Example sentences of "are [vb pp] [adv] [adv] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | With regard to safety , if a product is misused or overheated it is better if unpleasant or acrid fumes are given off rather than sweet smelling , pleasant fumes that may be toxic |
| 2 | The firm is well known for its painstaking research , which may mean that assignments are completed less quickly than by rival headhunters , but they are certainly carried out more thoroughly . |
| 3 | Where disabled persons are treated less favourably than others because they can not comply with a requirement with which a substantially higher proportion of non-disabled persons can comply , and the requirement is not justifiable in the circumstances , indirect discrimination will arise . |
| 4 | I think the way things are going now the Black people in South Africa are treated much better than they were before , but they used to be treated terribly , and after all it was their country . |
| 5 | It is so much easier to understand detailed and complicated financial figures when they are explained graphically rather than as a mass of figures on a piece of paper . |
| 6 | 10. ( 1 ) An application to a licensing board of any kind mentioned in subsection ( 6 ) below in respect of any premises shall be in such form as may be prescribed , shall be completed and signed by the applicant or his agent , and shall be lodged with the clerk of the licensing within whose area the premises are situated not later than five weeks before the first day of the meeting of the board at which the application is to be considered . |
| 7 | Here , relationships are prescribed formally rather than informally , thereby strengthening a manager 's capacity to control the behaviour of others . |
| 8 | 2.7 If at any time any Works are carried out otherwise than in accordance with the Building Documents and this fact might [ reasonably ] have been expected to be apparent on visual inspection to the Surveyors on the first occasion following the carrying out of the relevant Works on which they actually inspected the same pursuant to clause 2.5 ( " Relevant Inspection " ) then unless within [ 5 ] working days after the date of the Relevant Inspection ( time being of the essence ) the Surveyors have served on the Architect a Defects Notice in respect of such non-compliance the relevant Works shall be treated for all purposes of this agreement as having been carried out in accordance with the Building Documents This provision should be deleted . |
| 9 | The only difference is that fixed pairs are attested more often than non-fixed pairs . " |
| 10 | The Balakovo reactors are regulated by a pressurized water system and are considered much safer than the older type of reactor installed at Chernobyl , the site of the world 's worst nuclear accident in 1986 . |
| 11 | Mental events are contained in rather than identical with what can be called personal epistemic facts . |
| 12 | Dr Kenneth Kirk offered this criticism years ago , that some people are moved more easily than others by suffering and death . |
| 13 | In principle any shoe can be resoled , but track shoes are done less frequently than road , fell or cross-country shoes . |
| 14 | Carbohydrate foods rich in fibre are absorbed more slowly than those from which the fibre has been stripped . |
| 15 | FRIENDS may book tickets in advance without prior payment on the basis that tickets are collected not later than 15 minutes before the start of the programme . |
| 16 | One has to be extremely cautious about interpreting past usage of terms like " women " , " girls " , " ladies " and " females " , but it certainly seems to be the case that " females " and " girls " — precisely the terms with either derogatory or patronizing over-tones — are used more frequently than " women " , while " ladies " is generally used if the speaker wishes either to be polite or ironic . |
| 17 | Video recordings are used more frequently than audio tape in the investigation of child abuse . |
| 18 | The birth of sociologie religieuse and the initial contributions of catholic institutions both in Europe and the USA to the founding of departments of sociology are rooted here rather than in the work of the founding fathers of the discipline , though clearly there are links between de Bonald , Maistre , and Durkheim on the nature of social solidarity and the concept of society , and authoritative Roman catholic social theorists . |
| 19 | Amongst users they are assessed more positively than traditional residential areas by non-motorised users , but not by motorists . |
| 20 | Molecules of carbon dioxide in the solid phase are packed more closely than in the liquid phase . |
| 21 | Some words occur in natural language more often than others , and these high-frequency words are recognised more readily than others , according to a number of measures . |
| 22 | Orthographically irregular words are pronounced more slowly than regular words ( Baron and Strawson , 1976 ; Underwood and Bargh , 1982 ) , indicating that they are treated differently in some way when they are read . |
| 23 | A smooth curve of accesses in which some records are updated more regularly than others . |
| 24 | Experience to date has shown that dates for Proofs under the Optional Procedure are allocated much quicker than for an ordinary action . |
| 25 | For the sequence T(AT) 8 CG(AT) 15 ( Figure 1b and 2b ) the ApT steps are cut much better than the single central GA site . |
| 26 | The ApT sites on either side of the central CG are cut less well than the other ApT sites , while cleavage is increased at the second ApT on the 3'-side . |
| 27 | The crimes of the respectable are viewed more sympathetically than those of miscreants from humbler backgrounds . |
| 28 | Elements of the page are described by their mathematical form instead of as a series of dots , typefaces are stored mathematically rather than as digitised characters . |
| 29 | Over the years it has become apparent that certain questions are asked more often than others . |
| 30 | ‘ What is sociology about ? ’ is probably the question that sociologists are asked more often than any other . |