Example sentences of "[adj -er] than [art] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In all other age groups below retirement age the proportion of temporary workers is lower than the average for all age groups . |
| 2 | The Temptation to defect must be better than the Reward for mutual cooperation , which must be better than the Punishment for mutual defection , which must be better than the Sucker 's payoff . |
| 3 | The Temptation to defect must be better than the Reward for mutual cooperation , which must be better than the Punishment for mutual defection , which must be better than the Sucker 's payoff . |
| 4 | The archbishop of 1101 , with a clear command which required his obedience , was a different man from the Anselm of 1097 who asked for nothing better than an opportunity for escape . |
| 5 | She was inspired , it is argued , by nothing higher than a desire for self-advertisement and for the applause of Voltaire and his fellow-writers in Western Europe . |
| 6 | Unemployment is higher than the average for Scotland . |
| 7 | Economic indicators show that Cheshire claims to be one of the richest counties in the North of England , with hourly earnings considerably higher than the average for England as a whole . |
| 8 | Unemployment on the estates themselves is much higher than the average for the surrounding areas . |
| 9 | According to the Labour Force Survey , the proportion of agency workers working on a temporary basis because they do not want permanent jobs is considerably higher than the average for all temporary workers and that the proportion of agency secretarial/office workers doing so is still higher ( see Table 5.1 ) . |
| 10 | The 1991 figure is some 9% higher than the average for years 1981–85 . |
| 11 | Both of these groups had non-completion rates which were higher than the average for all students . |
| 12 | A forecast from the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development suggests that Japan 's economic growth in 1993 will be higher than the average for the six other leading industrial nations . |
| 13 | So far as I am aware , we have no evidence , for example , to show whether male unemployment which in some areas has been higher than the rate for females , has enabled tending tasks of old relatives to be taken on by men who remain at home . |
| 14 | The figure of 22.8% of claims at the low rate in the sample is higher than the rate for Berkshire as a whole ( 14.8% ) in the same period because the largest practice in the sample used a deputy for 53% of its night visits . |
| 15 | However , a baby seat is safer than a carrycot for your baby . |
| 16 | A cruise descent is kinder than a glide for the engine : try to make this your normal procedure except when inappropriate e.g. on a practice forced landing . |
| 17 | The total number of people waiting for NHS treatment in the UK rose to more than one million in March 1990. 25% of inpatients wait for longer than a year for treatment . |
| 18 | To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many in-patients are waiting for longer than a year for treatment ; and what was the corresponding figure for 1979 . |
| 19 | Export credit finance should be considered where a project requires capital goods and associated services to be imported because the term of the loan can sometimes be longer than the term for commercial funds |
| 20 | All that said , the case for taking him was still not all that much stronger than the case for leaving him out . |
| 21 | There was an unspoken religious respect for another man 's possessions far stronger than the respect for property in normal society and correspondingly more unpleasant . |
| 22 | As a result , my telephone and fax bill is much greater than the bill for board and lodging . |
| 23 | ( a ) The value of BIOLM and DIOLM should be equal or greater than the value for the defined number of database buffers . |
| 24 | Thus , government data for England show that almost half of households in England where the head is over 65 lack at least one basic amenity — a figure that is nine times greater than the figure for the whole population . |
| 25 | In other words , managers ' salaries have to be made incentive-compatible , so that the penalty for sending a false ‘ good ’ signal is always greater than the penalty for sending a true ‘ bad ’ signal . |