Example sentences of "[adv] effective than [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Rather than propose ways in which representative democracy could be strengthened and improved , these authors concluded : ‘ the weight of the evidence is that a vote is much less effective than purchasing power … the market is potentially more democratic than the state ’ ( p. 65 ) .
2 This is far more effective than brush application .
3 Chest x ray screening , though more costly , is more effective than skin testing .
4 Other contributors say that informal social restraints on drinking are more effective than government control , advertising does not induce excessive drinking , and random breath testing might reduce drink-driving .
5 Overall , however , there was a trend for prednisolone to be more effective than fluticasone propionate .
6 Only as late as 1918 was it established — by a woman doctor — that the juice of lemons is more than twice as rich in anti-scorbutic vitamins as that of the lime , for long thought to be as or more effective than lemon juice in the prevention of scurvy .
7 It is interesting to observe that Kuo found that the slide presentation of visual material was more effective than television presentation of the same material .
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