Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun] than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1738 Bartram journeyed to Williamsburg in Virginia with a letter of introduction from Collinson to John Custis : ‘ In the vegetable kingdom perhaps you will find him more knowing in that science than any you have met with . |
| 2 | According to OECD studies the proportion of elderly people killed and injured is greater in residential areas than elsewhere in urban areas . |
| 3 | One traditionally impoverished group — women — have become more represented in this offence than elsewhere in criminal statistics . |
| 4 | The Tories say they campaigned harder in this election than ever before . |
| 5 | There are perhaps more collectors of antiques in this country than anywhere else in the world . |
| 6 | But during the nineteenth century soldiers were perhaps more continuously prominent in this way than ever before . |
| 7 | … There 's more of public relations in this job than probably — that does n't come down in print . |
| 8 | It also tended to increase the cost of land more markedly in this region than elsewhere . |
| 9 | Our main 1979 survey was designed largely to throw light on this relationship between people 's knowledge about credit and how they make actual shopping decisions — the first major study to explore this in this country , and more searching in this respect than even the valuable American studies carried out recently for the National Commission on Consumer Finance and the Federal Reserve Board . |
| 10 | More waders spent the winter of 1991/92 in British estuaries than ever before , according to the British Trust for Ornithology . |
| 11 | However , results of an experiment published just before Christmas show in clearer perspective than ever before that quantum theory holds good as far as we can tell . |
| 12 | More beds are being used in real terms than ever before … ‘ |
| 13 | Some species have benefited from the change in the downland agricultural scene , and Corn Buntings and Skylarks are now more numerous in these areas than elsewhere in the county and are the most characteristic birds of the downland . |
| 14 | Much of the housing is unfit for human habitation , and the proportion of dwellings which are overcrowded or lack basic amenities is much higher in these areas than elsewhere . |
| 15 | Be that as it may , these books are certainly easier to find in fine condition than almost any other kind , even after fifty or sixty years . |
| 16 | It is a peculiar text to publish in a catalogue which will have greater circulation and sell in larger quantities than either Sylvester 's monograph or the catalogue raisonné . |
| 17 | But in the mean time , encouraged perhaps by such apparent signs of weakness , perhaps simply by pressure on their order-books , the Edinburgh master printers began recruiting girl apprentices in larger numbers than ever before during the early years of the century , to the growing despair of the ETS and increasing anger from the male trade-union movement in general . |
| 18 | The win keeps Swindon 's promotion hopes alive , but leaves Oxford in deeper trouble than ever . |
| 19 | Moreover , given the fact that classes have always been much larger in primary schools than elsewhere , and that primary teachers have persistently urged the need to improve pupil-teacher ratios , it is not surprising that many heads saw the opportunities afforded by PNP only in terms of smaller classes . |
| 20 | This is , of course , a far more optimistic view of the location and nature of power in capitalist society than either of the elite or Marxist theories which we have outlined . |
| 21 | With her career , like herself , in better shape than ever , could Cher really give it up to look after kids ? |
| 22 | ‘ But supplies are beginning to get through in better order than before . |
| 23 | From the point of view of problem solving , I find the cube has led me to formulate many problem-solving techniques in more generality than previously and to develop a general scheme for all problems of this sort . |
| 24 | Mr Langdale added : ‘ He is quite clearly a ruined man — ruined in more senses than just one . |
| 25 | This example was worth discussing in more detail than most because the Argille scagliose type of " catastrophic " deposit is now recognised in many parts of the world , from California to Formosa . |
| 26 | Now what we have to do however is look at it in more in more detail than just simply the age of people . |
| 27 | After ten minutes , I lifted the shafts in a temper and pushed off in more pain than ever , singing , ‘ I just do n't trust you any more , Lord . |
| 28 | This is true in more ways than simply obtaining an Equity card . |
| 29 | There are more in those records than just Von Braun and his few . |
| 30 | Yet it often happens that when a new kung fu student enters a kwoon , with pre-conceived ideas about fighting , and is shown basic techniques that look as though they were aimed at primary school level , he looks for more in those techniques than there actually is . |