Example sentences of "[adj] than [noun sg] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To halt the decline the Hereford Herd Book Society is planning to label beef from the breed in butchers shops.It says Hereford beef tastes better than meat from Continental breeds.And it 's cheaper to produce , because Herefords are fattened on grass rather than on expensive cereals . |
| 2 | Even one year after their diagnosis as dementia sufferers , the public service costs of community care were between £100 and £180 per week cheaper than care in residential accommodation or a long-stay ward . |
| 3 | For this reason they are bound to remain as very secondary aids to choral music , which to be genuinely original and vital needs musicianship much more than exploitation of mere sound effects . |
| 4 | Religious masterpieces such as the Messiah continue to exercise a fascination which is much more than enjoyment of good tunes . |
| 5 | For a state which defines ‘ security ’ as favourable movement in the ‘ world correlation of forces ’ , peace is no more than war by other ( conventional , non-violent ) means . |
| 6 | He rose from the ridiculous chair and made his way carefully down the crowded row , responding politely to those who greeted him by name , noting with carefully repressed surprise that two of the women who gave him private little smiles were seated next to each other , friends who had no idea they had something more than friendship in common . |
| 7 | As the Gospel narrative unfolds we are quickly made aware that the good news signifies more than rescue from divine wrath . |
| 8 | Although much less important than consumption in aggregate demand , investment has , through the multiplier , a significant effect on National Income , and is the most volatile element in aggregate demand . |
| 9 | Quality can be more important than price for bed-and-breakfast customers and there is a demand for more en suite bathrooms as long as they can be fitted without changing the character of the house , and for secluded , self-catering accommodation with a rural character , rather than multiple units . |
| 10 | As in the case of genes , fecundity is much more important than longevity of particular copies . |
| 11 | Both Marshall and Sweeney and our group have shown that systemic inflammation may be more important than infection in determining mortality . |
| 12 | These results suggest that underlying health is much more important than age in determining prognosis after hospital care with community-acquired pneumonia . |
| 13 | If the book does less than justice to large , complex organisms one can argue that sub specie aeternitatis the authors may have got it about right ! |
| 14 | ‘ Benefit ’ , however , can also be assessed in ways other than deferment of institutional care . |
| 15 | The Language in Teacher Education Questionnaire was sent out during 1985 to a number of colleagues working in areas and institutions where sections of the population use languages other than English for social , occupational and academic purposes . |
| 16 | Although more potent than salbutamol on human airways , salmeterol is a partial agonist achieving about 70% of the maximum effect seen with salbutamol . |
| 17 | This difference can be measured from the dissymmetry coefficient Z which is unity for small particles , but greater than unity for large particles . |