Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] than the average [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They come from a brewery not much bigger than the average garden shed.And , as Clare Lafferty reports , the head brewer is also the pub landlord . |
| 3 | He was a huge dog , much larger than the average collie . |
| 4 | So the average unemployed person is likely to be less healthy than the average employee . |
| 5 | As such , they are less sluggish than the average band . |
| 6 | Election ‘ 92 : ‘ A lot less tiring than the average day in Downing Street ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It 's been a lot less tiring than the average day in Downing Street , ’ he said yesterday . |
| 8 | The difference between Peak and RMS switching is that , with Peak , the compressor monitors the true signal peaks which may be much higher than the average level ; for drums , therefore , Peak makes most sense . |
| 9 | Erm it is n't necessarily dirtier than the average street , it does n't necessarily have more dog shit or more paper strewn around it but neither does it have a , any sense of activity within it . |
| 10 | She used her face and hands much more than the average Englishman , though perhaps not more than the average Italian . |
| 11 | I had always suspected him of being rather more solid than the average person and this collision provided complete confirmation . |
| 12 | In Brightman v Johnson ( 1985 ) The Times , 17 December an award made in December 1985 , Tudor Price J increased this figure to £95,000 to take account of the circumstances which made the plaintiff 's injuries more serious than the average case of tetraplegia ( see Report in para A2-001 of Vol 2 of Kemp & Kemp ) . |
| 13 | The instrument panel and avionics fit were much more comprehensive than the average trainer , with ADF , RNav , Decca , and HSI and even a radio altimeter . |
| 14 | When you reach the Squirrel League , the fit of the instrument panel starts to become more sophisticated than the average single . |
| 15 | A successful corporate financier needs to be more commercial , more extrovert and more ambitious than the average number cruncher , with leadership skills for when he — and it is still very much a male preserve — heads a team . |
| 16 | A successful corporate financier needs to be more commercial , more extrovert and more ambitious than the average number cruncher |
| 17 | Close-fitted carpet on a well-lit passageway suggested the occupants were more affluent than the average student could be expected to be , unless of course he made a living from the less commendable pursuits some students were reputed to follow ! |
| 18 | ‘ I doubt if Suzie 's any worse than the average teenager . |
| 19 | ‘ Guerillas In Tha Mist ’ is not a great album by Ice Cube 's standards , but it 's still stronger than the average hardcore LP . |
| 20 | There is little doubt that the average human being is more intelligent than the average cow — no contest ! |
| 21 | The taller of the pair was chewing on a chicken leg and leaning on a sword that was only marginally shorter than the average man . |
| 22 | Rome had probably more than the average number of beggars . |
| 23 | The North African wild cat weighs only slightly more than the average moggie . |
| 24 | THE average radiation exposure to a Sellafield site worker is now less than the average dose which people in the United Kingdom receive every year from natural radiation sources . |
| 25 | Mr Davis said Probyn was seeking a payout of £150,000 pounds , far more than the average policy . |
| 26 | This is substantially higher than the average yield of shares quoted on the Stock Exchange . |
| 27 | Although we are unable to ascertain the price increases for the various insurance companies in Northern Ireland and Great Britain as we can in the Republic of Ireland , nevertheless our research does indicate that even after allowing for these rate increases the cumulative increase for Autocover in Northern Ireland and Great Britain since the commencement of the scheme is significantly less than the average increase charged by most other insurance companies during the same period . |
| 28 | In areas of resistant rocks the wavecut platform ( Plate 27 ) , although often showing some degree of concavity , may be considerably flatter than the average sand and shingle beach . |
| 29 | Further the average score of 57.9 for the degree results of the non-standard entry mature students was significantly greater than the average score of 50 for all students . |