Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] to [noun sg] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of a simple penal code , acceptance of its punishment is the best action by the deviant given that the alternative is reimposition of the punishment path : punishment outputs are so chosen that it is better not to postpone the date of reversion to collusion than to make a short-term gain from deviating from the punishment path . |
| 2 | Since World War II , they have both surrendered empires , acquired nuclear forces , fought distant wars , maintained troops in Germany , and devoted a larger share of output to defence than the European average . |
| 3 | Oddly , perhaps ominously , the war has in many respects gone better for Israel to date than for any other single party ( with the possible exception of CNN ) . ’ |
| 4 | Many more dishes can be made that go direct from stove to table than could ever be produced for a separate dining room or area . |
| 5 | That is a higher proportion of beds in relation to population than in England . |
| 6 | One other possible area of danger is that of good facsimiles , which are more likely to be met with from time to time than competent forgeries . |
| 7 | More commuters actually go from London to Reading to work than vice versa . |