Example sentences of "not [be] [adj] than [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One place lower would be 6 and of course 6 can not be greater than 6 . |
| 2 | The standards for thesis acceptance should not be lower than those applied by journal referees when considering papers for publication . |
| 3 | Sex could not be better than this . |
| 4 | Mr Robson , a transportation expert representing Bioplan , said noise levels created by traffic in the larger of the proposed hospital 's two car parks , would not be higher than average levels of noise . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , it is still necessary to feed out calcium with oats , as the phosphorus level should not be higher than that of calcium . |
| 6 | Although their boundaries can not be other than arbitrary , the South-West , the West Midlands , the Northern and the rest are for the most part easily identifiable territories , demarcated with a fair degree of consistency by public authorities , the media and national associations of all sorts including political parties . |
| 7 | To share a little could not be other than beneficial to the recipient 's soul ! ’ |
| 8 | There are for instance extreme examples of the inhibition or punishment of the sexual act in which laughter can not be other than inhumane if it can be found at all : for example in Connebert , where a lecherous priest has to castrate himself in order to save his life , or Le Prestre et le leu , " The priest and the wolf " , a laconically brief tale of just twenty-eight lines relating how a peasant digs a trap for a lecherous priest , into which first a wolf , then the priest , and then the wife 's maid sent to see if the priest is coming fall in turn , after which the peasant kills the wolf , castrates the priest , and chases off the maid . |
| 9 | How that is to be done necessitates an explanation that can not be other than labyrinthine . |
| 10 | Any figure at which the assessor of damages arrives can not be other than artificial and , if the aim is that justice meted out to all litigants should be even-handed instead of depending on idiosyncracies of the assessor , whether jury or judge , the figure must be " basically a conventional figure derived from experience and from awards in comparable cases " . |
| 11 | Any reaction , should it occur , should not be worse than those you have already experienced , and is likely to last no more than three days . |
| 12 | They can take up to three breaks , but the total length can not be longer than five years . |
| 13 | While various factors are taken into account , including improved marketing organisation or new initiatives to cater for export markets and size of the unit 's operations , a basic feature is that the unit must show a substantial and sustained increase in export earnings over three consecutive twelve monthly periods — the final year should end as near 31.10.89 as the unit 's accounting system permits and may not be earlier than 31.12.88 . |
| 14 | That date must not be later than 5 years from the date of the relevant resolution or , if conferred in the original articles , from the date of incorporation , though it may be renewed by the company in general meeting for successive periods not exceeding 5 years . |
| 15 | The resolution must specify the date on which the authority to make purchases will expire , which can not be later than 18 months from the date on which the resolution is passed ( s166(3) ( c ) and ( 4 ) ) . |
| 16 | The pubs had not let out yet , so it must be not be later than eleven . |
| 17 | The drifts surely could not be more than chest-deep on the massive shire , she thought , and with a bit of luck she would get through . |
| 18 | Your monthly bills , including mortgage or rent , should not be more than half your monthly take-home pay . |
| 19 | Be sure to use really juicy tomatoes for this preserve , or the yield of juice will be very small , and at best will not be more than I pint from 2½ lb. of fruit . |
| 20 | All lengths of board can be used provided they can support your weight , but when learning the sail should not be larger than 6.0 sq m and should have boom length shorter than 2.00m . |
| 21 | A detachment can not be larger than half the size of its parent regiment , so a regiment of twenty men could have a detachment of ten . |
| 22 | Consolidated net assets at completion will not be less than net assets of [ £x ] shown in consolidated audited balance sheet at [ date ] , without the prior agreement of [ ] Plc . |
| 23 | And in whatever enterprise he was engaged there , in that far-off region she had never seen , and never would see , where his heart was , she knew in her own heart that it could not be less than glorious . |
| 24 | This is impossible since turnover can only fall to zero , it can not be less than this amount . |
| 25 | Again , Thompson demonstrated to his satisfaction that , on the basis of known physical laws , the sun could not be older than 500 million years , and that therefore the time-scale required for geological and biological evolution on the earth was impossible . |