Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adj] than [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With effect from I January 1992 the ‘ old ’ offences at paragraphs ( f ) and ( g ) of regulation 27(1) of the 1986 Regulations no longer apply to passenger motor cars other than motor cars constructed or adapted to carry more than eight seated passengers in addition to the driver , or to goods vehicles with a maximum gross weight which does not exceed 3,500 kg . |
| 2 | It then , in October , expressed its concern that a high proportion of courses in subjects other than business studies were being turned down , and it suggested that one of the reasons making it difficult for such courses to be approved might be that ‘ the Council 's present structure of honours and ordinary degrees was not so appropriate for courses in those fields ’ as in science and technology . |
| 3 | Studies of commodities other than index futures are summarized in Appendix 5 . |
| 4 | Furthermore , WIRS 's focus on matters other than employment practices means that information on certain useful contextual variables , particularly with respect to labour force structure and labour costs , was not available to test all the hypotheses the literature suggests . |
| 5 | We 're looking at sizes of nests bigger than dustbin bags , which service up to 25,000 wasps , which produce 4,000 to 5,000 Queens , which survive until next year . |
| 6 | Costs other than tuition fees are likely to vary depending on where you live . |
| 7 | I understand , too , that housing needs surveys can be carried out by organisations other than Parish Councils . |
| 8 | And although that may mean that stars with planets are less likely to be found in places other than co-rotation orbits , the corollary would be that they are likely to be found within such orbits . |
| 9 | This was the earliest technology in which power was derived from sources other than animal muscles and the output was so obviously superior that men did not mind putting up with the inconvenience of machines which were uncomfortable or awkward to use . |
| 10 | She says many things other than exam results make a good school . |
| 11 | The growth of imports has been over 11 per cent p.a. whereas export growth has only been 7.7 per cent p.a. , and if one considers exports and imports of goods other than oil products then the figures are 13 per cent p.a. import growth and 9 per cent p.a. export growth . |
| 12 | In the home , by contrast , communications other than voice telephones , are unfamiliar and comparatively rare . |
| 13 | In the present chapter we shall consider terms other than exemption clauses . |
| 14 | Another form of game which has become popular among teachers other than drama teachers has been ‘ simulation ’ , where elaborate game structures are set up usually involving a great deal of time and application in order to teach some specific subject-matter about the civic planning of motorways , starvation in the Third World or executive decision-making in industry . |
| 15 | The trays used by Rimatron are fairly universal and can be found in outlets other than detector retailers . |
| 16 | We find that : ( i ) there is disutility from being unemployed , with individuals disliking unemployment even more after the first three months ; ( ii ) unemployment benefits have no effect on the behaviour of the unemployed individuals after the first three months ; ( iii ) income receipts other than unemployment benefits and earnings have only a very small effect ; ( iv ) the conditional probability of leaving the unemployment spell shows no sign of decreasing with duration for most of the members of our sample , while 50% of the teenage men have an increasing hazard ; ( v ) the effects of unemployment benefits on the expected duration varies with age ; the average elasticity of 0.12 is much smaller than those estimated by NNS and NN , who used the same data set but different models . |
| 17 | In seeking to make these aims operational , the plan set out the general characteristics of the proposed polytechnic : it was to be a ‘ broadly-based institution catering for a wide range of higher education for the over-18 age groups ’ , giving priority to sandwich courses , but providing courses other than degree courses for those able to benefit from ‘ advanced courses of a specialist nature ’ . |
| 18 | There has been some doubt about the law with regard to traffic-calming measures other than road humps which has meant that authorities have produced traffic-calming schemes but have been left in some doubt as to whether they could be prosecuted for obstructing the highway . |
| 19 | Many of the empirical studies considered in this chapter use data from futures contracts other than stock indices . |
| 20 | Councillors on authorities other than education authorities may be invited to participate at some level in educational administration and in the case of primary schools , district and parish councils may have rights in respect of appointing governors . |
| 21 | A number of empirical studies of the volatility-volume relationship based on studies of futures other than index futures is summarized in Table 8.3 . |
| 22 | Some of the studies of futures other than index futures are summarized in Table 8.4 . |
| 23 | The directly employed building operative may be motivated by factors other than money incentives . |
| 24 | It is likely , however , that factors other than bile salts are responsible for the massive rise in PYY and enteroglucagon that accompany coeliac sprue as bile salt malabsorption is not a feature of that disease . |
| 25 | The impact of factors other than entry qualifications will now be considered . |
| 26 | The only explicit courses in initial training for subject specialists other than language teachers mentioned were a PGCE unit for drama students at a Polytechnic ( for nine students : no. of hours not listed ) , and a 20 hour course for 10 PGCE students of economics at a College . |
| 27 | The finance costs associated with liabilities and shares other than equity shares are to be allocated to periods at a constant rate on the carrying amount . |