Example sentences of "in [adj] than [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These molecules , the ultimate source of information about what is going on at a specific time in a particular cell , are extremely labile chemically ( for example , to traces of alkaline detergent in less than scrupulously clean glassware ) and enzymatically ( to the ubiquitous ribonuclease ) . |
| 2 | Static welfare losses that arise from departures from competition in output markets are set against longer-run , dynamic gains which may arise from an increase in the supply of innovations that come about in less than perfectly competitive markets . |
| 3 | However , theoretical and experimental studies of the accretional processes show that it is unlikely that a body with the low mass of the Moon could have accreted in less than about 10 Ma . |
| 4 | Heating for instance in more than just one room , which for instance became standard in council house building in the late forties onwards . |
| 5 | It is not possible to forecast in more than very general terms what the job opportunities will be in three or four years ' time . |
| 6 | It is not using the 33MHz and 40MHz silicon Texas Instruments just announced ( UX No 384 ) , but will come in higher than both those rates . |
| 7 | In April a US Defence Department study on " burden sharing " claimed that the USA had spent a larger share of its national income on the military budget in 1988 than virtually all its NATO allies , and cited Japan and Canada for what it called " below par " contributions to Western defence . |