Example sentences of "[verb] than [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since HWIM 's grammar was far less tightly constrained than the finite state grammar used in HARPY , the system hypothesised a considerable number of words at the beginning of an utterance . |
| 2 | The parameter values of the QPO feature are much better constrained than the red-noise part . |
| 3 | Relaxation classes , acupuncture and hypnosis are other ways of emulating the nicotine high ; statistically , they are less likely to work than the real thing . |
| 4 | The female tuxedo is leaner and more finely honed than the male version , with slim-fitting , narrow-shouldered jackets . |
| 5 | Altogether more of a Second Empire kind of guzzle than a Roman treat , that invention . |
| 6 | They 're harder to see than a high-speed mouse . |
| 7 | Yesterday morning at Masham there was more to report than the poor reversing . |
| 8 | These posts take longer to arrange than a full term pregnancy : a cot death could therefore also deprive a mother of her domestic commitment before her job has finally been arranged . |
| 9 | External frames are all but defunct in the UK because most have accepted that the ergonomically contoured internal frame sack is much more stable to carry than an external frame pack , even at the expense of some loss of ventilation to the back . |
| 10 | It can be seen that the trie was in fact faster to search than the reduced memory tree in all three cases , however it uses more memory ( approximately one and a half times as much as the reduced memory tree ) . |
| 11 | Another consideration is that monitors working in interlaced mode produce an image that generally is more prone to flicker than a non-interlaced display of the same screen resolution . |
| 12 | Or will they attempt to funnel more business through their factoring subsidiaries on the grounds that they are better placed than the local branch managers to monitor the banks ' exposure to risk ? |
| 13 | An in-house lawyer is usually better placed than an outside lawyer to give the advice which will most benefit his client ; he should have sufficient knowledge of his employer 's structure , resources and commercial objectives to enable him to give advice geared specifically to his client 's needs , which will not always be the same as the ‘ standard ’ legal advice . |
| 14 | The cost of hot water is reduced in relation to the capital expenditure which can be undertaken , so that an efficient boiler system is more costly to install than a simple immersion heater , but cheaper to run . |
| 15 | A national election victory gives a stronger moral claim to rule than a local election . |
| 16 | She started to think that she had a vocation for taking heroic decisions , but it was really nothing more sustaining than a rabid kind of recklessness that erupted suddenly and then left her feeling bleak and inept . |
| 17 | Other work in progress has examined this issue in one district where it seems that the other community services are so much less well organized than the special service that managers have found it impossible to prevent that service being undermined by lack of staff , continuity , training , and good practice leadership . |
| 18 | Less stringently regulated than the Official List operated by the Stock Exchange and open to smaller , less well-known companies , the USM is intended to promote and accommodate growth and vigour in the corporate sector of the economy . |
| 19 | Yet the sobbing of the unfortunate women who had found lice in their hair had been easier to endure than the malicious pleasure of those who had found none . |
| 20 | The machinery which keeps the wall from melting is complicated , but despite this , Alp'Roc claim it will cost no more to buy than a normal climbing wall . |
| 21 | ACE 3000 will cost no more to buy than a modern diesel engine , and if every US railway converted tomorrow , they would save a third to half of their fuel costs each year , say American Coal Enterprises , giving a good return on investment . |
| 22 | A berserker was a fine thing if you just wanted to kill the enemy ; but if you wanted to manoeuvre , he was harder to handle than a charging bull . |
| 23 | The prescription of a conflicts rule , though more readily agreed than a substantive rule , is very much the second best solution . |
| 24 | In both saloons moveable dining-room chairs were used and the tables also were made moveable , so that the interior of the saloons could be more easily and thoroughly cleaned than the old style of car with the fixed and upholstered furniture . |
| 25 | For a culture to sustain such a paradigm shift ( or shifts ) , in a vivid and realisable way , more is needed than the literal presence of the relevant texts of Lacan , Foucault , Baudrillard and Barthes . |
| 26 | Those who passed out successfully had as broad a range of social backgrounds as the original list of applicants — certainly more broadly based than the parliamentary party . |
| 27 | The later Range Rover , although slightly higher geared than the old model and quite a lot heavier , should do more than 50 mph in third . |
| 28 | Male Sterilisation is technically simpler than female sterilisation because the vas deferens is more easily reached than the fallopian tube . |
| 29 | A hedging transaction will be much easier to justify than an outright speculation . |
| 30 | They may , however , not be exactly what the author would have preferred , as a colour plate which is readily available ( perhaps having been used in another publication ) is much cheaper to use than a new plate which has to be commissioned . |