Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] than [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Provocation is the basic process of lateral thinking which is a much more specific term than creativity for the changing of concept and perceptions . |
| 2 | Geophysics represents 10% of the 700 theses included in the full Rolfe and Will lists , and so clearly geophysical papers have a disproportionately greater chance of being published in this journal than research on general or structural geology . |
| 3 | The hectic marriage alliances which he , in common with most twelfth-century potentates , engaged in showed a recognition that marriage was a more reliable weapon than warfare in realizing large ambitions . |
| 4 | Responses differed by sector , availability of finance being seen as the greatest problem in manufacturing , but a much lesser problem than cost in the distribution sector . |
| 5 | The very statist nature of the constitutive elements of German bourgeois identity made German nationalism a substantially different phenomenon than nationalism in other countries . |
| 6 | It is certain , for instance , that mighty Welsh Cup holders , Llanelli , on their first visit to Scotland , will have a much bigger support than Boroughmuir at Meggetland tonight . |
| 7 | Whilst , on the surface , Gusfield 's argument may seem a plausible one , Wallis argues that ‘ there are clearly other grounds for moral indignation than resentment at lost status ’ . |
| 8 | I find it hard to think of any more splendid compensation than conferment of the power to transfer a very large sum of money from a newspaper which I dislike and despise to an organisation or institution which I love and admire . |
| 9 | He remembered the dagger thrown during the banquet and decided it would be safer to return through the crowded town than venture into the marshy wooded countryside . |
| 10 | For my part , there can hardly have been a day when I did not think of Eliot , when his growing prestige was not a source of immense satisfaction and pride to me , and when personal news about him , however brief , was more than welcome at such distance than propinquity without meeting would have been . |
| 11 | But there is a bigger problem than timing in using aggregate ROE as a guide to capacity . |
| 12 | But so far as the economy was concerned , lack of reach was a much bigger problem than lack of speed . |
| 13 | Green continues : ‘ Strangers have done more for the beauty of Grasmere by their forbearance in felling native trees than injury by the introduction of exotics . ’ |
| 14 | The conclusion from all these studies , that processing of Kanji is less dependent on the integrity of the left hemisphere than processing of Kana , is supported by electrophysiological findings ( Hink , Kaga and Suzuki , 1980 ) and by results obtained with three patients who sustained partial commissurotomy in the course of removal of pineal gland tumours ( Sugishita , Iwata , Toyokura , Yoshioka and Yamada , 1978 ) . |
| 15 | These factors created an original architectural form which was less closely related to the rest of European development than work in Denmark or southern Sweden . |
| 16 | Most of the schemes provide a simpler and cheaper route than resort to a court of law , without taking away the right of consumers to go to law if they should wish to do so . |
| 17 | 4 It 's easier to get forgiveness for a poor decision than permission for a good one . |
| 18 | ‘ Yes , but I 'm a better witness than Curren on the stand . |
| 19 | But nothing will more unite MPs of all parties than outrage over a Minister who lies in the sacred Commons chamber . |
| 20 | Yet during his day he featured as a significant Afro-Asian leader , a ‘ charismatic ’ personality like Nehru who made a far greater impact on the international scene than Nu with his disarming frankness and humility . |
| 21 | Nicola Woods found that in a business setting , gender was a better predictor than status of who would interrupt whom . |
| 22 | ‘ The problem is more one of dire under-staffing at all levels than cash for courses ’ . |
| 23 | He insists that there is more to the emancipation of black people than opposition to racism . |
| 24 | Jack might be jolly enough and a fine fellow when spending his hard-earned cash ashore , but he very quickly became " Poor Jack " when , after months cooped up at sea , he found himself fleeced by prostitutes , brothel keepers , slop-sellers and crimps for no better reason than exploitation of his hunger for female company and his desire for entertainment and refreshment . |
| 25 | The ministry thought that decentralisation of planning control to area committees of the planning authority produced better results than delegation to another elected body . |
| 26 | Moreover , dolphins and other cetaceans have evolved in a watery environment , a much better medium than air for the transmission of sound . |
| 27 | ‘ Being so close to Merseyside is a disadvantage , because a lot of Liverpool lads would rather stay in their area where there 's such a good standard than travel into Wales . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ . It is easier and quicker to edit words in an existing layout than type in afresh . |
| 29 | It is , as suggested earlier , becoming clear that support for applied research is more attractive to funding bodies than support for fundamental research . |
| 30 | In many places the Left Book Club made the Labour Party look like a stagnant backwater , while demanding a less disciplined or full-time commitment than membership of the Communist Party . |