Example sentences of "to [det] than [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He noted that the government commission which he had established to investigate the Parys affair had paid more attention to this than the commission later appointed at Walesa 's request [ see p. 38881 ] . |
| 2 | From 1989 to 1991 , Italy and the USSR decreased their contributions ; their joint share fell from a half to less than a quarter . |
| 3 | Now the proportion is down to less than a quarter , and falling . |
| 4 | He added : ‘ We have targeted this and we will look next at reducing waiting times to 18 months across the board and eventually hope to get it down to less than a year . ’ |
| 5 | Electromagnetic waves with lengths ranging from several kilometres to less than a metre can be picked up by tuning a radio into long or short wavebands . |
| 6 | And some London pubs have slashed their prices from £1.70 a pint to less than a pound . |
| 7 | It is important , though , to limit the size of the plans ( e.g. , to less than a page each ) , so that you keep a simple overview . |
| 8 | It will be recalled that Section 37 of the Finance Act , 1969 provided for the ascertainment for the purposes of estate duty of the ‘ slice ’ of the property in which the interest of ; beneficiary who was entitled to less than the whole of the in come or who had a joint interest in property which was no income-producing subsisted . |
| 9 | That 's why I 'm submitting a budget that holds the growth in spending to less than the rate of inflation . |
| 10 | He wrote a book expounding 1 Corinthians 7 to imply that the apostle was not really defending marriage , since his arguments fatally conceded that it was not the most perfect state for the believer , and no true believer could aspire to less than the perfection to which God called . |
| 11 | Worse , they and the new land against which loans were secured declined in value in some cases to less than the amount borrowed , forcing lenders to foreclose . |
| 12 | It seems churlish to denigrate a show that offers as much humour and sharp observation as this one , but it is impossible to escape the conclusion that Reflected Glory finally adds up to less than the sum of its parts . |
| 13 | nothing in this Condition shall limit the liability of the Carrier to less than the sum of £10 ; |
| 14 | If the glider is down wind of the site , the decision to return must be taken before the glider gets to less than an angle of about 20° to the field in light winds , and 30–40° in windy weather . |
| 15 | Whether this amounts to more than a row of beans these days is questionable . |
| 16 | Some sufferers , again particularly the juveniles and also those suffering severely from eating disorders — compulsive over-eating , anorexia or bulimia — may require long-term ( from a minimum of three months to more than a year ) support in a half-way house . |
| 17 | The number of patients waiting at the end of last year rose to 990 and the average waiting time had risen from 35 weeks to more than a year . |
| 18 | The number of patients waiting at the end of last year rose to 990 and the average waiting time had risen from 35 weeks to more than a year . |
| 19 | With a burden of about 150 kilograms — equal to more than a quarter of its body weight — a camel burns only around 15 per cent more fuel than it burns unladen . |
| 20 | Her book sales amounted to more than a quarter of a million . |
| 21 | Their accession on July 22 to ASEAN 's Treaty of Amity and Co-Operation signalled an end to more than a decade of hostility between them and their non-communist neighbours . |
| 22 | Group size is very small , rarely amounting to more than a singleton or a mother with a dependent infant . |
| 23 | One of the principal problems facing anglers fishing on Benbecula and the Uists , is knowing where to begin ; there are so many fine waters to choose from and never enough time to do proper justice to more than a handful . |
| 24 | Right : A tropical chiggoe flea that has burrowed into the sole of a foot , gorged itself , laid eggs and been squeezed out , having grown from less than one millimetre wide to more than a centimetre . |
| 25 | A failure to understand this essential point could lead to more than a trade war . |
| 26 | But he has not convinced his hometown audience that the larger goal of the Gulf war — the crafting of a new world order — amounts to more than a string of words . |
| 27 | Regretting ‘ that he had no power to send him to prison without the option of a fine ’ , the magistrate imposed a fine of 40 shillings ( probably amounting to more than a month 's wages ) or twenty-one days ' hard labour . |
| 28 | However the executive staff could receive changed instructions from the Council acting collectively , which amounts to more than the member States acting collectively through their delegates . |
| 29 | The other three preconditions , according to FMCG , are : that the acquiring bank has a proven record of controlling its non-interest expenses ( that is , the costs of computer systems , branches , staff and so forth ) ; that the acquiring bank will be getting a mix of businesses , which , combined sensibly with their own , add up to more than the sum of the parts ; and that the two banks are physically close together . |
| 30 | Just as the new conceptual artists have more passion than they were at first credited with , so many of the new painters amount to more than the sum of their supposed influences . |