Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [adv] than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and it was in this field that the pluralists most persistently attempted to combine empirical methods with assumptions which , if they were not entirely Madisonian , at least fitted prevailing norms rather better than the emerging stark elitism . |
| 2 | First published in 1962 and now in its 4th edition ( 1980 ) , this fulfils a role as a reference text rather better than a student text , in that it has hundreds of references but no problems . |
| 3 | Arcadelt was more successful than Verdelot in catching Italian dolcezza e soavita , particularly in such pieces as ‘ O felici occhi miei ’ , although of course less so than the native Italians : for instance , Festa in ‘ Cosi suav' è'l; foco et dolce il nodo ’ , and Domenico Ferrabosco , earliest of a whole dynasty of musicians , in his very popular setting of Boccaccio 's ‘ Io mi son giovinetta ’ . |
| 4 | This gamma ray carries away 24 MeV of energy but this process is very rare , occurring some ten million times less frequently than the neutron or tritium production channels . |
| 5 | They take the stranger to their heart less easily than the familiar friend . |
| 6 | The classic response to this situation is to take from the rich and to give to the poor on the grounds that the poor spend their money much faster than the rich . |
| 7 | It is impossible to describe in a few words , but one thing that many knitters do not realise is that it can be worked from either left or right and that some people find one side much easier than the other ( not necessarily related to whether you are right or left handed either ! ) . |
| 8 | A figure much better than the 100,000-plus constantly bandied about by some financial commentators . |
| 9 | The West Court has a paved entry from the north , but by way of steps down rather than a ramp up . |
| 10 | Consequently , in order to assert its prevalence , the Court of Chancery began to issue common injunctions which , although directed at the litigant personally rather than the common law courts , had the effect of limiting common law jurisdiction … |
| 11 | However , notice of this election must be given to the Inland Revenue not later than the time of the appeal made against the Schedule E assessment containing the disputed benefit figure . |
| 12 | The more normal condition is that it will only be available to those shareholders of the target who have accepted both the share offer and the cash alternative not later than the first closing date . |
| 13 | Public sector housing development had followed the guidelines more closely than the private sector , but even so there had been substantial investment in some non-key villages . |
| 14 | The descriptive aspect of the analysis does however appear to reflect administrative practice more accurately than the ideal of rational decision-making . |
| 15 | He was the most eloquent and persuasive participant at meetings and was hard to defeat in scientific argument — not least because he often interpreted data more correctly than the actual presenter . |
| 16 | The ontological idealist , given his general metaphysical premisses , can at least argue that what we regard as " physical bodies " are really no extra-spiritual entities , for all entities are either spiritual or are explicable in terms of attributes of such entities , and although his position gives rise to all kinds of difficulties , he can , on the whole , present his case a good deal more consistently than a dualist can . |
| 17 | Religions which are ‘ light-based ’ usually exalt the masculine force more strongly than the feminine , and female followers of such religions have to approach the central mystery through the masculine pole . |
| 18 | It seems likely that the first of these surveys probed reasons for job loss more deeply than the latter , and that the second 's estimates are too low . |
| 19 | Retrieve and change data far faster than a human can . |
| 20 | Nonetheless , the right of journalists and broadcasters to demand trial by jury , in those areas of criminal law where it still exists , is an important security against interference with media freedoms — for reasons explained in 1885 by Dicey , the leading writer on our unwritten constitution : " Freedom of discussion is , then , in England little else than the right to write or say anything which a jury , consisting of 12 shopkeepers , think it expedient should be said or written … |
| 21 | I remember the name Hulterstad rather better than the place . |
| 22 | Because this song was simply handed down from one generation of drill sergeants to another , the symbolism may have origins much earlier than a superficial analysis may indicate . |
| 23 | In this sense , a physics degree can indeed be a narrowing down rather than a broadening out . |
| 24 | It seems to me that the graded-test system will simply carry out these functions more efficiently than the system of GCSE , followed by A levels or one of the range of non-school practical certificate tests . |
| 25 | Even during periods of falling prices , some components of NW will remain fixed in nominal terms so that , unless other components of NW fall more rapidly than the price level , reductions in P will raise which , in turn , will stimulate consumption expenditure . |
| 26 | But nothing would settle the issue more abruptly than a DoH response to a challenge issued by Pam Charlwood who , when Institute of Health Services Management director , demanded the government ‘ sort out the differences between social and health care ’ . |
| 27 | This ‘ compensation ’ method of walking may seem to get the patient on his feet more quickly than the modern method , but it leaves him overusing his unaffected side , therefore he is constantly increasing and fighting against his spasticity . |
| 28 | Colin Hughes and Patrick Wintour , who wrote Labour Rebuilt , describe his communications strategy in terms of the Labour Party : ‘ Mandelson and Gould succeeded , not because they exploited slick advertising and media management more effectively than the Conservatives , but because they forged themselves an approach to political strategy which has never before been seen — certainly in the Labour Party , and arguably , ever in British politics . |
| 29 | Psychics can often see the auras of women more clearly , possibly because women tend to express their emotions more easily than the average man . |
| 30 | Would you not think a statute prohibiting abortion except in the case of rape distinctly better than a statute prohibiting abortion except to women born in one specified decade each century ? |