Example sentences of "[adj] than the total [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this form the mixture exhibits a property known as synergism whereby the performance is better than the total effect of each working alone . |
| 2 | Referring principally to those techniques of soil conservation developed by research stations and government institutions , many studies of the economics of soil conservation which focus on the private economic incentives for soil conservation , show that , although total benefits from a soil conservation scheme such as terracing may be more than the total cost , individual farmers usually lose income from these practices ( Harshbarger & Swanson 1964 , Holtman & Connor 1974 ) . |
| 3 | The world still spends more than $1,000 billion per year on arms — more than the total income of one half of the world 's population . |
| 4 | The baselines may amount to no more than the total number of times each behaviour is noticed in a one hour session every day for a week . |
| 5 | If elimination of lead in petrol could reduce blood levels by half — as the study assumed — it would reduce average blood pressure levels by 1 to 2 points , thereby meaning that 12,000 fewer people would need treatment for hypertension annually , there would be 6,000 to 12,000 fewer heart attacks , and up to 2,655 lives would be saved — more than the total number of fatalities on the nation 's roads each year . |
| 6 | The only constraint on attempts to acquire a larger budget is that it would cost more than the total value to the politicians of the service , the value of additional output being zero . |
| 7 | If overall losses are estimated at 1000 kg per ha per year , then the 20–25 million ha under shifting cultivation or permanent conversion from forest to other uses , generate more than the total nitrogen delivered by rivers to the oceans . |
| 8 | After joining the lining widths , trim the sides so that the total width is 10 cm ( 4 in ) less than the total width of valance . |
| 9 | The church 's spokesman , Bishop Joseph Duffy , said : ‘ We feel obliged to state that the wording proposed is basically flawed because it guarantees less than the total exclusion of deliberate abortion . ’ |
| 10 | By the end of Elizabeth 's reign its population had risen to 11,500 , and though this was 2,500 less than the total number of inhabitants 200 years earlier , York had climbed back from sixth to third position amongst England 's provincial cities . |
| 11 | This means that in a situation where saving exceeds investment , so that aggregate demand is less than the total value of production , firms will reduce output and lay off workers . |
| 12 | Clearly , such resources will always be less than the total need for management development , so hard decisions about selective investment will continue to be required . |
| 13 | A higher proportion of the temporary than the total labour force are women ( 54 per cent compared to 41 per cent ) . |
| 14 | Its long-term purpose is none other than the total control of all human minds throughout the galaxy . ’ |
| 15 | In the first case , profits depend on having annual incomes which exceed annual out goings ; in the second , the price must be greater than the total cost of production inputs ( see Ambrose , 1986 : 4 ) . |
| 16 | Figure 7.9 shows the membership figures issued in 1988 by the main teaching unions ; the total membership of all eight is greater than the total number of teachers ( Education Guardian , 1988 ) . |
| 17 | ‘ In one cubic centimetre of empty space the amount of energy is much greater than the total amount of energy of all matter in the known universe . ’ |