Example sentences of "than [art] average " in BNC.
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1 | NICO , PATTI SMITH , The Stooges , Jonathan Richman , La Monte Young , John Cage , Nick Drake , Eno , Squeeze , Happy Mondays — John Cale 's CV is studded with the most intriguing of collaborations ; he has traversed more ground and confused more expectations than the average musician has a right to . |
2 | As this was higher than the average rate over such a period that had been experienced at any historical time , something had to be done . |
3 | These regions , known as tribal agencies , are where Afghan and Pakistani opium is made into heroin , often in laboratories no bigger than the average bathroom . |
4 | This is substantially higher than the average yield of shares quoted on the Stock Exchange . |
5 | Over the same distance , people use two and a half times more energy ( per kilogram of their bulk ) than the average camel . |
6 | The average Cuban in the United States has better moral values and more love for the family than the average American . |
7 | Robertson Nicoll , with his journalistic exuberance , boasted in 1902 that ‘ the average Dissenting minister has … a better literary and theological culture than the average minister of the Church [ of England ] ’ who were ‘ the worst educated [ ministry ] in this country ’ . |
8 | Election ‘ 92 : ‘ A lot less tiring than the average day in Downing Street ’ |
9 | ‘ It 's been a lot less tiring than the average day in Downing Street , ’ he said yesterday . |
10 | All pipes connections are concealed within the length to give a neat appearance , and the surface temperature is much lower than the average radiator , so it is safe to touch and needs no bulky enclosures . |
11 | It may mean that the mentally handicapped child will be dependent on other people , including its parents , more than the average child . |
12 | However , as you are leading a more active life than the average man , you need to take this into account when calculating your energy requirement . |
13 | As such , they are less sluggish than the average band . |
14 | I 'd always suspected big-wave riders had to have more cojones than the average human being , and there was at least one of that species who seemed to bear out my hypothesis . |
15 | For many of these species it is possible to keep them indoors in conditions which are very much better than the average conditions that are used now . |
16 | Psychics can often see the auras of women more clearly , possibly because women tend to express their emotions more easily than the average man . |
17 | A roster for crusts had to be started as these contained more bread than the average thin slice . |
18 | Which towns will need more than the average number of ( i ) schools and ( ii ) hospitals and nursing homes ? |
19 | T. B. You 're walking slower than the average person , when you 're first about . |
20 | Because New York in the summer was too hot even for the natives , shows would close for a couple of months when the Girls would be sent home for a holiday on half pay , which was better than the average salary in Britain . |
21 | Seminars , tutorials , and demonstrations are given to smaller groups of students than the average lecture . |
22 | But it is still cost-effective since the rest of its annual costs , £3.85M or about £10/tonne , are 27 per cent less than the average cost of refusal disposal to the GLC and only half those of long-distance hole-filling contracts ( up to £23/tonne ) . |
23 | These machines are chess-playing calculators ; even the weakest is better than the average chess player ( someone who plays at the median strength of all those who know the rules ) . |
24 | So the average unemployed person is likely to be less healthy than the average employee . |
25 | She used her face and hands much more than the average Englishman , though perhaps not more than the average Italian . |
26 | She used her face and hands much more than the average Englishman , though perhaps not more than the average Italian . |
27 | All the platinum ever mined would fill no more than the average living room . |
28 | This figure is less than the average number of new company registrations every month . |
29 | The North African wild cat weighs only slightly more than the average moggie . |
30 | Then , too , the subtle contact of mind to mind , of life to life , is probably more a part of the tigress than the average man . |