Example sentences of "than [prep] [art] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead , it takes the form of a guide to bookkeeping ; although the manual as a whole is more concerned with financial procedures for controlling departments ' finances than with the accounts per se . |
| 2 | This chapter will examine the rules of competition from the competitors ' point of view , rather than from the referees ' . |
| 3 | This revealed that the proportionate use of custody in the Crown Court was five times greater than in the magistrates ' court , and that the average length of prison sentence was three times as long . |
| 4 | There were problems expressed about the difficulties of people with disabilities and those in ill-health to have necessary adaptations made to their homes , again mainly due to financial considerations rather than on the tenants ' needs . |
| 5 | Any falling short in doing so reflects more on the teaching than on the students ' preparedness to respond . |
| 6 | In cases considered since Roe , the Supreme Court has generally shown more deference to congressional restrictions than to the states ' attempts to overturn Roe , for example it ruled that public funds may not be used for abortions whether therapeutic or non-therapeutic ( Harris v. McRae 1980 ) . |
| 7 | An American clinical study ( Anderson and White , 1986 ) also suggests that problems in step families are more likely to relate to parenting issues between adults and children than to the parents ' marital relationship . |
| 8 | They were not swayed by the Coal Board 's insistence that they could do what they wanted any more than by the unions ' claims about the threatened mines . |