Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] than [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because there are fewer short than medium-sized men , a suit made to their measurements is less likely to find a buyer , and is knocked down accordingly . |
| 2 | 1991 , 27 1006 ) , of course I approve of the purpose of the Control of Pesticide Regulations ( 1986 ) and COSHH regulations , but it is a ridiculous consequence of the regulations that chemists are deemed to be less well able than commercial fruit growers , for example , to understand that the chemicals involved ‘ have the capacity to be potentially lethal if wrongfully mixed , applied and handled ’ . |
| 3 | Yet , in spite of these accommodations to the spirit of the times , established and traditional protestantism does not seem to have been better able than Roman Catholicism to meet the challenge of industry and the big towns . |
| 4 | The justification given is that richer people are better able than poorer people to carry a relatively larger share of the tax burden . |
| 5 | The limitations of rear projection led to the development of front projection , which has its own limitations but usually looks better on-screen than rear projection , sometimes to the point of being almost impossible for the non-expert to detect . |
| 6 | It is impossible to imagine that there is any purpose to life that makes any sense at all other than that life is to be enjoyed . |
| 7 | That would have been normal , surely ; more normal than this chill she felt . |
| 8 | Despite the current interest in the pathogenic potential of Helicobacter pylori ( H pylori ) , the question of whether or not motility and cisapride effect H pylori colonisation has not been resolved , although sketchy data are available that show that patients with dyspepsia infected with the organism have more rapid gastric emptying than healthy H pylori negative controls . |
| 9 | Many more middle-class than working-class girls fell into this group , which was thought to explain why PMP seemed less important for them . |
| 10 | Next after this by far the most important qualification , more important far than special industry or special facility in acquiring native languages for example , is a sense of proportion . |
| 11 | In fact , d = 0.397 - 0.237 , or +0.160 , but it is still positive ; 0.160 more intermediate than working class children go to selective secondary schools . |
| 12 | By the end of the campaign , Labour identifiers were 41 per cent more optimistic than Conservative supporters about Labour 's chances . |
| 13 | At the same time , Labour identifiers who read right-wing papers were 10 per cent less optimistic than Labour identifiers who did not ; while Conservatives who read right-wing papers were similarly less optimistic about Labour 's chances than Conservatives who did not read right-wing papers ( Table 7.13 ) . |
| 14 | May turn out more expensive than standard rates |
| 15 | 3 : It is generally accepted that nuclear electricity is everywhere more expensive than other forms of generation when the brushed-aside costs of decommissioning and dealing with its wastes are included , as ultimately they must . |
| 16 | The new compressor is between 9 and 15 per cent more efficient than current models , according to the US Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) , which helped finance its development . |
| 17 | However , as reported by others in a few patients , higher numbers of dundic argyrophil cells ( +48.5% ) were observed in patients with MEN 1 associated than sporadic type Zollinger-Ellison sydrome . |
| 18 | These meadows are slower growing than new leys , a d the herbage is generally finer and softer . |
| 19 | they desperately want a child between them and to them a child that is born by the mother but is from a different origin than than the partner is is the next best thing an , and most of the couples , and we do n't advise them that this should all be kept secret , we leave that decision to be something that they will erm , come to later on when the child is older , and many of these couples will decide that this child will be brought as their own biological child , and I do n't really see that as being any different than many relationships where children are conceived out of wedlock , or out , with the relationship and people make a a a decision to keep this erm to themselves . |
| 20 | If , perish the thought , Scotland were scarcely to win a ball from the lineout at Twickenham , this pack would probably still finish the championship having won more possession from that set-piece than any Scotland pack in living memory . |
| 21 | Much darker grey than Common Tern , both above and below , so white cheeks stand out very conspicuously ; differing also in winter in its blackish-red bill and more uniformly grey tail . |