Example sentences of "[adj] than [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Language work in the final year is more specialized than in the first two years and includes translation and précis writing in administrative , technical and commercial registers of the languages , as well as some interpreting . |
| 2 | With the second set of options ( long repayment period = low APR ) , the average repayment period chosen was if anything shorter than with the first ( short repayment period = low APR ) . |
| 3 | When seen in hospital she was far less depressed than on the first occasion and did not feel she needed further help . |
| 4 | In the first three months of 1990 , the guess is that they were again about 13% lower than in the first quarter of 1989 , but there are now hopes that it was the last drop for a while . |
| 5 | Since labour supply did not increase to meet this demand , the growth of civilian employment was only marginally higher in the late sixties and early seventies than in the first half of the sixties ( table 11.2 ) . |
| 6 | The entrance to the " opportunity garden " is less obvious than in the first drawing . |
| 7 | The situation was slightly better than in the first half of the 1980s , when more power stations were cancelled than entered service , but those under construction all dated from orders placed at the beginning of the 1970s . |
| 8 | Eventually , during my evolutionary wanderings through Biomorph Land — the sense of triumph was scarcely less than on the first occasion — I finally cornered them again . |
| 9 | Lucy listened to the repeated message with her heart in her mouth , and , hearing it again , the voice sounded even more arrogant than during the first recording . |
| 10 | The vistas on this route are no less impressive than on the first one . |
| 11 | ‘ The overall results are slightly worse than for the first three months of 1992 , with definite signs of the recessionary effect becoming widespread nationally , ’ said Manpower spokeswoman Lilian Bennett . |
| 12 | Grain prices in the last five years of Elizabeth 's reign were 75 per cent higher than in the first five years ; but wages and industrial prices had risen much less steeply . |
| 13 | So far this year the value of sales has been 5 per cent higher than in the first ten months of 1990 . |
| 14 | higher than in the first half of 1990 . |
| 15 | The evidence for this stage , Morgan and Engels believed , was stronger than for the first two stages . |
| 16 | On the sons and daughters of the farming family was imposed the strict necessity of abstaining from sexual activity other than for the first born , so as not to impair the integrity of land succession . |
| 17 | Other than for the first flight of the day , engine run-ups are not deemed necessary because the aircraft 's engines are almost always warm , so off-chock to take-off times are often three minutes or less . |