Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] extent than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any case , mass transport in a protein biolayer is distorted to a greater extent than generally appreciated , and will be further affected where intact tissue , whole cells or organelle based biolayers are used . |
| 2 | To clarify this situation , all futures trades ( investment and trading ) conducted after 26 July 1990 by pension funds and authorized unit trusts were exempted from taxation ; and this has encouraged these institutions to participate in futures markets to a greater extent than previously . |
| 3 | The mouthparts vary in form to a greater extent than almost any other organs , the variation being correlated with the method of feeding and other uses to which they may be subjected . |
| 4 | He felt that they had an opportunity of spreading to a greater extent than ever before . |
| 5 | Family responsibility to care for its members has become shared with health and education authorities , social security and social services to a greater extent than ever before , and there has always been a concern that the welfare state may undermine family ties and produce welfare dependency . |
| 6 | For the literate group of women who might be expected to read magazines , this was in fact a transitional period : freed to a greater extent than ever before from the shadow of death , this was not yet the time of the educated lay interest in infant psychology which was soon to be aroused by Montessori , Froebel , Susan Isaacs and the Freudians generally ; nor had the hygienist movement yet got under way . |
| 7 | Authorities can also switch expenditure between services to a greater extent than hitherto , as virement ( transfer ) between blocks is permitted . |
| 8 | In another 10 or 12 years , history will show that it is more likely that nation states will look after themselves to a greater extent than hitherto . |
| 9 | From the literature of earlier periods Sir Walter Scott is inevitably represented , though to a lesser extent than frequently in the past . |