Example sentences of "than the previous " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is less ambiguous than the previous version but still suggests that if your car will run on standard unleaded petrol , it will run even better on Super Plus unleaded . |
| 2 | Mr Ridley said that manufacturing output was now at a record level — 12 per cent higher than in 1979 , and 6 per cent higher than the previous all-time peak in 1974 , and accused Labour politicians of being like ‘ quack doctors ’ — claiming the country was ill and prescribing a cure that in reality would only make the country worse off . |
| 3 | Out-patient visits were 8 per cent higher than the previous year . |
| 4 | In one way this statement is more conservative than the previous one in that it has elevated the popular usage ‘ Republican Sunday ’ to a part of party language and thus confirmed the belief that Catholicism and republicanism are the same thing , but it represents an important departure from previous positions in clearly tying the DUP 's position to that of the electorate . |
| 5 | With the pitch playing slower than the previous day , forcing the ball was not easy , and only some effective slogging by Cronje ( 23 off 24 balls ) ensured respectability . |
| 6 | The kiln , which is the only one of its kind in the UK , will generate less dust , less noise and considerably less emissions than the previous plant . |
| 7 | This case study suggests that by moving to a more open formula system rather than the previous ‘ bidding ’ system , the school is adopting a more rational approach . |
| 8 | Even so , this was less overall than the previous bests of 1914 and 1939 . |
| 9 | 1 ) Labelling the clothes will have to be much easier ! 2 ) It will be easier for the volunteers if people can bring the stuff earlier than the previous day if possible . |
| 10 | This time the expedition was sea-borne , setting out from Gravesend on a paddle-steamer hired for the occasion , but the landing at Boulogne was no more successful in rousing public support than the previous attempt at Strasbourg and by the evening of 6 August Louis-Napoleon was once again under arrest . |
| 11 | The Soviet figure was 10 per cent higher than the previous calculation — much more than expected — and led to a flurry of checks on the accuracy of similar calculations . |
| 12 | The path to the next set of ruins was steeper and less travelled than the previous one . |
| 13 | In those four boroughs where no one party had overall control there was a much more pronounced rise in Labour support , with the party 's share of the vote in Wirral increasing by over 8% despite an individual poll tax figure below government estimates and average household bills less than the previous year 's rates . |
| 14 | But the new grassland is less environmentally interesting than the previous permanent pasture , and the money wasted on the whole ten-year cycle of grass-grain-grass has been very considerable . |
| 15 | Not only were Arsenal the first southern club to win the title , but their 66 points were six better than the previous high of Sheffield Wednesday the year before : 28 out of 42 games were won , only four lost , and wins , draws and losses were evenly divided between home and away ; the goals total , 127 , was one less than Aston Villa 's all-time high of the same year . |
| 16 | Local education authority officers could have a central role in helping managers in schools and colleges make decisions , rather than the previous role of making decisions for them . |
| 17 | There is no doubt that it is easier to prove this case than the previous one , since in it the trust is claimed by persons whom the testator did not address . |
| 18 | In fact there were several drafts of the plan , each more ambitious in terms of targets set than the previous one . |
| 19 | I felt comfortable and relaxed , much better than the previous day when I had n't slept at all , worried about whether my injury would stand up , whether I had come all this way for nothing . |
| 20 | He gathered his cloak and entered the bailey , a calmer place than the previous day . |
| 21 | Now his attention was focussed on why the tower had bent and his second effort not only bent as before but was even taller than the previous tower . |
| 22 | It was a false dawn , replaced soon after by a now starless night that was blacker than the previous hours . |
| 23 | There were no records broken that day , the winner taking fourteen minutes twenty seconds to cover the course , over a minute slower than the previous year 's winner . |
| 24 | At breakfast time the general atmosphere among the residents was still subdued , but much less strained than the previous evening . |
| 25 | Despite the general chaos , this visit was much more relaxed than the previous one . |
| 26 | Heavier than the previous two rock types , they 'd make superb caverns along with some slate . |
| 27 | The tone here is much richer and brighter , so consequently this is a more enjoyable guitar to play than the previous two , and really does sound better than its price suggests . |
| 28 | In his book , The Science of Homoeopathy , the Greek homoeopathic practitioner Vithoulkas presents a slightly different diagram in which each ascending level is shown as being within and higher than the previous one , with all of them interpenetrated by the life force . |
| 29 | If we consider once again the four-fold diagram of the physical , emotional , mental and spiritual planes or levels of the individual — with each plane within and higher than the previous one — we can see the correlation with Hering 's directions of cure ( Figure 3 , p.54 ) . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm not really inclined to do a post-mortem on ‘ Provision ’ , other than to say that I acknowledge that it was less successful and less fun than the previous album , ’ he says in a most matter-of-fact voice . |