Example sentences of "than [adj] [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proper officer , under his devolved powers , determines the time for payment , using means guidelines provided , which determination the plaintiff or the defendant is entitled to seek reconsideration by applying within 14 days on notice giving reasons ( Ord 9 , r 3(4) ; the proceedings then having been transferred , if necessary , to defendant 's home court and date , giving not less than eight days ' notice to each plaintiff and defendant , is fixed before the district judge . |
| 2 | This does not gainsay the fundamental proposition that it is every citizen 's duty to retain self-control — at least to the extent of not violating other people 's interests — but it does open the way to a manslaughter verdict and to sentences which are rarely longer than eight years ' imprisonment ( less than half as long as the time served by many convicted of murder ) and may be considerably shorter . |
| 3 | They conclude that these difficulties are less important than Foucauldian analyses ' ability to address psychology in new ways . |
| 4 | We therefore have a situation where language acquisition seems to be geared towards an interlanguage rather than deaf people 's BSL . |
| 5 | Helping the balance of payments could weigh more heavily on the scales of decision-making than this country 's reputation as the universal nuclear rubbish bin . |
| 6 | Nothing could be further removed from the graceful garden-tombs of the Great Moguls than this warrior 's memorial , as narrowly militaristic as theirs were elegant and sophisticated . |
| 7 | Their bills will be higher than this year 's community charge bills . |
| 8 | After more than 30 years ' work at Wharram Percy , it is possible to give a general account of what happened on the site , and , in view of the detailed work there , this may have implications for studies elsewhere . |
| 9 | Immature more rufous than adult especially below , paler than immature Bonelli 's Eagle . |
| 10 | Less than half Lowell 's height , they become his surrogate children . |
| 11 | The advent of the European single market has made redundant the ‘ anything to declare ? ’ channel at EC borders and , with it , the crucial information on which statistics covering more than half Britain 's trade is based . |
| 12 | Second , we are sceptical about trade figures in general and , third , these figures only account for less than half Britain 's trade . ’ |
| 13 | Its virtual monopoly on the allegiance of the Ovambo , who account for more than half Namibia 's population of 1.3 million , all but guarantees Swapo more than half the voters . |
| 14 | Britain 's aid budget has fallen to 0.32 per cent of gross national product , less than half UN 's target of 0.7 per cent . |
| 15 | ( 5 ) Directors ' service agreements of more than 12 months ' duration are open for inspection by any shareholder under CA 1985 , s318 . |
| 16 | Only 6% ( 24 ) had had more than 12 weeks ' sickness absence . |
| 17 | The community mental handicap team ( a title it retains , although its members do not describe their clients as handicapped ) has more than 10 years ' experience of providing such innovative care to a mainly rural and home based population . |
| 18 | Deformities of the cervical spine are seen most often in patients with rheumatoid arthritis of more than 10 years ' duration . |
| 19 | In less than six hours ' time — and there it would still be night — he would be attempting to scale the steel wall , trying not to get crushed against it . |
| 20 | Example 3:7 Landlord 's power to break ( 1 ) The landlord shall be entitled to determine this tenancy by not less than six months ' notice in writing expiring on or after [ date ] if he intends at the expiry of such notice either : ( a ) to demolish or reconstruct the demised property or a substantial part of it or to carry out substantial work of construction on the demised property or part of it ; or ( b ) to occupy the demised property for the purposes or partly for the purposes of a business to be carried on by him ( 2 ) The service of a notice under s25 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 shall be sufficient notice and good service for the purposes of the preceding subclause Example 3:8 Tenant 's power to break on refusal of planning permission The tenant shall be entitled to determine this tenancy by not less than three nor more than six months ' notice in writing served not more than one month after the happening of any of the following events : ( 1 ) the refusal or deemed refusal by the local planning authority to renew the planning permission dated [ date ] permitting the use of the demised property for ; ( 2 ) the dismissal by the Secretary of State or an appointed person of any appeal against any such refusal ; ( 3 ) the expiry of the said planning permission Example 3:9 Tenant 's right to break preventing exercise of rights under Landlord and Tenant Act The tenant shall be entitled to determine this tenancy on … by giving not less than thirteen months ' previous notice to that effect Example 3:10 Tenant 's conditional right to break The tenant shall be entitled to determine this tenancy on … if : ( 1 ) he gives thirteen months ' written notice to that effect ; and ( 2 ) both at the date of the notice and at the date of its expiry there are neither any outstanding arrears of rent nor any subsisting breach of covenant by the tenant for which the landlord would be entitled to recover damages of more than a nominal amount |
| 21 | Example 3:7 Landlord 's power to break ( 1 ) The landlord shall be entitled to determine this tenancy by not less than six months ' notice in writing expiring on or after [ date ] if he intends at the expiry of such notice either : ( a ) to demolish or reconstruct the demised property or a substantial part of it or to carry out substantial work of construction on the demised property or part of it ; or ( b ) to occupy the demised property for the purposes or partly for the purposes of a business to be carried on by him ( 2 ) The service of a notice under s25 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 shall be sufficient notice and good service for the purposes of the preceding subclause Example 3:8 Tenant 's power to break on refusal of planning permission The tenant shall be entitled to determine this tenancy by not less than three nor more than six months ' notice in writing served not more than one month after the happening of any of the following events : ( 1 ) the refusal or deemed refusal by the local planning authority to renew the planning permission dated [ date ] permitting the use of the demised property for ; ( 2 ) the dismissal by the Secretary of State or an appointed person of any appeal against any such refusal ; ( 3 ) the expiry of the said planning permission Example 3:9 Tenant 's right to break preventing exercise of rights under Landlord and Tenant Act The tenant shall be entitled to determine this tenancy on … by giving not less than thirteen months ' previous notice to that effect Example 3:10 Tenant 's conditional right to break The tenant shall be entitled to determine this tenancy on … if : ( 1 ) he gives thirteen months ' written notice to that effect ; and ( 2 ) both at the date of the notice and at the date of its expiry there are neither any outstanding arrears of rent nor any subsisting breach of covenant by the tenant for which the landlord would be entitled to recover damages of more than a nominal amount |
| 22 | She was only sorry that the brief formal note which had arrived from the Palazzo granting her an interview of no more than ninety minutes ' duration had stipulated that photographs would not be permitted . |
| 23 | ( 7 ) Where the proper officer fixes a day for the hearing , he shall give not less than 21 days ' notice thereof to every party . |
| 24 | Chief Supt Bill Hills , head of the force 's uniform operations department , will have completed more than 35 years ' service when he leaves the job . |
| 25 | They showed a reduction in incidence of such haemorrhages in vaginally delivered infants of less than 35 weeks ' gestation with a one minute delay in cord clamping . |
| 26 | With a little practice you should be able to brew 40 pints of good cheap beer in less than three hours ' work . |
| 27 | There were only four such murder cases ( discounting the M4 Rapist case , which we consider separately ) where there was more than three days ' coverage or where more than five newspapers included reports of the search . |
| 28 | The only other case where there was the suggestion of an explicitly sexual motive and which had more than three days ' coverage was the murder of a 9-year-old boy which was reported in two national newspapers — the Daily Mail ( on three days ) ; the Daily Mirror ( on one day ) — and much fuller coverage in the local newspaper , the Lancashire Evening Post . |
| 29 | Where a defendant or respondent under disability has no guardian ad litem acting for him under rr 5 or 8(2) , the plaintiff ( or applicant ) shall , after the time for delivering a defence ( or answer ) has expired and before taking any further steps , apply to the court without fee on not less than three days ' notice to the person on whom the summons was served under Ord 10 , r 4 for the appointment of a guardian ad litem ( Ord 10 , r 6 ) . |
| 30 | James IV , idealistic and militaristic , ‘ first and foremost a warrior ’ as Dr Norman Macdougall has described him , spent at least £100,000 Scots ( rather more than three years ' income ) on artillery and even more on his navy ; £30,000 alone went on the building of the huge and spectacular Great Michael , a ship so impressive that it was promptly copied by Henry VIII , whose Henri Grace a Dieu was built virtually to the same specifications in 1512 , a year after the Michael 's completion . |