Example sentences of "than [art] [adj] [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is the Prime Minister aware that something far more valuable than the woolly citizens charter was brought before this House recently — a Bill to improve the rights of disabled people — but was talked out by Conservative Members ? |
| 2 | There are quite good educational reasons for believing that a diverse spread of subjects is more suitable for the late twentieth-century academy than the traditional single-honours degree , as is suggested by experience in America , and in Britain in polytechnics and colleges of higher education . |
| 3 | Chairman Carlo De Benedetti told Olivetti shareholders that DEC would also subscribe to its part of a planned Olivetti capital increase ‘ entirely in shares , ’ rather than the convertible bonds option . |
| 4 | Erm , has the honourable gentleman noted that er on the ninth of February , it 's only a few days ago , the European parliament itself erm through its rapporteur Mr Fernand Herman er the Christian Democrats , but also of course with er socialists from the er European parliament , endorsed a constitution er which contains even worse things than the European peoples party 's manifesto . |
| 5 | Food prices have consistently risen less than the retail prices index . |
| 6 | In 1969 , the Organisation of African Unity agreed a convention under which member states undertook obligations for refugees in their own regions , which goes considerably further than the United Nations convention . |
| 7 | This line of attack on inequality is not any easier than the social services approach . |
| 8 | In this context Greenpeace also attacked the record of Scotland 's river purification boards for being less effective in enforcing legal guidelines than the National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) , its counterpart in England and Wales . |
| 9 | It was not much bigger than a good-sized clothes cupboard and there was one small window in the back wall with a sink under the window , but there were no taps over the sink . |
| 10 | If you really must use a spreadsheet as a database , then SuperCalc than a typical Windows spreadsheet , speed is the only advantage if your hardware is a little on the light side . |
| 11 | Motion three three four also deals with the abolition of the Wages Council and the C E C would like you to ask you to support it , but with qualification , that a national minimum wage rather than a national Wages Council is likely to be the best way to set a minimum rate of pay . |