Example sentences of "expensive than [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The technique has been demonstrated using inorganic crystals , but organic polymers are easier to work with and much less expensive than crystals . |
| 2 | Some types of roof construction make loft conversion a little more expensive than others , some make it almost impossible . |
| 3 | Some subjects , for a variety of reasons , are more expensive than others . |
| 4 | Previous ( though not current ) mail order users would rate it more expensive than others . |
| 5 | The Avent bottles for it are much more expensive than others , about £6 each , but I think they are worth having . |
| 6 | We recognise that some homes are more expensive than others , and that some provide more facilities than others ; we must ensure , however , that no one falls through the net because basic income support is not available . |
| 7 | It 's difficult to work out why some of these should be so much more expensive than others is n't it ? |
| 8 | The RAF 's aircraft replacement programmes tend to be more expensive than warship construction , but they have greater flexibility since the number of aircraft ordered in any one year can be varied without throwing the Air Department 's costings off balance . |
| 9 | REMEMBER : Calls per unit are much more expensive than calls made from conventional phones . |
| 10 | Packets of seeds are much less expensive than florists ' flowers in the long run , but they do cost a lot more in time and effort . |
| 11 | All these agents are considerably more expensive than hypochlorites . |
| 12 | Electronic stencil cutting is becoming more popular for , although more expensive than the ordinary method , it is still less expensive than printing . |
| 13 | Electricity was still more expensive than gas on a ‘ heat-only ’ basis , but its cleanliness , relative cheapness of installation , and convenience were powerful selling factors , and the rapidly rising trend of gas prices was gradually narrowing the gap between them . |
| 14 | The onus now lay upon the architect to come up with new designs and new ideas with which to counter the rapidly growing effectiveness of artillery aided , from about 1430 , by the reversion to the use of cast-iron shot which , although more expensive than stone shot , did not shatter on impact , could be made more uniformly in greater quantities ( the making of stone shot was , to say the least , laborious ) and in smaller calibre , thereby increasing efficiency by reducing the need for very large and unwieldy cannon . |
| 15 | It has the advantage that it does not cause corrosion to galvanised cisterns , but is now more expensive than copper and harder to bend and to join . |
| 16 | Piano wire is less expensive than cable but requires careful handling . |
| 17 | West German wage rates are the highest in the world , and most other European countries are more expensive than America or Japan ( chart 3 ) . |
| 18 | Analysis is much more computationally expensive than generation . |
| 19 | It tends to be a time-consuming transformation process which is both management and resource intensive , and is more expensive than invention . |
| 20 | This may prove less expensive than hotel accommodation . |
| 21 | Wall fabrics are generally more expensive than papers but can often make the walls look so luxurious that you can get away with minimal furnishings . |
| 22 | Also navies were , in proportion to the manpower they employed , far more expensive than armies . |
| 23 | However , a good fish meal with wine will cost as much as in England , and eating out is a lot more expensive than Greece ( though a lot better ! ) . |
| 24 | He acknowledged that it could prove up to four times more expensive than wind or wave power . |
| 25 | The fittings are more expensive than compression fittings , but are unobtrusive and allow the pipe to be rotated in the fitting . |
| 26 | Still , Thomas Brassey the railway entrepreneur , speaking with the voice of business common sense , observed of serfdom that the crop yield in servile Russia was half that in England and Saxony and less than in any other European country , and of slavery that it was ‘ obviously ’ less productive than free labour and more expensive than people thought , bearing in mind the cost of purchase or of rearing and maintenance . |
| 27 | It 's the other way round now cocoa 's more expensive than coffee |
| 28 | More expensive than Dirk Bikkembergs , Chrome Hearts ’ range of waistcoats , jackets , belts and jewellery is unbeatable for quality . |
| 29 | Not only was nuclear power slower and considerably more expensive than energy efficiency as a means of cutting carbon dioxide emissions , but its overall potential was much smaller . |
| 30 | When Tuesby & Cooper published their catalogue there was already a considerable variety of ‘ finishes ’ available for coffin furniture : gilt copper , copper , bronze , brass , silver and ‘ white ’ ( tin-dipped stamped iron , though silver leaf was sometimes applied on top of the tin ) ; black ( more expensive than silver , being tin-dipped stamped iron painted with two or more coats of matt black paint ) ; and ‘ coloured ’ for children 's coffins ( tin-dipped stamped iron , painted with two or more coats of matt white with certain details highlighted with water-gilding ) . |