Example sentences of "[noun] by [adj] than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those in arrears by more than a year rose from 5,000 to 21,000 between 1982 and 1988 . |
| 2 | FORMER Tory Chancellor Nigel Lawson , blamed by many for causing the housing slump , has been forced to slash the price of his luxury home by more than a quarter . |
| 3 | While the chancellor avoided a specific commitment to cut the current £50 billion public spending borrowing requirement by more than the £10 billion in the budget , he has clearly indicated that further progress will be made . |
| 4 | Some have therefore concluded that such a tax deduction system would increase the flow of revenue to charities by more than the tax loss and hence produce an increase in social service provision . |
| 5 | For about half of the innovations in the sample , patents delayed imitation by less than a few months . |
| 6 | So the strike , which has reduced total coal output by less than a third , will reduce all energy supplies by only 6% . |
| 7 | It is advisable , however , not to alter the tuning of any one drum by more than a tone ( since small alterations of tuning can be effected by ‘ feel ’ to a great extent ) , and a dozen or more bars of moderate time ought to be allowed for accurate adjustment of the tuning-screws . |
| 8 | It is well known to every hon. Member that under the old system , councils could put up rates by more than the rate of inflation . |
| 9 | The devaluation of the inti for the month of October was restricted to 6 per cent overall ; exporters were to receive 10 per cent of the value of their exports in foreign currency and 45 per cent in freely redeemable US dollar certificates , while the remaining 45 per cent would be paid in intis at the single exchange market rate ; import restrictions were eased ; to protect the silver sector against the continuing slump in prices since 1989 on the world market , the Central Reserve Bank was to buy silver at 5 per cent over the current market price ; fuel prices would rise by only 5 per cent in October , and public utility rates by less than the percentage rise in salaries , which themselves would be increased in accordance with inflation . |
| 10 | In financial terms the sale will be justified if private sector ownership improves efficiency by more than the huge point-of-sale loss to the Government plus the £175 million or so privatisation costs . |
| 11 | In financial terms the sale will be justified if private sector ownership improves efficiency by more than the huge point-of-sale loss to the Government plus the £175 million or so privatisation costs . |
| 12 | For the following nine seasons the club has guaranteed not to increase these season ticket prices by more than the annual rate of inflation . |
| 13 | Craigleith have produced a perfect card , winning all nine matches by more than the 2 per cent required — a very rare achievement , especially at the highest level . ‘ |
| 14 | Projects UK , 1 Black Swan Court , Westgate Road , Newcastle ( Until March 7 ) AS the second of the four overseas photographers , who came to Tyneside last summer , thereby pre-empting the international flavour of the Cleveland 's River Tees project by more than a year , Natassa Markidou , who has a studio and dark-room in Athens , decided that she wanted to commemorate her stay in the North-East by going back to basics . |
| 15 | As we announced in the Budget , no one 's Uniform Business rate will go up this year by more than the rate of inflation — 4.1 per cent . |
| 16 | The Secretary of State may not increase the NNDR from year to year by more than the increase in the Retail Price Index . |
| 17 | IBM 's announcement that it expects to slash its workforce this year by more than the 25,000 first planned will not affect its European operations , said a spokesman at the company 's Greenock plant . |
| 18 | JOB LOSSES in whisky bottling and the post office will increase unemployment in Perth by more than a third , according to a report commissioned by Tayside Regional Council . |
| 19 | It is already clear that , for example , if the objective of the central government is to encourage local authority spending in some service , a matching grant will be preferred to a lump-sum grant , even though the lump-sum may increase the welfare of the local authority residents by more than a matching grant . |
| 20 | If the result differs from 100% by more than an agreed tolerance then a question mark is output to show doubt about the reading and the count of bad readings is incremented . |
| 21 | In Scotland the rise in the number of long-term unemployed rose by less than the rest of Britain . |
| 22 | Do you think your collection will increase in value by more than the rate of inflation in the foreseeable future ? |
| 23 | One particularly notable vessel which he designed was the Stirling Castle , famed for her speed , for example , when in 1882 she brought home a cargo of 6,000 tons of China tea from Hankow in twenty-eight days , beating the previous best time by more than a week . |