Example sentences of "[adj] than on 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The London futures market had its busiest day with 650,000 contracts changing hands — 60 per cent more than on the previous record day . |