Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun sg] than it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under this Government , the income of retirement pensioners as a whole has increased more in each year than it did throughout the Labour Government 's administration . |
| 2 | This supposition conflicts with the conclusions of students of the geomorphology of the lands , who usually regard sea level as being much higher in that period than it is now . |
| 3 | That such conclusions have nevertheless been drawn tells us more about the strength of the anti-democratic tradition in European thought than it does about Athenian democracy . |
| 4 | By reducing the output of chemicals society would save more in social cost than it would lose in social benefit . |
| 5 | it is true that it is currently harder for me to get any kind of sympathetic press coverage in this country than it is anywhere else in Europe . ’ |
| 6 | The Minister will probably claim that the decline in the number of smokers is greater in this country than it is in Italy and in France . |
| 7 | Erm the parts of the country where things have been a bit flat seem to be the north and the south west and both of those are regions in which export orders received fell in the previous two surveys so that seems to be consistent although in the north they seem to have picked up somewhat in this survey erm and optimism is also erm er stronger in this survey than it was in the previous one . |
| 8 | Hongkong Bank is inheriting a bank in better shape than it has been in for more than a decade . |
| 9 | Ironically , during the war years , the pitch was in better condition than it had ever been , as it was given over to the growing of carrots and potatoes . |
| 10 | At sunset the slabbish , orange peaks had appeared like ghosts out of the clouds and then , in less time than it took to wind on a camera , swirled away again . |
| 11 | P.S. A rainforest tree can be felled with a chainsaw in less time than it has taken you to read this letter . |
| 12 | The business of the audition is squeezed into all this in less time than it takes to shake a leg . |
| 13 | They can work at speed , and make several passes in less time than it would take to plough the same area with mould-board equipment . |
| 14 | The airport is 20 minutes from the middle of town and you are in your hotel in less time than it takes to get your luggage at Heathrow . |
| 15 | It is usually possible to read subtitles in less time than it takes the characters to complete the exchange . |
| 16 | In less time than it takes to master the rules of Kabaddi , a steaming sandwich and a matching beer were pushed before me . |
| 17 | Ian can blast this cruise missile on wheels to 100mph in less time than it takes the average family car to reach 30mph . |
| 18 | In many respects , therefore , it would appear that the family is a much less important institution in modern society than it was in the past . |
| 19 | This is known as ‘ translational lift ’ and accounts for the fact that a helicopter requires less power to maintain height in forward flight than it does in the hover ( Fig. 5.4 ) . |