Example sentences of "[pron] than the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A deflection more linearly dependent on the current I than the square law can be achieved by making good use of the fact that the torque also depends on cos θ where θ defines the orientation of the suspended coil as shown in figure 7.2(a) . |
| 2 | ( We must remember that this was closer to them than the Second World War is to us . ) |
| 3 | Solid features such as walls tend to have a smaller amount of magnetic minerals within them than the surrounding soil , and therefore give lower readings . |
| 4 | However , he looked rather bemused when Mr Bell started ad-libbing that if the Sunday Times wanted to pen a profile of the self-styled King of the Corner Shop then ‘ for God 's sake get a better picture of me than The Northern Echo is using . ’ |
| 5 | If pine comes mean no more to you than the pretty seed carriers that litter out countryside in the autumn , think again . |
| 6 | In fact , since you buy a computer to solve problems , and not just to look good on a desk , the software available might be more important to you than the particular machine bought . |
| 7 | How much cooler are they than the low land ? |
| 8 | You would have thought that the natural reaction of the teacher would have been that we ought to contact the father — better him than the nutty grandmother . |
| 9 | The fact that the negative side receives very much more attention from him than the positive side , and that the attack is pressed home on only one of the two experiential explanations , has had the unfortunate result that Wittgenstein can be mistakenly thought to be giving the alternative experiential explanation , in terms of behaviour . |
| 10 | Usually an owner responds by placing the building on the market for the simple reason that most owners would rather sell to anyone than the local authority . |
| 11 | The Thames marshes ensured that the ague was carried into the courts of kings , who were less resistant to it than the hardy fen men . |
| 12 | It is clearly easier to follow a message that announces its subject and then says something about it than the other way round . |
| 13 | Each HSA has a hospital and some clinics ( others also have health centres depending on the size of the population ) around it , which services the catchment area that is geographically nearer to it than the other health services . |
| 14 | In 1956 , of course , the Conservative party was heading for one of the few post-war political events unequivocally more damaging to it than the current poll-tax furore — the Suez crisis . |
| 15 | It definitely had more charisma to it than the Civil Service or teaching . |
| 16 | Margaret Cullinane will be team chasing for the UK ( page 21 ) and the Wimpey cricket team ( same page ) will be hoping to make a better fist of it than the British squad . |
| 17 | For tragic Tony Hancock 's TV career had a lot more going for it than the poorly-performed Blood Donor in 1961 , still his most famous show , even though it was all acted off cue cards . |
| 18 | The early feminists make more of an impression on us than the overwhelming mass of their contemporary sisters who took it for granted that their place in society would be one of legal and social inequality to men . |
| 19 | Perhaps an even greater shock for us than the small population , tiny towns and scattered rural communities is the shape of the countryside ; the physical geography seems to be different . |