Example sentences of "[adj] than [art] [adj -est] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It then follows that unc is an element of S smaller than the smallest element r of S. This absurdity leads us to conclude that |
| 32 | It was totally dark , blacker and denser than the darkest night — even after dawn should have come — as the thick cloud of ash hung over them , cutting off the light from the sun . |
| 33 | Two of the patients with idiopathic DU had , however , serum pepsinogen I values that were more than 50% higher than the highest value of all the other groups studied ( Table 2 ) . |
| 34 | With the benefit of the latest steam-XXXX turbines , the new plant is planned to achieve thermal efficiency of 52 per cent — a 20 per cent increase over that of normal coal power stations , and 12 per cent higher than the best performance of nuclear plants . |
| 35 | It was 150 metres high , and higher than the tallest building in the city . |
| 36 | Although a long way off the summit , it is still higher than the tallest mountain in Europe . |
| 37 | For a time briefer than the smallest period measurable by today 's clocks , the universe grew ever faster , as energy stored up in some hitherto unsuspected field of force was released . |
| 38 | Near the gate , where grass is kept short by trampling feet , grows germander speedwell , its blue flowers more vivid than the clearest summer sky . |
| 39 | The selection of the preferred bidder will be made in conjunction with the client and may well hinge on factors other than the highest price ( i.e. intentions or nature of consideration ) . |
| 40 | None other than the greatest mathematician in the world . |
| 41 | He had formed his own view of Jake although Harry had not coloured it by any comments other than the barest fact . |
| 42 | the file generation number will be one greater than the highest generation of any file with the same name and extension as the outcoming binary file , held in the user 's account . |
| 43 | Forty-one per cent of these diabetics had levels of malondialdehyde formation greater than the highest result seen in the control group , and this difference was highly significant ( Betteridge et al , 1981 ) . |
| 44 | Looking specifically at our concerns with regard to erm Hambledon , erm in Hambledon the area search would erm extend to about eighty two kilometres , that 's square kilometres , erm and contain six , this contains six villages , er with populations ranging from a hundred and fourteen to nine hundred and seventy one , erm proposed new settlement of fourteen hundred hou erm dwellings , er would be four times erm greater than the largest settlement in this area , Easingwold is the nearest small town , that 's about the equivalent erm equivalent size in terms of number of dwellings , erm we believe that it would er dominate the existing settlement pattern in the area , and would introduce erm a dislocation erm into er a settlement pattern . |
| 45 | The user should ensure that the module issue is greater than the latest issue in LIFESPAN . |