Example sentences of "by [adj] than [det] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Energy flashed past Ardamal in a long arc of fire , blistering the side of the shaft , missing his face by less than half a metre . |
| 2 | Murray 's Just Jeremy , on which she led the dressage section from Thomson by less than half a point , has only recently returned to competition following a lengthy lay-off after an operation to cure a breathing problem . |
| 3 | Admittedly it is diachronous , but hardly by more than half a stage or so , and it is still a valid generalisation to say that a massive limestone is developed over a very wide area towards the end of early Cretaceous times . |
| 4 | The static torque/ rotor position characteristic repeats with a wavelength of one rotor tooth pitch , so the rotor only returns to the correct step position if it is not displaced by more than half a rotor tooth pitch . |
| 5 | The rotor oscillations increase in amplitude as successive steps are executed until the rotor lags or leads the demanded step position by more than half a rotor tooth pitch . |
| 6 | Employment in construction rose by two-thirds over the six years , increasing its share of nonagricultural employment by more than half a million . |