Example sentences of "in than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sent away to prep school at eight , he was lonely and homesick and no sooner had he settled in than he moved to public school , to Gordonstoun , a bleak and desolate place on the windswept north-east coast of Scotland , with a regime to match . |
| 2 | In fact , we were beginning to pack the place to the point where the landlord was extremely worried because there were far more people in than should have been . |
| 3 | We British have accepted our membership of the EC because we reckon we shall be more prosperous in than out . |
| 4 | Even if it is from a base of ‘ it is better to be in than out ’ , many family doctors are likely to apply to become fundholders . |
| 5 | Dr Andy Richards , Chiros 's commercial director , said the company had ‘ more opportunities coming in than we can handle ’ , and aimed to be the world 's leading supplier of chiral chemicals . |
| 6 | The 2-club competition was very popular , the Standard dryly commenting ‘ Much better cards were put in than anticipated , the winning ladies finished with scores which would have done them credit with a full bag of clubs ! ’ |
| 7 | There was a large pool of unemployed in those days and it seemed to us that no sooner were you in than they were trying to get you off the job . |
| 8 | The novice to word processing might find it easier to reformat text after typing it in than before . |
| 9 | For instance older animals are less likely to fall in than younger animals ( Andrzejewski & Rajska , 1972 ) , suggesting an element of experience is involved . |
| 10 | She 's better in than out . ’ |
| 11 | A spokesman said : ‘ While we have n't had more people in than last year , we are pleased that the number seems to have stayed the same . ’ |
| 12 | If you are going to stay in business it is important that more comes in than goes out . |
| 13 | ‘ He 's done more , seen more , to make him want to toss it all in than almost anybody his age . |
| 14 | ( I learned from this experience that rigor mortis takes much longer to set in than I had supposed ; quite some time , in fact . ) |
| 15 | Researchers into the paranormal would say , quite fairly , that such complicated explanations are actually more difficult to believe in than ESP . |
| 16 | No sooner have you been sending it in than we have been sending it out again . |
| 17 | Particular regions , towns , areas of the countryside , are wealthier and more desirable to live in than others . |
| 18 | You were falling feet first , so your feet were closer in than the rest of your body . |
| 19 | On test when it matters , ie swimming in white water , the Aqua-Pak had the advantage of being easier to swim in than many larger more bulky buoyancy aids though it was essential to have the jacket well fitting and done up properly as , like other buoyancy aids of this style , it could easily ride up the body . |
| 20 | Kewlany was put back into his tunnel and eventually the vein was cut after 70 fathoms 210 ft. further in than the original calculation and much further than the second estimate based on an 18 inch inclination in every 6 feet . |
| 21 | I presume serfs are still living there and I 'd rather break in than see innocent people die of hunger while — ’ |
| 22 | Tactically too Dublin were more clued in than their opponents , and their ability to get players behind the ball repeatedly denied and defied the All Ireland champions . |
| 23 | While it is possible to soften this blow by having different tax rates below and above the poverty line , or by having a social dividend that is smaller for those in than those out of work ( the two-tier case ) , once the simplicity and universality of the system is lost , so are most of its advantages . |
| 24 | His shallow waters were becoming more comfortable to dabble in than Lowell 's dark and turbid sea . |