Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] the [noun] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Co Down side are likely to prove easier opponents for the Blues than last night 's adversaries , Georgian team Dinamo Tbilisi . |
| 2 | The law was changed in 1989 after public outrage when a judge gave a burglar who broke into a vicarage and raped the vicar 's daughter a higher sentence for the burglary than the rape . |
| 3 | Erm so convergent speech acts should therefore incur more potential rewards for the speaker than costs . |
| 4 | Where it is not supported , the reason is often , as suggested by Rundquist ( 1980 , 1983 ) , because the spending patterns are already set by the geography of demands ( one would not expect large spending on subsidies for cotton farmers in New Hampshire , for example ) and the goal of the pork barrellers is rather to get plenty of money for the programme than to direct it to certain areas rather than others . |
| 5 | Transparency itself is left as a relatively flexible concept : more of a commercial decision for the exchange than a matter of regulatory principle . |
| 6 | It might reasonably be expected that a child placed in a special class would make more progress after the placement than during a comparable time period before the placement . |
| 7 | In some regions of Northamptonshire recent tests have revealed a higher proportion of homes about the limit than was predicted . |
| 8 | And in 73 minutes of an uninspiring game at Stamford Bridge , Sharpe showed why United , despite a poor display , are more viable contenders for the title than London 's leading candidates . |
| 9 | The bit about is OK but should the Lukic figure read — 1.5 million , he has after all scored more goals for the opposition than for us . |
| 10 | There was no alternative for the guilds than for them to go out to trade for assistance , passing on their additional expenditure to the client . |
| 11 | In both groups more patients had a normal cardiac trace during the procedure than before or after gastroscopy . |
| 12 | A brief aside from a senior Minister can tell you more about the real thinking of the Cabinet than half a dozen statements in Parliament . |
| 13 | It 's 412 grams pit it closer to the specialist motion control trainers of the market than the general all-round shoe it is designed to be . |
| 14 | Support for the Alliance was weaker amongst readers of the tabloids than readers of the quality press : all perhaps as expected . |
| 15 | It supported Thames Television 's decision to screen the programme , which gave viewers a much fuller appreciation of the shootings than had been possible from government statements and MoD briefings . |
| 16 | For some reason she was more stricken by the loss of the letters than she had been by the news of John 's and Angela 's deaths . |
| 17 | The girl seemed to be more concerned at the loss of the eggs than her home , Christina noticed . |
| 18 | Much of this would have been intended for re-export , rather than directly for consumption , but as half of England 's total exports by this time were re-exports rather than domestic products the commercial community suffered enough of a loss to show why the English had to be far more concerned about command of the sea than any other country except the Netherlands , and also how fragile that command was before 1700 . |
| 19 | These texts are held on computer to enable a more scientific approach to the study of the language than has been possible up to now . |
| 20 | Relations of production were in some cases clearly oppressive , but that was more attributable to the nationalism of the government and the ethnic prejudice of the employers than to their capitalism : relations of wealthy to poor Zuwaya did not constitute class relations , and secondary characteristics of class — segregation in housing , schooling and medical care — — were absent . |
| 21 | They deliberated , looked at the sun and then questioned the clerics , since the practice of the liturgy and the regular tolling of church bells had accustomed them to a more precise knowledge of the rhythm of the hours than the judges themselves possessed . |
| 22 | Doug Michels , now SCO 's official chief technology officer , reportedly had more control over the future of the company than he used to but is likewise more accountable , measured by what he delivers , they say . |
| 23 | A substantial number of Conservative MPs argued that parents of prospective pupils should be allowed to vote on the grounds that the parents of prospective pupils have a bigger stake in the future of the school than parents whose children are in their final year and who will not therefore be affected by any changes . |
| 24 | Nothing would be a worse prescription for the future of the Community than for what are patently political matters to be left to the determination of the European Court , which is both unsuited and incapable of settling them . |
| 25 | When , a few weeks later , Labour overturned a large Tory majority in a by-election at East Fulham , this was widely seen as evidence of the popularity of pacifism — despite the fact that Labour 's candidate , John Wilmot , had been more concerned to appeal to Liberal supporters of the League than to whatever sentiment may have existed in Fulham in favour of war resistance . |
| 26 | Criminality is no more the fault of the offender than illness is the fault of the invalid , and both require treatment not blame . |
| 27 | That planning has been poor is more the fault of the economy than BR , the high interest rates at the end of 1989 being seen as likely to repeat the recession of 1981 out of which we climbed so painfully . |
| 28 | Such was the ferment of the times throughout Europe , and such was the rising volume of political controversy within Britain ( bear in mind also the Suffragette agitation and the conflict over the future of Ireland ) , that a more dramatic tipping of the balance than actually occurred in the next few years might have been expected . |
| 29 | First , many people 's experiences are consistent with the notion of ‘ premature ’ physical ageing ; for them , ageing is characterised by a process of ‘ general deterioration ’ which appears to be more closely associated with the length of time since the onset of the impairment than with age itself . |
| 30 | On this occasion his achievements were measured in terms of the £160,000 which his departments had contributed to rate relief during his tenure : ‘ No man is more deserving of the thanks of the ratepayers than Mr. Furness whose enthusiasm and enterprise has made his department 's a wonderful source of revenue for the town ’ . |