Example sentences of "[adj -er] [prep] [adj] than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Articulated crampons have a separate front and heel piece linked in some way , and are better for less than totally rigid leather boots and boots with some curve on the front sole . |
| 2 | The median serum IGF-I concentration was lower in patients with active disease than in matched controls , and lower in stunted than well grown patients , but insulin and IGFBP-1 concentrations were not significantly different between any group . |
| 3 | The median serum IGF-I concentration was significantly lower in stunted than well grown patients . |
| 4 | In Latin America the percentage of the total female population who worked , decreased during this period showing that , as in other LDCs ( with the exception of Oceania ) , the proportion of women in the labour force was smaller in 1975 than previously in 1960 . |
| 5 | Though data are not available , it may well be that socio-economic disparities were narrower in 1974 than before as a result partly of the Contract of Employment Act , 1963 , which required employers to give their employees notice of one to four weeks according to length of service , and partly of the increased power of trade unions . |