Example sentences of "[adv] than [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It does over 2,000 input-output operations per second , three to five times better than the average Unix server , IBM says ; it costs $170,000 with 28.8Gb disk . |
| 32 | It does over 2,000 input operations per second , three to five times better than the average Unix server , IBM says . |
| 33 | Given that the average score for all A-level entrants was 5.4 , it can be seen that all non-standard entry groups , apart from those entering on the basis of 1–4 O-levels , performed at least as well or better than the average A-level entrants . |
| 34 | This accords with our finding that median arterial-alveolar oxygen tension ratio predicts respiratory outcome better than the minimum ratio . |
| 35 | The ‘ original ’ actually fits Taylor , Walton and Young 's argument rather better than the amended version they quote above which implies at least the possibility of poverty as a cause of ‘ rational ’ crime . |
| 36 | But if you look at some of the other factors , for example just within all the other routes , score better than the blue route . |
| 37 | The Bolsheviks proved in the Civil War that they could defend the minorities just as well , or indeed better than the Tsarist regime had done in the Great War . |
| 38 | Do they remember the remote past better than the recent past ? |
| 39 | The selective imposition of fines , probation orders , community service orders , and compensation orders , particularly when coupled with ‘ positive repentance ’ for the corporation and occasional imprisonment ( not for merely thirty days ) for executives would undoubtedly achieve the penal aims of deterrence , incapacitation , rehabilitation , and restitution better than the present system of token fines and infrequent short imprisonment sentences . |
| 40 | The domain-specific dictionary appears to perform slightly better than the general dictionary . |
| 41 | With most agents in agreement that the top end of the market has held up better than the bottom end , this widening differential between the values of prime and mass-market housing is likely to increase . |
| 42 | Ward nurses are beginning to argue that they often know the patient better than the busy consultant possibly can . |
| 43 | Speaker 3 appears to be a counter-example to this , in that the black group did better than the white group in guessing her to be black , although the difference was not statistically significant . |
| 44 | If you are nervous , console yourself with the thought that the initially nervous speaker often performs far better than the stolid chap with no nerves . |
| 45 | It is also very good with a buoyant or pop-up boilie set-up and for long range work casts slightly better than the side-hooked option . |
| 46 | Gnostic teachers claimed that their dualism explained the origin of evil far better than the orthodox church 's view that the created world comes from a perfectly good and all-powerful God . |
| 47 | I felt comfortable and relaxed , much better than the previous day when I had n't slept at all , worried about whether my injury would stand up , whether I had come all this way for nothing . |
| 48 | Although in terms of total casualties Lothian appears to be performing marginally better than the Scottish average , this masks worrying trends for the very young and elderly age groups . |
| 49 | It 's a bit clumsy , but a lot better than the original specification for BBC BASIC allowed . |
| 50 | The case trotted on at something slightly better than the conventional pace of litigation in this country and arrived at a point where each side had to ‘ discover ’ to the other all relevant documents relating to the matter . |
| 51 | We assume that it is enough that the new way will prove better than the old way once it has been tried for some time . |
| 52 | But to the rescue came P&O , on their fine ship we had to go ; This was a blessing in disguise , much better than the old cat 's eyes ; P&O you are the best — 100pc in the test . |
| 53 | Company exhibitions manager Rob Axon said : ‘ It was built from scratch to our own design and so will prove far better than the old trailer . |
| 54 | Grip is n't merely better than the old car 's , it 's of a different order . |
| 55 | The distribution has been examined principally within the context of wind blown dune sands ( Bagnold & Barndorff-Nielsen , 1980 ; Christiansen , 1984 ) for which it was claimed the hyperbolic function encompassed the extreme values of the size distribution tails better than the log-normal plot . |
| 56 | The South Atlantic region ( Delaware , Maryland , Virginia , West Virginia , North and South Carolina , Georgia and Florida , plus the District of Columbia ) performed much better than the national average , especially in the first two decades when growth rates were half as large again as those for the United States as a whole . |
| 57 | MERSEYSIDE 'S battle against car crime reaped rewards last night when the region revealed figures almost four times better than the national average . |
| 58 | Meanwhile , Merseyside revealed figures almost four times better than the national average . |
| 59 | If there 's one thing better than an icy plunge it 's a decadent soak in a scented bath . |
| 60 | ‘ Better than an old woman has a right to feel . ’ |