Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun sg] than [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Overall , there seems to be a lower incidence of symptoms after percutaneous cholecystolithotomy than cholecystectomy . |
| 2 | Whilst , on the surface , Gusfield 's argument may seem a plausible one , Wallis argues that ‘ there are clearly other grounds for moral indignation than resentment at lost status ’ . |
| 3 | In the course of this exploration , we have seen how much more is needed in the creation and understanding of coherent discourse than knowledge of the language system alone : its sounds and letters , its words and its sentence grammar . |
| 4 | More important for most purposes of private law than citizenship is domicile . |
| 5 | These factors created an original architectural form which was less closely related to the rest of European development than work in Denmark or southern Sweden . |
| 6 | These results suggest that cytochrome P450 1A and cytochrome P450 3A are more specific markers of colonic neoplasia than epoxide hydrolase or glutathione S-transferases α , β , and γ . |
| 7 | For what could be better for the life of individualistic man than privatisation ? |
| 8 | Although the contact was more social than professional , the two inevitably talked shop when they met , and as Coleman zeroed in on al-Kassar as possibly the key player in the Middle East 's narco-terrorist game , he decided to visit Mayer in his office at the German Embassy one day to see if his friend could be persuaded to take a more generous view of international cooperation than Hurley 's . |
| 9 | bleAdoption studies show that nature is a stronger predictor of addictive disease than nature . |
| 10 | Snowy owl assemblages have relatively higher rates of molar loss than barn owl and long-eared owl assemblages , and this almost certainly reflects their dominance by lemmings , the teeth of which are loosely held in the jaws . |
| 11 | MITI believes that such exports should be of less concern to advocates of managed trade than consumer goods , because components increase the competitiveness — and therefore the export potential — of the industries that buy them . |
| 12 | In general , however , the British remained more conscious of American criticism than support in the Middle East . |
| 13 | Although Constance soon learned that life in a couture house was more about hard work than glamour , she loved Maison de Levantiére . |
| 14 | The Northern Ballet Theatre 's production which comes to Darlington next month was criticised by a Mail on Sunday reviewer who said it was more like soft porn than ballet . |
| 15 | Similarly , the release of sex hormones in the spring , which stimulates reproduction ( p. 46 ) , also stimulates northward migration , an association that led the biologist J. B. S. Haldane to remark that although ‘ we must be very careful in attributing human motives to animals , the emotion behind migration to breeding places is almost certainly more like human love than hunger or curiosity . ’ |
| 16 | The day I was there , all the children were boys , but this apparently has more to do with French culture than computer culture . |
| 17 | The beginning of the book deals more with social history than science . |
| 18 | Tony Beard in Record Mirror described the group as ‘ Rumbling rather than jangling ’ and that songs like ‘ Crushed ’ had more in common with Sonic Youth than Orange Juice . |
| 19 | On histological review , it was felt that these two tumours were more consistent with hepatocellular carcinoma than cholangiocarcinoma . |
| 20 | At present their sound has more to do with youthful enthusiasm than finesse . |
| 21 | Since the problem of delay was considerably greater in High Court than county court actions , this proposal is discussed in relation to High Court actions . |
| 22 | The reasons for Wales 's clarity of thinking are not difficult to see : ministers more interested in practical achievement than ideology ; an NHS management team together now for five years ; and , above all , a district structure and population the size of just one of England 's 14 regions . |
| 23 | These figures may be somewhat misleading , however ; many of those army and police officers who remained ‘ loyal ’ undoubtedly did so more through geographical accident than conviction , and the Republic 's leaders were inhibited from ever making full use of them . |
| 24 | Sulphates are less subject to dry deposition than sulphur dioxide and consequently remain in the atmosphere for days , travelling up to several thousand kilometres in favourable meteorological and synoptic conditions . |
| 25 | Such an interpretation would appear to be based far more on wishful thinking than reality . |
| 26 | There were music rooms , hairdressing salons , beauty parlours , libraries , laundries , chapels , theatres , ballrooms , nurseries , and gymnasiums and health clubs armed with equipment which by modern standards appear more intent on medieval torture than health improvement . |
| 27 | Cos they charged me twenty five on Little Nipper and it 's cheaper on Little Nipper than bus . |
| 28 | Now he proclaimed that inflation was a much more serious threat to national wellbeing than unemployment , which anyway was a greatly overestimated danger , and that what was needed was a much tighter control of the money supply and the budget deficit . |
| 29 | In all these cases extrathyroidal fibrosis , in the retroperitoneal space and around the biliary tree , seemed more sensitive to steroid treatment than thyroiditis , which showed an unpredictable response . |
| 30 | The back row in particular needs to be revamped ; speed is a more quality at international level than bulk . |