Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [adj] than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These molecules , the ultimate source of information about what is going on at a specific time in a particular cell , are extremely labile chemically ( for example , to traces of alkaline detergent in less than scrupulously clean glassware ) and enzymatically ( to the ubiquitous ribonuclease ) . |
| 2 | So you will be taking in about twice as much dietary fibre in less than half as much food . |
| 3 | In April a US Defence Department study on " burden sharing " claimed that the USA had spent a larger share of its national income on the military budget in 1988 than virtually all its NATO allies , and cited Japan and Canada for what it called " below par " contributions to Western defence . |
| 4 | Heating for instance in more than just one room , which for instance became standard in council house building in the late forties onwards . |
| 5 | This seemed to me a more important priority in 1959 than overmuch argument about nuclear philosophical heresies of one kind or another . |
| 6 | However , he successfully adopted his style in more than adequately coping with the West Indian fast bowling of the 1960's . |