Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [det] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The serotonin reuptake inhibitors seem to have similar efficacy to the tricyclic and related antidepressants , but the analysis of efficacy is less reliable than that of acceptability because intention to treat analyses were not widely used , different Hamilton scales were used , and reporting of standard deviation was inadequate . |
| 2 | Payment terms , for example , are generally much shorter than those of book publishers , usually only up to 30 days credit , and this needs to be taken on board as it affects cashflow , stock turn , and ultimately , profitability . |
| 3 | Then when you look at the other range of human societies , then you have to say well you know how is it , how is it working out in other in other types of societies where all the basic erm conditions of life may be different and that of course is one of these big erm big and small problems that we still , we 're still really at the at the starting point fact . |
| 4 | But 1961 social class II fertility was almost as high as that of class III , while that of IV and V — semi-skilled and unskilled workers — had fallen by a tenth or more . |
| 5 | A hydraulic pressure wave would propagate rapidly through the plant , possibly at speeds as high as that of sound in water ( 1,500ms -1 ) . |
| 6 | The question of chemical sensitivity is no less controversial than that of food intolerance — if anything it is more hotly debated . |
| 7 | Yet , in this study the amount of platelet activating factor ( 0.03 pg/ml ; 1.2 ng/h ) is much lower than that of lyso platelet activating factor ( 0.09 ng/ml ; 6.1 µg/h ) and AAGPC ( 0.14 µg/ml ; 11.5 µg/h ) suggesting that platelet activating factor degradation may not be the only source of platelet activating factor precursors under pentagastrin stimulation . |
| 8 | Their response was lower than that of control animals . |
| 9 | When we are dealing with hard , brittle crystals , however , the practical strength is generally even lower than that of bulk glass and in their crude state most of the non-metallic crystals deserve the contempt with which they are generally regarded by engineers . |
| 10 | British Coal produces the cheapest deep-mined coal in Europe ; the cost is substantially lower than that of coal from many other producers in the European Coal and Steel Communities . |
| 11 | Management fees of investment trusts are considerably lower than those of unit trusts because of the wide disparities in money spent on advertising , although with the changes in rules on advertising for investment trusts , their fees are likely to rise . |
| 12 | Potassium secretion was unchanged by treatment ( C , U , or L ) , although day 7 concentrations were lower than those of day 3 for both basal and stimulated rates ( Fig 4 ) . |
| 13 | His loyalty to Lloyd George and the idea of coalition was more complete than that of Law . |
| 14 | The question of ‘ public safety ’ is rather simpler than that of amenity , though there is ample scope for disagreement ; the relevant issue is whether an advertisement is likely to cause danger to road users , and also to ‘ persons who may use any railway , waterway ( including coastal waters ) , dock , harbour or airfield ’ . |
| 15 | However , the geography of service employment growth is less uneven than that of manufacturing decline . |
| 16 | Unless there is a high staff turnover , the structure of work groups in organizations is invariably clearer than that of friendship groups . |
| 17 | This infrequency was in part at Citrine 's choice : he could maintain it partly because the industry 's problems were less serious than those of coal . |
| 18 | Our society is much less violent than that of north America or of the Commonwealth of Australia , as the 1989 international crime survey showed in the report published in March 1990 . |
| 19 | Amongst the offices listed are the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds and that of bailiff of the Manor of Northstead the existence of which is nominal only but ‘ appointment' ’ of a Member of Parliament to which is the traditional manner of resigning a seat . |
| 20 | All of society 's rules have sanctions of one sort or another backing them up , although most are non-legal since most of society 's rules are not legal ones . |
| 21 | Analyses showed that water contained eight parts of oxygen to one of hydrogen ; on Dalton 's assumption , then , the atom of oxygen weighs eight times as much as that of hydrogen , while on the H 2 O formula favoured by Davy and by us it weighs sixteen times as much . |
| 22 | The very existence of the idea of art , as much as that of language itself , distinguishes man from other animals . |
| 23 | The adoral shields are not as wing-like in hamula as those of spinea . |
| 24 | While its report is not so comprehensive as that of Readability Plus , it might be valued for a more succinct appraisal . |
| 25 | There are occasional academic studies which appear at first glance to support such interpretations , such as that of West , Roy and Nichols . |
| 26 | The prices of essential goods were stable and those of food actually fell . |
| 27 | But it 's been I think great fun and I will wish to renew my thanks to those who made it possible and that of course is you by being here . |
| 28 | Although tin sources are rarer than those of arsenic ( or arsenic-rich copper ) , the metal is much easier to smelt and can be added in precisely controlled amounts to the copper . |
| 29 | Many mosaics of group ( b ) appear to be later than those of group ( a ) , although in some instances mosaics of each might be contemporary ( i.e. at Chedworth and North Leigh ) , and , occasionally , group ( a ) mosaics appear to be later ( if a later , fourth century , date for the Withington mosaic is accepted ) than some of group ( b ) . |
| 30 | Lucky Jim abandons that life at the end of the book , forever convinced that its intellectual corruptions are subtler and deeper than those of money-making , and cheerfully enters the world of finance . |