Example sentences of "[adj] than [prep] the previous [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wore his usual air of meticulously contrived casualness , and the shadow of beard round his by no means negligible jaw was a shade more perceptible than on the previous day . |
| 2 | Second , when the discount houses want to " test the water " for an interest rate cut , they might offer paper ½%; lower than on the previous day at the first opportunity ( that is , at 9.45 a.m. or midday ) . |
| 3 | Gross sugar production for 1989 was expected to be slightly lower than in the previous year , at 614,220 tonnes compared with 672,087 tonnes . |
| 4 | The surplus of S$1,500 million would be 38 per cent lower than in the previous year . |
| 5 | Inflation , if still a problem , was much lower than in the previous decade and nominal rates of interest were also lower . |
| 6 | By volume , retail sales grew just 1.2 per cent in the year to August and in the latest three months they were 1 per cent lower than in the previous period . |
| 7 | Although the level of capacity utilization reached at the height of the upswing was lower than in the previous boom ( and so the extent of ‘ overheating ’ , as conventionally measured was less ) , the rate of expansion was faster than at any time since 1958–9 . |
| 8 | The purer strains of Liberal individualism were markedly less influential in the 1900s than in the previous generation . |
| 9 | He seemed more brusque and hostile than on the previous day , a man whose nerves were beginning to fray , a man on whom the pressure was mounting and who had decided to exert some pressure of his own . |
| 10 | With his party winning 20 seats — two fewer than in the previous parliament — Mr Ashdown conceded that the high hopes generated by his widely praised campaign had not been fulfilled . |
| 11 | With his party winning 20 seats — two fewer than in the previous parliament — Mr Ashdown conceded that the high hopes generated by his widely praised campaign had not been fulfilled . |
| 12 | SunSoft company claims it did 35% more business on Interactive Unix in 1992 than in the previous year , when the Interactive Systems Corp unit was still owned by Eastman Kodak . |
| 13 | SunSoft company claims it did 35% more business on Interactive Unix in 1992 than in the previous year , when the Interactive Systems Corp unit was still owned by Eastman Kodak Co . |
| 14 | Even in the thick of recession , companies in the UK have spent six per cent more on research and development in 1992 than in the previous year . |
| 15 | Despite the recession the UK spent 6% more on R&D in 1992 than in the previous year . |
| 16 | By contrast , later the next evening , we will find that our fatigue increases very markedly and we will feel much more tired than on the previous evening . |
| 17 | The London futures market had its busiest day with 650,000 contracts changing hands — 60 per cent more than on the previous record day . |
| 18 | In voting for the 56 Greek-Cypriot delegates to the House of Representatives ( the nominal allocation of 24 seats to Turkish-Cypriots continued unfilled ) , the conservative Democratic Rally ( DISY ) finished first with 35.8 per cent of the vote and 20 seats ( one more than in the previous assembly ) . |
| 19 | This is noticeably more than in the previous European series from Nottingham ( 14/100000/year ) , Bristol ( 7/ 100000/year ) , Göttingen ( 21/100000/year ) , Glasgow ( 15/100000/year ) , Copenhagen ( 28/ 100000/year ) , and even more than in the previous survey from Western Australia ( 60/ 100000/year ) . |
| 20 | Last year Britons swigged water worth about £150m ( $243m ) , 60% more than in the previous year . |
| 21 | The 1991 budget , adopted in January 1991 , provided for expenditure of Z2,167,000 million , 100,000 million less than in the previous year . |
| 22 | Louis was told that it was substantially smaller than in the previous year , but in fact the allied fleet assembled at Portsmouth consisted of 63 English ships and 36 Dutch , with a combined fire-power of 6736 guns , plus 38 fireships ; the French , moving up-Channel from Brest , could muster 44 warships with 3240 guns and 38 fireships . |
| 23 | In commenting on the 1991 budget shortly before its final acceptance , the IMF was less critical than in the previous year [ see p. 37509 ] , but stressed that the following year would be crucial if Italy were to be capable of participating fully in European economic and monetary union . |
| 24 | Reserve backing for the dollar deteriorated more in 1970 than during the previous decade . |
| 25 | In the last three months , the volume of retail sales was 0.3 per cent higher than in the previous quarter and 1.75 per cent higher than the corresponding period a year ago . |
| 26 | Wellcome announced pre-tax profits of $413m during the 13 months ended 31 August 1991 , 28 per cent higher than in the previous year . |
| 27 | Bio Research Ireland , a division of the Irish Science and Technology Agency , exceeded its targets for 1990 , with actual income of IR£1.06m ( £1 = IR£1.04 ) , 64 per cent higher than in the previous year . |
| 28 | In the second period , however , the relationship — if such there be — seems to be one of relatively stable unemployment but sharply accelerating inflation , with average unemployment higher than in the previous period . |
| 29 | There were more kidnappings and hostage takings ( especially by organized gangs and during prison escapes ) in January-August 1989 than over the previous decade . |
| 30 | In many households the modern standard of living depends on married women finding jobs , often in service occupations , on a scale much greater than in the previous generation . |