Example sentences of "[adj] than [art] [noun] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Longer , higher and wider than the old R25 , the more rounded Safrane is 148mm ( 5.8ins ) shorter than the Rover 800 fastback but , at 1818mm between doors , is nearly an inch wider than the Citroen XM . |
| 2 | It has been essential to use light tackle and if he tries a hook any bigger than a size 22 , the fish wo n't even look at the bait . |
| 3 | Airbus will anyway soon be passing the hat around again for an enormous 700-seat aeroplane , much bigger than the Boeing 747 . |
| 4 | The Brink's-Mat trials left Britain 's taxpayers with a bill bigger than the £26 million robbery haul . |
| 5 | Tatung claims the 36MHz Viking-based Super Compserver 10 is more expandable than the Sparcstation 10 . |
| 6 | The fee for this type of work would again be based on time taken plus outlays , but , since it is a detailed survey , it will be more costly than the Type 1 search described above . |
| 7 | The fee for this type of work would again be based on time taken plus outlays , but , since it is a detailed survey , it will be more costly than the Type 1 search described above . |
| 8 | It should be slightly larger than the Renault 5 . |
| 9 | Externally , Safrane is slightly larger than the Renault 25 that it replaces , gaining 28mm in height , 12mm in width and 21mm in overall length . |
| 10 | Volvo 's two-litre B200 engine had always been smoother than the bigger-bore 2.3 , but it made no more than an adequate job of hauling the corpulent 940 . |
| 11 | He seemed to play that first nine better than the back nine every day . |
| 12 | Decor and furnishing are for the 1990s styles , insulation is even better than the Mark 3s and passengers with special needs are catered for as , for example , mother and baby facilities and disabled toilets . |
| 13 | However , City economists expect Britain 's trade deficit to improve , but with few expecting next year 's trade gap to be better than the £15 billion figure forecast by Mr Major in his autumn statement . |
| 14 | Well the upstairs one 's certainly much much better than the downstairs one . |
| 15 | The System 15000 , due for delivery by the end of the year , will sell at around £10,000 more than a base 10000 system . |
| 16 | Even clothes for ‘ the larger woman ’ are usually modelled on women who are scarcely more than a size 12 . |
| 17 | This generous depth , combined with a full-scale neck , a heavily arched back and a lightly-strutted belly , means that the guitar packs a lot more punch than it has any right to — more than a Martin 0–16 New Yorker , I 'd say , although that 's only from memory . |
| 18 | After a brief spell with ex-GN Class 312s , relief came in 1988 with brand-new Class 321s , sporting a smart exterior , but in truth little more than a Class 319 Thameslink unit without the end gangway connection . |
| 19 | Check the facts ; the RS Carrera costs £61,100 , £15,000 more than a stock 911 Carrera 2 . |
| 20 | You need to select flat water conditions with no more than a Force 3 otherwise you will be concentrating too hard on staying upright rather than thinking about the exercises . |
| 21 | In a deal that will create America 's second-largest coal company and second-largest copper firm , Cyprus Minerals is paying between $1 billion and $1.4 billion , and assuming more than a $1 billion in debt , for loss-making Amax . |
| 22 | They are believed to have put ¥50 billion ( $150m ) into the equity market on April 27th , for example — far more than the ¥20 billion which is now considered their daily average . |
| 23 | While the chancellor avoided a specific commitment to cut the current £50 billion public spending borrowing requirement by more than the £10 billion in the budget , he has clearly indicated that further progress will be made . |
| 24 | If Mr Kaifu fails to revive the parliamentary bill designed to support the anti-Iraq forces in the Gulf , the Americans are likely to ask for a lot more than the $4 billion Japan has so far promised to contribute towards the growing expenses there . |
| 25 | The network will cost £200 million to complete , considerably more than the £50 million reported as the company 's original funding . |
| 26 | He would prefer to see Africa 's debt obligation reduced to no more than the $10 billion it is managing to pay each year . |
| 27 | Prize money will rise by a further 18 per cent during the forthcoming year , which takes the total to £16 million , considerably more than the £1.3 million on offer in 1980 . |
| 28 | A task force sent out by the House of Representatives ' banking committee estimates that sorting out America 's savings and loan mess could cost as much as $162 billion more than the $50 billion authorised by Congress less than a year ago . |
| 29 | SECRET tax concessions offered to British Aerospace to secure the sale of the Rover Group could take the ‘ hidden sweeteners ’ involved in the deal to substantially more than the £48 million already uncovered , it was claimed yesterday . |
| 30 | Whatever the urgency , setting more than the number three jib and the mainsail would have been stupid . |