Example sentences of "is [adv] [det] than the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To have produced one important poem is rather more than the vast majority of poets could claim in any age . |
| 2 | Remember that the insurance valuation is not the amount paid for the rug , but the amount that would probably be required to replace it and , in practice , is rather more than the price originally paid . |
| 3 | This is rather more than the summary that appears in the prelims . |
| 4 | Sadly , the sort of quality that can be achieved from such bit mapped graphics is rather less than the advertisements might lead you to believe , especially when it comes to enlarging or reducing them and printing them out at high resolution . |
| 5 | As a result the accuracy of a composite map from overlay analysis is generally less than the accuracy of the least accurate map layer used ( Newcomer and Szajgin 1984 ) . |
| 6 | The number of nested Boolean conditions that can be handled by an inverted file is generally less than the number a serial file can handle . |
| 7 | Exactly what we spend our money on does not matter too much , as long as the money going out is not more than the money coming in . |
| 8 | for every naive state N , h(N) is not more than the least cost of any path from N to a goal ; and |
| 9 | In the case of a public company , however , s. 11 requires the capital clause of the memorandum to state a figure which is not less than the authorized minimum . |
| 10 | The Second Law states that the amount of energy obtained from a system is always less than the amount absorbed , so it eventually ‘ runs out of steam ’ . |
| 11 | Since some proportion of interest recipients would not be liable for tax , the composite rate is always less than the standard rate . |
| 12 | As can be seen , the bond equivalent yield is always less than the simple equivalent yield because with the bond the first coupon payment can be reinvested , whereas this possibility is not available for a discount security , which therefore has to have a higher yield to compensate . |
| 13 | It is , of course , vital to appreciate that the changes described occur at the expense of gain ; the closed-loop gain under negative feedback is always less than the open-loop gain . |
| 14 | The later total , 601,730 , is slightly less than the figure here , 603,550 . |
| 15 | Complementarily , if is slightly less than the output is driven into positive saturation , . |
| 16 | This is slightly more than the distance that most pilots would like for a spot landing at the gliding site because you need a little more time for the approach in a strange place . |
| 17 | THE average radiation exposure to a Sellafield site worker is now less than the average dose which people in the United Kingdom receive every year from natural radiation sources . |
| 18 | This argument is meaningful only for lines longer than , say , 40 km as the inherent discrepancy is so slight on shorter distances that the error on the ground is far less than the sizes of marker sites involved . |
| 19 | In fact , the ‘ discrimination ’ or even ‘ oppression ’ , against which champions of various Soviet nationalities abroad protest , is far less than the expected consequences of the withdrawal of Soviet power . |
| 20 | That is far more than the $100 billion of fresh cash the government must raise each year to cover the deficit , which already provokes alarm . |
| 21 | The difference in quality produced by different papers is far more than the difference in quality between the machines tested — by a mile ! |
| 22 | An implant is far more than the simple visual component . ’ |
| 23 | The largest litter produced by any placental mammal is even more than the opossum 's — thirty-two . |
| 24 | These bigger waves arrive in ‘ sets ’ of two to five in which the wave height is considerably more than the normal waves . |
| 25 | I do not want to make too big an issue of the large sums of money that are spent on taking LTA committee members and officials around the world , travelling in premium class and always staying in the best hotels , although it would seem that it is considerably more than the amount of money actually spent on transporting the competitors themselves . |
| 26 | This is considerably less than the numbers found in the animal equivalent , sarcoptic mange , where literally thousands of mites are to be found . |
| 27 | The money is considerably less than the £12 million that BAS is reported to have requested and has raised fears that some research projects may be terminated . |
| 28 | The move will be particularly helpful to first time buyers , a Halifax spokesman said , and the impact could be far more wide ranging in Scotland , where the average price paid by a first-time buyers is considerably less than the £51,500 paid by their counterparts in south-east England . |
| 29 | This is significantly less than the more substantial Spring auction which realised nearly DM6.3 million . |
| 30 | Although we are unable to ascertain the price increases for the various insurance companies in Northern Ireland and Great Britain as we can in the Republic of Ireland , nevertheless our research does indicate that even after allowing for these rate increases the cumulative increase for Autocover in Northern Ireland and Great Britain since the commencement of the scheme is significantly less than the average increase charged by most other insurance companies during the same period . |