Example sentences of "[adj -er] [conj] [prep] other [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the competition in the UK is for students , the tasks set for the competitors are not any easier than in other countries . |
| 2 | So no piece of information is too trivial for consideration : monster otaku may collect the names of the various actors who wore the rubber suits in an episode of Ultraman ( a trashy humanoid vs monster Japanese TV show , still watched on endless reruns ) and who were conspicuously shorter than in other shows ; ‘ idol ’ otaku may discover what university the father of Seventies teenybop star Hikaru Nishida attended . |
| 3 | The ‘ misery line ’ as it is called-stations from Kennington to Morden dim and cheerless dungeons , trains cancelled with appalling regularity ( there 's a shortage of drivers on the Northern Line , because it is the last to embrace OPO-one person operation-and so the pay is lower than on other lines ) . |
| 4 | Many symptoms point to a rude equality , and the average level of wealth was not significantly lower than in other shires . |
| 5 | It was further reported ( Danas , 10 November 1987 ) that in the first nine months of 1987 there were 17 rapes in Kosovo , every one of which was between two members of the same ethnic group , and that in this period the incidence of rape in Kosovo was lower than in other parts of Yugoslavia . |
| 6 | By 1925 there were three trains each way , the last ones on Wednesdays and Saturdays running later than on other days . |
| 7 | In any case , norms for American university libraries refer to collections which are far larger than in other parts of the world . |
| 8 | These fractions have increased slightly over the past decade , and are larger than in other sciences . |
| 9 | It would seem , therefore , that the debtor will have to pay the debt , the subject of the demand , if he wishes to avoid a bankruptcy petition being issued against him later and in other proceedings . |
| 10 | Similarly , the approach angle is a lot shallower than for other jets — about two degrees , judged by the PAPIs showing three reds and a pink . |
| 11 | In brief , requisitioning was unpopular , not least since it was often carried out in the period between spring and autumn when trading and fishing conditions might normally be expected to be better than at other times of the year . |
| 12 | I ca n't say I found adhesion up or down any better than with other boots . |
| 13 | The resulting system has come to be referred to as ‘ neoclassicism ’ — a retention of the assumption of free will , but with an allowance that it is sometimes freer than at other times and that the proportionality of punishments should be adjusted to these varying degrees of freedom . |
| 14 | Partisanship was the main influence on Thatcher 's and Kinnock 's scores but not Steel 's or Owen 's ; and even for Thatcher and Kinnock the partisan influence was weaker than on other aspects of their image . |
| 15 | In these cases the degree course requirements will be higher than for other courses . |
| 16 | In analysing these figures , which are detailed in Tables 2 and 3 , below , it must not be forgotten that since the Survey was conducted in summer , the proportion of visitors from outside Edinburgh will be higher than at other times of the year . |
| 17 | A fairer ‘ canteen ’ system : The current system ( which the Governor acknowledged was unsatisfactory ) is particularly resented because prices are often higher than at other prisons , let alone outside shops . |
| 18 | The ratio is low , even though it is higher than in other areas of information technology ; for instance , in minicomputers , British firms are heavily outnumbered by foreign companies . |
| 19 | The requirement is as real as any other in the construction industry , but it is interesting to note that take-up in the RICS , with its earlier commitment to obligatory CPD , has been higher than in other professions where it has so far been voluntary . |
| 20 | Levels of dioxins in foods such as meat , fish and oils were slightly higher than in other foods , explained by the fact that dioxins are known to accumulate in fatty tissue . |
| 21 | The ordering of YAC probes was harder than for other probes types in that the highly variable length of the YACs meant that some YACs were contained entirely within others , and some YACs were chimeric , requiring some manual adjustment of the order . |
| 22 | It can be used wet into dry paint or wet into wet , although once it is dry it is longer than for other types of paint , being anything from a day to a week depending on the colour . |
| 23 | It can be used wet into dry paint or wet into wet , although once it is dry it is longer than for other types of paint , being anything from a day to a week depending on the colour . |
| 24 | They 're faster and stronger but in other ways we 're as good as them |
| 25 | their linguistic variation is typically greater than with other dialects of English . |
| 26 | For a long time the only way in which a truly selfless behaviour could arise seemed to be through a differential advantage accruing to groups of individuals that showed sacrifice in relation to their companions to a degree greater than in other groups . |
| 27 | The probability of socially disadvantaged children being identified as having special needs is very much greater than in other children . |
| 28 | The carrying capacity of much of the land was greater than in other parts of Wales hence the predominance of full-time units . |