Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final type of classification is one that appears to be less rather than more relevant for the 1990s than previously . |
| 2 | This accords with work of others , although the hypergastinaemic subgroup in our study was a smaller proportion of the total than previously reported ( 11% , compared with 36–40% ) . |
| 3 | These were characterized by a much shallower decline in the demand for HE into the 1990s than previously . |
| 4 | Thirty-five players beat par in the first round and there were also more rounds in the 60s than ever before — 18 . |
| 5 | To which he uttered the classic comment , in the more than usually low drawl he employed for such deliverances : ‘ There 's always bound … to be a certain amount of iniquity … in these matters ’ . |
| 6 | Rance tried to convince Aung San of British goodwill but he replied that when Dorman-Smith had first returned ‘ there was more goodwill being shown by Burmese to the British than ever before ’ . |