Example sentences of "[is] [adj] than [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where the sum insured is inadequate i.e. is lower than the actual value of the total property at risk and the lost or damaged items were not in a new condition . |
| 2 | Does not the fact that our inflation rate is lower than the European Community average offer a real opportunity to British industry to improve its competitiveness ? |
| 3 | This means that the net cost of raising bond finance is lower than the net cost of raising finance via a share issue . |
| 4 | If the system is so ‘ sophisticated ’ that outside organisations are handling our magazine and problems like the one in Autumn occur why bother with that system ? why not go back to good old postage stamps ? … the reason is because we commenced distribution by Royal Mail 's ‘ Presstream ’ at the beginning of 1992 which involves the sender sorting all its UK mail into postcode order , the benefit being considerable savings from two discounts , firstly the Presstream pricing is lower than the standard postage rate and secondly an extra discount is earned because we have done the sorting instead of Royal Mail . |
| 5 | Trying to claim that , in spite of those subsidies , average net farm income is lower than the average Scottish wage of £14,100 a year wo n't wash according to Scottish Office reckoning , because that comparison is not valid . |
| 6 | You ca n't mistake it , it 's there in the eyes , the way one is lower than the other , just a little . |
| 7 | Although the spectral index at phase 0.7 , close to the maximum , is about -2.0 between 606MHz and 1,660MHz and typical of most pulsars , at 408MHz the flux density is actually less than that at 606MHz and is lower than the extrapolated spectrum by a factor of about 4 ( Table 1 ) , indicating that strong absorption or scattering is occurring even when the companion is on the far side of the pulsar . |
| 8 | A figure of more than 100 indicates that GDP per head in that region is higher than the UK average and , conversely , a figure lower than 100 indicates that the region 's GDP per head is lower than the national average . |
| 9 | In 1971 the census-defined unemployment rate for the project area was high at 13% , but this is lower than the national average as defined much less inclusively in 1988 . |
| 10 | All five LEAs were inner city areas , where the average educational attainment for every ethnic group is lower than the national average . |
| 11 | The floor of my brick garage is lower than the surrounding area , and I had trouble because water kept leaking in and collecting along one side . |
| 12 | The nave dates from 1110 ; it is lower than the Gothic choir and still has its original fenestration ( 337 ) . |
| 13 | In these two studies the statistical power is lower than the conventional 80% required to reject a true effectiveness with statistical confidence . |
| 14 | This is lower than the daily minimum temperature observed in the polar vortex in March for the years 1964–89 ( ref. 28 ) . |
| 15 | The net redemption yield is lower than the gross redemption yield . |
| 16 | This is lower than the steady 3 points per move that both players can amass in a run of mutual cooperation ( and , by the way , this is the reason for the ‘ additional condition ’ left unexplained on page 204 ) . |
| 17 | In particular , it is sometimes argued that , when the amount paid on exercise of warrants is lower than the fair value of the shares issued , there is an additional , implicit consideration that needs to be reflected in the financial statements . |
| 18 | Psychological empowerment is broader than a pure intrapsychic variable because it measures individual change within one 's social setting , such as one 's belief in one 's ability to act for community change , and one 's belief in the value of group action ( Chavis and Wandersman , 1990 ; Zimmerman , 1990 ) . |
| 19 | In some ways a reaching start is easier than a beating one , but there are still pitfalls for the unwary . |
| 20 | This version is lighter than a traditional Christmas pudding but it has all the flavour . |
| 21 | What happens in the blast furnace is that the slag is lighter than the molten iron and it collects on top of the molten iron and by some means that I s |
| 22 | Running 26.2 miles is further than the average person achieves in a lifetime and you 've done it in around four hours or less writes . |
| 23 | Thus , the eastern shore is saltier than the western shore . |
| 24 | However , paradoxically , and as Griffith pointed out , as long as the crack is shorter than the critical length , nothing will happen — however high the stress at the tip may be . |
| 25 | One , one leg 's shorter than the other for starters is n't it ? |
| 26 | Of the two dozen nearest galaxies , only one — the giant spiral Andromeda — is bigger than the Milky Way . |
| 27 | Previously they have kept a vice-like grip on the national purse , pointing out that the government 's debt of ¥165 trillion ( $1.2 trillion ) is bigger than the combined debt of all the world 's poor countries together . |
| 28 | The real motives behind their view of ‘ Europe ’ are clear , however , when the Germans remind them ( as Genscher occasionally does ) that Europe is bigger than the Franco-German relationship : the former foreign minister , Jean François-Poncet , called this ‘ a hypocritical way of trying to abandon the Europe of Jean Monnet ’ . |
| 29 | CRIME ‘ The prison population of the USA is bigger than the civilian population of seven member states of the United Nations , and better behaved than four of them . ’ |
| 30 | That is bigger than the whole British army . |