Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [adj] than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Employers who take on people who have been unemployed for longer than either two years or four years , depending on the pilot area , will be paid a subsidy related to average benefits . |
| 2 | Only a few of the Christian residents appeared to notice that the Syrians had come prepared for more than just a few days ' stay . |
| 3 | The profit diagrams for options ( Figs 7.5 and 7.6 ) are a little more complex than those for securities as the profit is dependent on more than just the share price at expiry ( S ) . |
| 4 | Fokine wanted to make dance rhythm visible by more than just marking the beats . |
| 5 | Articulated crampons have a separate front and heel piece linked in some way , and are better for less than totally rigid leather boots and boots with some curve on the front sole . |
| 6 | It requires a wider view of both the sources of control and the contexts in which they operate , and must be applicable to more than just male working-class crime . |
| 7 | The median serum IGF-I concentration was lower in patients with active disease than in matched controls , and lower in stunted than well grown patients , but insulin and IGFBP-1 concentrations were not significantly different between any group . |
| 8 | The median serum IGF-I concentration was significantly lower in stunted than well grown patients . |
| 9 | The public-interest objective is harder to reject , because it is eminently reasonable that public policy should be concerned with more than just economic efficiency , though it clearly generates considerable uncertainty for firms about what they may and may not do . |
| 10 | In Latin America the percentage of the total female population who worked , decreased during this period showing that , as in other LDCs ( with the exception of Oceania ) , the proportion of women in the labour force was smaller in 1975 than previously in 1960 . |
| 11 | With Stacker 3.0 it 's now possible to more than double your disk capacity using the package 's customisable compression features . |
| 12 | Christina probed , certain now that Elaine was worried about more than just impending motherhood . |
| 13 | Indeed , David Underdown has argued that rural sports and recreations became more common after 1660 than ever before . |
| 14 | The existence of economies of scale in family life ( bulk buying , spreading fixed costs , etc. ) means that , although two can not live as cheaply as one ( it seems to us at least ) , cohabitation means that a given per capita standard can be maintained for two at less than double the expenditure for one . |
| 15 | Though data are not available , it may well be that socio-economic disparities were narrower in 1974 than before as a result partly of the Contract of Employment Act , 1963 , which required employers to give their employees notice of one to four weeks according to length of service , and partly of the increased power of trade unions . |