Example sentences of "[adj] is [det] than the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lunar ‘ year ’ normally comprised twelve months , but this is less than the solar year . |
| 2 | Note that this is less than the D4 wounds inflicted by a single shot due to the reduced effectiveness of a multiple shot . |
| 3 | This is less than the 90 per cent level of acceptances required for a compulsory sale of minority interests under CA 1985 , s429 following a takeover offer . |
| 4 | This is more than the change that inner London received , and I think it 's quite unbelievable that York 's population , base population is actually starting of from the figure of er a hundred and three , a hundred and four thousand , and I think York City Council will agree with that in any case , erm , the new major estimates for nineteen ninety two would already suggest that that population 's declined by a further thousand , which I think emphasizes that these major estimates are estimates , and because of the differ the difficulties within the census for nineteen ninety one , with under enumeration , some problems may have occurred . |
| 5 | And this is more than the ambition with which I began , and more than my son 's inheritance . |
| 6 | This is more than the note I intended . |
| 7 | Since these ‘ facts ’ belong to the group as a whole and since the latter is more than the sum of its parts , they have a transcendent reality of their own and can not simply be reduced to the individuals in whose conduct they manifest themselves . |
| 8 | You will get no help if your assessed contribution towards the cost as shown on certificate AG 3 is more than the value of the voucher you were given . |
| 9 | That is more than the extra CPP depreciation . |
| 10 | But in 1983–7 the real ( volume ) increase in funds first fell to zero , then fell absolutely , then rose at a rate lower than 1 per cent — that is less than the increasing trend to an ageing population required to sustain standards ( Kings Fund Institute , 1988 ; Owens and Glennerster , 1990 ) . |