Example sentences of "a [adj] [adj] than [art] " in BNC.
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1 | When there is a head , as in the following example : in a little less than an hour |
2 | It is perfectly correct that , if you compare a group of Broca 's aphasics with a control group and measure ( a ) rate of spontaneous speech ; ( b ) number of function words used ; ( c ) number of prefixes and suffixes used ; ( d ) number of verbs used ; ( e ) complexity of grammatical structure ; and ( f ) accuracy of pronunciation , you will find that the Broca 's aphasics have a lower mean than the control group on all six measures . |
3 | One comes from revelation and inspiration , and is guided by a light higher than the light of human understanding , and a truth deeper than the truth of outward existence and accepts a changing reality that ultimately leads to freedom . |
4 | Its part is written in the treble clef a 9th higher than the sounded notes . |
5 | The model including a recessive major locus gave a better fit than the model including an additive or a dominant locus , but the fit was not significantly better than for the multifactorial model with or without a generational difference . |
6 | Anthracite black is more of a black grey than a true black , so it is great for tinting other colours to get softer washes . |
7 | Formerly , notes written in the bass clef were written a fourth lower than the required pitch instead of a fifth higher . |
8 | It sailed a sea painted sky-blue and there was even a figure with eyes and a mouth in a crow's-nest smaller than an acorn . |
9 | We thus see that horn parts have to be written a fifth higher than the pitch required . |
10 | This practice has died out , and the student should write a fifth higher than the required note whether in treble or bass clef . |
11 | Above all , globalization is a political process , involving issues that demand decision and action at a level higher than the individual nation-state . |
12 | The basic philosophy is the same , however , in that both views illustrate the fact that there is in intonation some organisation at a level higher than the isolated tone-unit ; this was pointed out in the discussion of Trim ( 1959 ) ( notes on Chapter 16 above ) ; see also Fox ( 1973 ) . |
13 | The approximations I used to derive the emission from black holes should work well when the black hole has a mass greater than a fraction of a gram . |
14 | This scale , which can be looked upon either as mode 4 of a major scale ( eg. G major starting from C , or a C major scale with a ♯4th ) , or the major scale that is found a 5th higher than the root of the chord that you want to play it against . |
15 | Total employment is now almost half a million less than the numbers Mrs Thatcher inherited in 1979 , and more than half the jobs lost have been among the self-employed . |
16 | It is obvious that , if society is a whole greater than the sum of its individual parts , as the holistic fallacy alleges , then analysis of that social whole is impossible , and reductive , causal explanation is ruled out of court . |
17 | These are all substantially above replacement level and about a third greater than the fertility ( 1.8 ) implied by current rates . |
18 | However , the cost is a disadvantage as the full party usually costs a third more than a single hour . |
19 | In a recent case taken on by the Pension Income Maximiser Service , the best quote was nearly a third more than the worst , and was 10 per cent better than most of the others . |
20 | Yet from the tropics he spread in stages northward and south into cooler regions , reaching the Arctic — a milder Arctic than the present one — about 30000 years ago . |
21 | It 's basically a literary more than a philosophical gift , but it was fantastically effective . |