Example sentences of "[adj] than [adj] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The process is slightly different than that for manufacturing catalysts for petrol cars . |
| 2 | The nucleation time of gall bladder bile in cholesterol gall stone patients is quicker than that in gall stone free or pigment gall stone patients , which was confirmed by this study . |
| 3 | The serotonin reuptake inhibitors seem to have similar efficacy to the tricyclic and related antidepressants , but the analysis of efficacy is less reliable than that of acceptability because intention to treat analyses were not widely used , different Hamilton scales were used , and reporting of standard deviation was inadequate . |
| 4 | The incubation period for type A hepatitis was accepted as being much shorter than those for serum hepatitis , but research into either form of hepatitis was hampered by an inability to identify the causative agent . |
| 5 | Payment terms , for example , are generally much shorter than those of book publishers , usually only up to 30 days credit , and this needs to be taken on board as it affects cashflow , stock turn , and ultimately , profitability . |
| 6 | The complaints in Numbers would seem less justifiable than those in Exodus . |
| 7 | The question of chemical sensitivity is no less controversial than that of food intolerance — if anything it is more hotly debated . |
| 8 | Yet , in this study the amount of platelet activating factor ( 0.03 pg/ml ; 1.2 ng/h ) is much lower than that of lyso platelet activating factor ( 0.09 ng/ml ; 6.1 µg/h ) and AAGPC ( 0.14 µg/ml ; 11.5 µg/h ) suggesting that platelet activating factor degradation may not be the only source of platelet activating factor precursors under pentagastrin stimulation . |
| 9 | Their response was lower than that of control animals . |
| 10 | When we are dealing with hard , brittle crystals , however , the practical strength is generally even lower than that of bulk glass and in their crude state most of the non-metallic crystals deserve the contempt with which they are generally regarded by engineers . |
| 11 | British Coal produces the cheapest deep-mined coal in Europe ; the cost is substantially lower than that of coal from many other producers in the European Coal and Steel Communities . |
| 12 | To compensate the borrower for parting with the interest at the beginning of a loan the nominal interest rate on bankers ' acceptances is commonly lower than that for cash advances of the same maturity . |
| 13 | This proportion is lower than that in chemistry , and reflects a slightly larger spread of values about the mode in geology . |
| 14 | This proportion is lower than that in chemistry , and reflects a slightly larger spread of values about the mode in geology . |
| 15 | You must report a respiratory rate lower than 12 per minute , a tachypnoea or any abnormality , such as wheezing or noisy respirations which might be caused by an obstructed airway . |
| 16 | Employees may be unwilling to take an assignment if it involves what appears to be a pay cut , even if local wages and prices in the country concerned are considerably lower than those at home . |
| 17 | However , allowable concentrations of pesticide in drinking water are 3 to 4 orders of magnitude lower than those for nitrate , and BGS , on behalf of the NRA , has recently begun to study the fate of pesticides in subsurface waters . |
| 18 | Management fees of investment trusts are considerably lower than those of unit trusts because of the wide disparities in money spent on advertising , although with the changes in rules on advertising for investment trusts , their fees are likely to rise . |
| 19 | Potassium secretion was unchanged by treatment ( C , U , or L ) , although day 7 concentrations were lower than those of day 3 for both basal and stimulated rates ( Fig 4 ) . |
| 20 | Although these correlations are lower than those from Study 2 they are present despite the fact that a different set of subjects from those who gave the risk ratings are giving the recognition measures . |
| 21 | His loyalty to Lloyd George and the idea of coalition was more complete than that of Law . |
| 22 | The tawny owl assemblages are intermediate for this character , and although it has not been quantified , it is notable that the skulls present in tawny owl pellets are less complete than those in barn owl or some of the other species listed in Table 3.5 , having only the front part of the vault preserved . |
| 23 | The question of ‘ public safety ’ is rather simpler than that of amenity , though there is ample scope for disagreement ; the relevant issue is whether an advertisement is likely to cause danger to road users , and also to ‘ persons who may use any railway , waterway ( including coastal waters ) , dock , harbour or airfield ’ . |
| 24 | The legal framework within which services for elderly people must be provided is less extensive than that for child care . |
| 25 | As in so many museums , the stored collections — including photographs and costume — are more extensive than those on display . |
| 26 | However , the geography of service employment growth is less uneven than that of manufacturing decline . |
| 27 | In a similar way , in the second century BC , some cities of Asia Minor made coins ( e.g. , fig. 6 ) of a weight standard which was heavier than that in force in the kingdom of Asia ; it is no surprise that these coins all turn up in hoards outside Asia , mostly in northern Syria , where they were exported either as a political subsidy for the pretender Alexander Balas or as trade objects in exchange for goods , perhaps slaves . |
| 28 | Unless there is a high staff turnover , the structure of work groups in organizations is invariably clearer than that of friendship groups . |
| 29 | This infrequency was in part at Citrine 's choice : he could maintain it partly because the industry 's problems were less serious than those of coal . |
| 30 | Our society is much less violent than that of north America or of the Commonwealth of Australia , as the 1989 international crime survey showed in the report published in March 1990 . |