Example sentences of "than the same [noun sg] [prep] " 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 | The weighted average capacity factor apportions a higher figure to better performance from bigger reactors , since it is better to produce 85 per cent of the rated output from an 800 MW power station than the same fraction from a 400 MW station . |
| 3 | The blood that the donor gives up is less precious to her ( social groups in vampires are female groups ) than the same quantity of blood is to the recipient . |
| 4 | Nurse managers have a responsibility for the settings in which patients are cared for which is far greater than the same responsibility of nurses at large , simply because they are employed in positions which enable them to make appropriate representations . |
| 5 | Even allowing it the benefit of this doubt , our hypothetical small party would be very unlikely to end up with more than the same percentage of seats , 8.4 , as the Irish party . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Some items were also tried out with Imperial units and these were often much easier than the same question with metric units . |
| 9 | Frequent sugary snacks do more damage to teeth than the same amount of sugar all in one go , so try to limit sugary foods to mealtimes . |
| 10 | Cars such as the Vauxhall Cavalier SRi , Rover 416 GSi and Ford Sierra 2.0i Ghia are worth little more than the same model with a lower spec . |
| 11 | True , they have feeble strength and toughness , but with three wounds they are more resilient than the same frontage of Goblins or Orcs . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | For the purists a bag without a zip is going to be the most efficient at keeping warmth in and will always be lighter than the same bag with a zip . |