Example sentences of "[vb base] [adj] than the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lights , too , appear dimmer than the Calibra 's . |
| 2 | Many industrial buying decisions involve more than the buyer and in some cases the technical specifier , production personnel and finance personnel are involved . |
| 3 | For example , some of the countries of East Europe and Costa Rica , rank higher than the United Kingdom and the United States ( Estes , 1988 ) . |
| 4 | No investment having a DCF yield lower than the company 's cost of capital would normally be accepted . |
| 5 | No investment having a DCF yield lower than the company 's cost of capital would normally be accepted . |
| 6 | As it is , basic-rate taxpayers who earn more than the £16,900 ceiling face a marginal tax rate of 25% , while those earning less than the ceiling face a rate of 34% . |
| 7 | If you earn more than the LEL , you pay contributions on all earnings — a big disincentive to raising your hours , and therefore your pay , by that small amount . |
| 8 | Against assorted sporting Peugeots , Volkswagens and Rovers , some of which cost less than the S depending on specification , Ford 's newcomer would n't stand a ghost of a chance and you do n't need a back-to-back group test to confirm it . |
| 9 | One strange thing is that the buzz is worse when the volume pot is turned half-way on and gets less noisy when full up , but even then it 's still noisier than my brother 's Squier which cost less than the pickups on my guitar ! |
| 10 | It 's estimated that over ten million people now earn less than the Council of Europe 's decency threshold for wages . |
| 11 | You can choose glasses that cost more than the value of your voucher and pay the difference yourself . |
| 12 | Given the higher risk associated with equity , a positive yield gap ( i.e. with earnings yield greater than the bond yield ) would be expected . |
| 13 | Some of the palm trees look taller than the elm trees in ‘ our ’ wood , and they rise sheer , with tiny top-knots of palm-leaves at the top . |
| 14 | Paradoxically , in some cases photocopies look better than the original because they help smooth out the jagged edges of curves and fill in the gaps between the dots to make the letters look more solid . |
| 15 | A team is a small group ( 6 to 8 people is a typical size ) who co-operate together in such a way that they accomplish more than the sum total of the individuals . |
| 16 | Urban Hype do it as well as anyone else , but you crave more than the Barney McGrew nonsense of ‘ Trip ( geddit ? ) |
| 17 | Do not think that your horse will do better if you add more than the recommendations , the fact is that too much is more harmful than too little . |
| 18 | ‘ I read more than the newspapers . |
| 19 | For there 's nothing the Scots enjoy more than the scoring of own goals . |
| 20 | The style and method of management matter less than the question of whether the headteacher can collaborate with other schools and is prepared to make adjustments and concessions in the way the school is run in order to allow better pooling of time , staff or other resources . |
| 21 | One reason that the monthly indicators look worse than the figures for total GNP , is that industrial production and business sales exclude certain factors that bolster GNP . |
| 22 | Kids making their own bombs and chucking " em into the tanks , getting theirselves blown up … those lousy Russians , sound worse than the Jerries , if you ask me . |
| 23 | These look drier than the ones at the back , it must be the latest one , or are they all the same ? |
| 24 | The ladies of our period of whom we know more than the name were almost always ladies of exceptional character or talent , who force themselves on our notice partly at least for this reason . |
| 25 | so we know more than the characters do |
| 26 | But there is little doubt in my mind that the future will only go to the large company if that large company is really able to release the energies and the synergies that ought to be a part of the grand design and make more than the sum of the parts . |
| 27 | Indeed , most secondary schools use more than the 5% of time allocated to Religious Education . |
| 28 | Unlike the Japanese martial art of karate , kung fu employs very few kicks , and those that are used rarely go higher than the waist . |
| 29 | If the target word in the position had a recognition score lower than the threshold then it was omitted . |
| 30 | Yet the utility of those services to the public is out of all proportion greater than the continuation of prescriptions free or at one shilling each would have been . |