Example sentences of "than [art] [adj] [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Although it is the Lord Chancellor who makes orders closing records for longer than the normal thirty year period , in practice he is bound to rely on the advice of other departments .
2 Following Roemer 's rejection of the bill , on June 18 both houses of the state legislature voted by more than the required two-thirds majority to override the veto .
3 The 1991 total is nearly 60 times lower than the 3.1 million working days lost in the same region in 1979 .
4 They are much stronger than the other two resistance groups , led by Prince Norodom Sihanouk and Mr Son Sann .
5 Marginally lighter than the other two fabric boots reviewed , the Lady GT comes in a very attractive blue and purple with a pink collar .
6 Perhaps not quite to the level of the the development that may be appropriate , but but yes , of of the three market towns in in Selby district it 's acknowledged that Tadcaster would have a a less significant role than the other two market towns , if I can put it that way , and yes , there are a number of constraints in Tadcaster , not not the least of which i is an ownership constraint .
7 Ratifications by the legislatures of Missouri and Alabama ( on May 5 ) and Michigan and New Jersey ( on May 7 ) brought the total to 39 , more than the necessary three-quarters majority .
8 Boeing said the new plane , which is derived from the 767X project , would have a wider body than the existing 767 plane used by British airlines and new wings .
9 They have had a 50-year run for their money , but as in Europe at the end of the 19th century ( a more appropriate historical comparison than the endless 1920s/1930s imagery ) there is a great hunger for new forms of governance .
10 Heavier than the previous two rock types , they 'd make superb caverns along with some slate .
11 A less selective article might have noted that the main thrust of the advice for harp seats is that pup production in 1977–1980 was likely to have been longer than the later 1960s pup production .
12 For this reason the whole of Chapter II of The Hague Convention , while providing much fuller and clearer guidance than the earlier 1954 text , is subject to optional clauses and rights of reservation .
13 ‘ It is frankly ridiculous that the new Bill should be more restriction than the original 1950 Act , ’ he said .
14 Intel Corp rates the 66MHz version of the Pentium chip at 112 MIPS — well it is claimed to execute two instructions per cycle — one for each of its parallel arithmetic-logic units — two five-stage execution units , and claims that it is five times more powerful than the original 80486 microprocessor and over 300 times faster than the 8088 ; it contains 3.1m transistors , compared with 1.2m for the 80486 ; it is manufactured in Intel 's 0.8 micron three-metal layer BiCMOS process technology ; it has two 8Kb on-chip caches and a fully compatible floating point unit that is up to five times faster than the one on the 80486 at the same clock speed ; to get around the problem that the thing can squeal to a halt when it comes to a branch that stalls the instruction stream , it includes branch prediction , where the chip remembers prior instruction pathways and predicts the correct pathway for a new instruction .
15 Intel Corp rates the 66MHz version of the Pentium chip at 112 MIPS — well it is claimed to execute two instructions per cycle — one for each of its parallel arithmetic-logic units — two five-stage execution units , and claims that it is five times more powerful than the original 80486 microprocessor and over 300 times faster than the 8088 .
16 The Eurofighter is now expected to cost up to £32 billion ( $19 billion ) — 50% more than the original 1988 estimate .
17 The interest rate plus guaranteed 2 per cent bonus ( provided no withdrawals are made ) offered by Royal Reward has allowed the Bank to re-establish its claim to be offering a higher return than the top three building society bonus accounts .
18 Night Hawk 5800 single processor board is $15,000 more than the comparable 4800 processor board , the dual-processor 5800 board $20,000 more .
19 TI 's interim pre-tax profit for the six months to 30 June 1992 stood at £50.2m on a turnover of £471m , slightly less than the comparable 1991 figure ( £54.2m on a turnover of £441m ) .
20 , . There are more than a hundred thousand stroke victims in your country every year .
21 Alan Eastwood , who represents more than a hundred thousand rank and file officers , wants more police powers and stiffer sentences .
22 One case too many of a shopper suing after he tripped up in a supermarket is more likely to trigger reform than a hundred multimillion dollar claims against accountants .
23 He quickly realised a ten year old in swimming trunks can run a good deal faster than a twenty eight year old clad in hip high waders with a bloody great salmon on his back .
24 A fat 60 kilogram person will have less lean tissue in total body mass than a thin 60 kilogram person , the difference being the excess fat .
25 I mean obviously erm a thousand pounds parts and labour is obviously a lot more expensive than a three hundred pound parts and labour .
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