payment following the myopic strategy . |