Example sentences of "[adj] than [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the table shows that the worst graduate unemployment in 1984 was among the arts ( other than languages ) group , it also shows that scientists were more likely to be unemployed than either social studies or language graduates ( social studies here includes business , accountancy and law ) . |
| 2 | Another is that commercial property is intrinsically less liquid than even distressed third-world debt . |
| 3 | For instance it might be predicted that aspects of situations which were highly inconsistent with a pre-existing schema would be better recognised than relatively consistent aspects , but less well recalled . |
| 4 | The report quotes recent research by the Transport and Road Research Laboratory which suggests that experienced drivers are more likely than newly qualified ones to make mistakes such as racing away from traffic lights , signalling with the car headlamps and speeding at night . |
| 5 | In addition , unmarried women carers are more likely than either married women or men to be carrying particularly heavy caring responsibilities . |
| 6 | Some of the strategies entered in Axelrod 's tournament were much more sophisticated than either Remorseful Prober or Naive Prober , but they too ended up with fewer points , on average , than simple Tit for Tat . |
| 7 | Freud 's notion of sexuality was more inclusive than just sexual reproduction , but he was not unique in pointing out that sexuality was an important biological instinct . |
| 8 | The consensus thus established is much more likely to create an environment which reflects the now in education ; it will certainly be more effective than either radical revolution , deschooling or free schooling . |
| 9 | In spite of Virtues 's dogma , cleanliness is neither essential nor effective against an established infestation , and gamma-benzene hexachloride or benzyl benzoate are preferable and more effective than either carbolic acid or tobacco . |
| 10 | We recognize , too , that a healthy lifestyle contributes more to looking good than skilfully used cosmetics . |
| 11 | The Beecham Croup 's AMTES experiments tend to show , indeed , that qualitative differences between advertisements or campaigns are likely to be far more important than quite large differences in advertising weight . ) |
| 12 | ‘ Why should you suppose me any less proud than more fortunate females ? ’ |
| 13 | An important point to emerge out of the network model is that aspects of non-co-operation seem to be more common than prototypically co-operative behaviour from a reader 's perspective , at least as far as SF is concerned . |
| 14 | More common than purely basaltic lava volcanoes are those comprising a mixture of tephra and lava . |
| 15 | It was partly Szarkowski 's influence in the early 60s , which broadened collectors ' minds to the idea of buying photographs which were other than self-consciously fine art . |
| 16 | However , this initial , albeit restricted , study has demonstrated the usefulness of vitrinite reflectance data in other than strictly maturation-related applications . |
| 17 | Of course , there may be other costs of changing prices ( other than purely administrative ones ) . |
| 18 | The success of this initiative came to be measured in terms other than purely personal achievement on the part of numbers of blacks learning to read and write . |
| 19 | Research theses and postgraduate courses can fulfil ends other than purely educational ones ; but they can not become , as part of higher education , simply instrumental , whether in the direction of academic careers or professional careers . |
| 20 | It is said to be found at depths of around 30 metres and is , therefore , unlikely to be shipped in other than very restricted numbers . |
| 21 | Few guidelines , other than very broad statements such as ‘ the use of culturally valued means to enable people to lead culturally valued lives ’ ( Wolfensberger , 1980 ) exist to translate the new expectations into styles of working practice . |
| 22 | Often recommended for cleaning purposes , to avoid the spread of contamination inherent in the use of cloths , it does not have the mechanical properties necessary for anything other than very light soil removal . |
| 23 | Having started with nothing other than very modest share capital more than 20 years ago , it is now a major player on the UK and international scene . |
| 24 | In case this surprises you , and I 'm sure it does n't surprise those of you who are biologists , we have in Britain two terminal links with such a chain , which we would never regard as anything other than perfectly good species . |
| 25 | Chief Superintendent McLean says that last summer the resources he allocated to the protection of the Ks were greater than those given to anything , other than really serious crimes such as murder , in the two years he had been in charge of Hounslow division . |
| 26 | There is little to see of the Potteries at Fenton other than relatively modern factories , but a couple of bottle ovens , now rather rare ( see Longton ) survive near King Street . |
| 27 | Thus jobs which involve social interaction with other workers are generally more satisfying than socially isolated work ; monotonous , repetitive work is more likely to be linked with job dissatisfaction than more varied work ; jobs which involve responsibility and the ability to organize work time and work methods are generally preferred over those which lack these qualities , and so forth . |
| 28 | In terms of energy , however , H 2 /CO 2 acetogenesis , with a free energy change of -95 kJ per mol , is considerably less efficient than either dissimilatory sulphate reduction or methanogenesis , and in most anaerobic ecosystems , hydrogen metabolism is dominated by one or other of these processes . |
| 29 | Many people would refer to them more as superhuman than as divine characters . |