Example sentences of "[adj] than [art] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Betting is one of Britain 's top leisure activities , even more popular than a trip to the pub or eating out . |
| 2 | The Germans and the British were both more used than the French to co-operating closely with the USA and responded positively to NASA 's 1969 invitation to work on its Space-Lab programme , linked to the space shuttle concept , which succeeded the Apollo moon-landings . |
| 3 | In view of the consternation which Khrushchev 's policies aroused in the Party itself , his eventual deposition is less striking than the degree to which he succeeded in imposing his will on a reluctant leadership . |
| 4 | With local elections looming in the near future , Communist leaders in Warsaw are already fearing another serious loss , possibly even more humiliating than the loss to Solidarity in national elections last June . |
| 5 | Students of communications , instrumentation , special applications and ( marginally ) computing were more likely than the rest to be seeking work . |
| 6 | SERC funded students in both specialist and conversion courses were more likely than the average to be continuing their studies . |
| 7 | According to the information collected to date , students in the two largest subject areas , computing and micro-electronics , were more likely than the average to be in employment . |
| 8 | However , on the basis of Table 7.5 , and recognising some of the very small numbers involved , research students in the following areas were less likely than the average to be seeking employment : |
| 9 | A doctor of medicine is in the same social class as a company director but is more likely than the director to be accorded some degree of deference by the local community . |
| 10 | ( None is more rock-like than the attitude to men in ballet ; several of the boys in the Shepherd 's Bush class have left because of teasing . ) |
| 11 | Lewis was subtle enough to see that this was at best a half-truth , and perhaps he was beginning to sense that what Tolkien 's friendship had to offer him was something rather more important than a regress to me nursery . |
| 12 | Surely , she reasoned , the future of a child was more important than a promise to a man who was now dead ? |
| 13 | The degree to which any particular development is exclusively attributable to the project remains a moot point , but in our view this is less important than the degree to which the project complemented and extended existing and coincidental developments , and in this respect the project has been most successful . |
| 14 | For all the earthy language and talk of struggles to come , it sounded more like community singing in a bomb-shelter than a call to arms . |
| 15 | Not only must the temperature be more extreme than the Sun to be practical , but the fuel is different . |
| 16 | Southey 's life was published in 1820 and even then its tone was rather more prophetic than a reference to an " evil " which already existed . |
| 17 | If Casaubon had in mind something more precise than an alternative to the disguised Machiavellianism of the contemporary Tacitists , he did not make it clear . |
| 18 | Each replied that he did not wish to see him without consulting his solicitor as the depositions had been taken and it was understood that nothing further was required other than a date to be set for the trial . |
| 19 | Or is he speaking about that nation of complacent and indifferent shopkeepers who long for nothing other than a return to the days of imperial hegemony ? |
| 20 | possess any secret official code word , or password , or sketch , plan , model , article , note , document or information which relates to or is used in a prohibited place or anything in such a place , or which has been made or obtained in contravention of this Act , or which has been entrusted in confidence to him by any person holding office under Her Majesty or which he has obtained or to which he has had access owing to his position as a person who is or has been employed under a person who holds or has held such an office or contract — [ and who ] ( a ) communicates the code word , pass word , sketch , plan , model , article , note , document , or information to any person other than a person to whom he is authorised to communicate it , or a person to whom it is in the interest of the State his duty to communicate it , or ( aa ) uses the information in his possession for the benefit of any foreign power or in any other manner prejudicial to the safety or interests of the State , or ( b ) retains the sketch , plan , model , article , note , or document in his possession or control when he has no right to retain it or when it is contrary to his duty to retain it , or fails to comply with all directions issued by lawful authority with regard to the return or disposal thereof , or … |
| 21 | 10.7.4 Each Party ( hereinafter in this Clause called the sub-licensor ) shall have the right to sub-licence a Party other than a Party to this Agreement ( hereinafter in this Clause called the sub-licensee ) to use any technical information of any Party for the purposes of the sub-licensee in like manner as specified in Clause 10.7 b subject to written consent of the Party who has generated or supplied such technical information . |
| 22 | ( ii ) If the wife becomes entitled to the whole house and requests that the matrimonial home be conveyed or transferred to herself and her " new husband " ( to whom she is not married ) , is the wife making a gift for inheritance tax purposes to the " new husband " ? ( iii ) The Inland Revenue capital gains tax concession mentioned in Chapter 2 may not be available ( on a strict interpretation of its wording ) to the former husband if he conveys or transfers his interest in his former principal private residence to someone other than his spouse or ex-spouse. ( iv ) A conveyance to someone other than a party to the marriage will not attract the stamp duty relief of s83 of the Finance Act 1985 , ( see p22 ) but if it is a voluntary disposition , exemption L of The Stamp Duty ( Exempt Instruments ) Regulations 1987 ( SI No 516 ) ( Chapter 2 ) will apply . |
| 23 | ( 2 ) In determining whether a lease is one to which section 11 applies — ( b ) a lease which is determinable at the option of the lessor before the expiration of seven years from the commencement of the term shall be treated as a lease for a term of less than seven years , and ( c ) a lease ( other than a lease to which paragraph ( b ) applies ) shall not be treated as a lease for a term of less than seven years if it confers on the lessee an option for renewal for a term which , together with the original term , amounts to seven years or more . |
| 24 | He went on to deny that they had amy political ends other than an end to discrimination : ‘ It has been said against this movement that its purpose is to unite Ireland and to unite the working class … |
| 25 | At Riverside Studios during the interval of a play in Russian , I was chatting about anything other than the play to the Guardian 's critic , Michael Billington , when Mark Dignam approached Billington and , most courteously and with a touch of a bow , said : ‘ Mr Billington , I look forward to reading you tomorrow and seeing what I think of the play . ’ |
| 26 | The ‘ domino effect ’ was only partly successful , however , and this was very substantially responsible for both the course of the dispute and the lack of any final outcome , other than the return to work in March , 1985 . |
| 27 | You are not authorised to have access to any other areas of the Reserve other than the route to and from the hide . |
| 28 | Rutger often uses chord tones other than the root to a give a smoother movement between chords : eg. the min 7th ( D ) of Em7 to lead from the root ( E ) to the next chord root ( C ) in the bars 14 and 15 , followed by the major 3rd ( B ) of G major in the same bar . |
| 29 | It was none other than the heir to the throne , blissfully unaware , and convulsed with mirth . |
| 30 | There was no guidance on provision other than the commitments to improving the visual environment and offering a broad curriculum and flexible teaching . |