Example sentences of "than [art] [det] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | To hold the contrary , it has been well said , seems to assert ‘ that a bird in the hand is worth less than the same bird in the bush . ’ |
| 2 | In the second unit the patient will clearly score more APACHE II points and will , therefore , have a higher predicted mortality than the same patient in the first unit . |
| 3 | The extent of circulation and the prominence given to defamatory remarks are factors which will influence the final award : a libel in the national press comes more expensive than the same libel in a small local newspaper . |
| 4 | Over the last three months they rose only 0.5 per cent by value on the previous three months , but still some 12 per cent more than the same period in 1988 . |
| 5 | First the figures , furniture retailing continues to be highly competitive so I am pleased to report that turnover for the twenty eight weeks was through to the twenty million five point five percent better than the same period in the previous year . |
| 6 | But there was more than a little doubt in Harriet 's mind as to whether his wife was remotely in love with him . |