Example sentences of "than [art] more [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is significantly less than the more substantial Spring auction which realised nearly DM6.3 million . |
| 2 | It would seem , however , that the occasional patients with such sensitivities ( as in our patient with salicylate sensitivity ) come to light clinically because of chronic persistent disease activity rather than the more usual relapsing and remitting disease and it is for these patients that the elimination diets may be more appropriate . |
| 3 | This is because the church has an asymmetrical plan with a single southern aisle rather than the more usual arrangement of south and north aisles flanking a central nave . |
| 4 | Physical and experimental considerations implied that and so the following values for were established : The results so obtained were in good agreement with predictions from fibre reinforcement theory ( Equations ( 4.21 ) or ( 4.22 ) ) provided that a value of 0.37 for Poisson 's ratio for the butadiene phase was used rather than the more usual figure , for a rubber , of 0.5 . |
| 5 | Some computer systems use raster graphics which generally have a lower resolution than the more expensive vector graphics . |
| 6 | This wider outreach makes the opening words , ‘ The Word of God ’ , perhaps more arresting than the more technical title ‘ On Divine Revelation ’ . |
| 7 | The world of the twentieth century was more alien to him than the more recognizable vision of hell . |
| 8 | Just how successful the campaign has been in straight money terms ( costs per account opened ) is unclear but the advertising is undoubtedly asking to have a different relationship with the viewer than the more passive tradition of the medium . |
| 9 | As for propinquity it seems that he included this mainly because his theory of value was closely linked with his theory of motivation , and it is psychologically true that we are more influenced by thoughts of the more immediate than the more remote future . |
| 10 | Even the garden , which can be used for the conspicuous display of flowers and shrubs rather than the more utilitarian purpose of growing food , may become part of this . |
| 11 | However , the words of the governing document will have more significance than the more recent correspondence or terms of reference , if any : see Nikko Hotels ( UK ) Ltd v MEPC Ltd 28 EG 86 at 99 . |
| 12 | On the other hand , the Supraphon recording comes on two discs , with , as filler , a luminous performance of the ‘ Christmas ’ Cantata , far more exhilarating than the more recent Erato recording under Corboz . |
| 13 | This was certainly more dramatic than the more publicized event that finished off the dinosaurs . |
| 14 | In contrast with steps to tackle and ameliorate the economic and social forces shaping the despair and violence of the slums , such a protective remedy has an appealing element of immediacy and practicality : seemingly far better and surer the effect of outlays for security guards than the more distant hope from some rehabilitative expenditure in the inner city . |
| 15 | Like a female Eldritch blessed with the dark side of Patti Smith 's voice and persona , Louise drifts off into the sort of ethereal world that brings to mind fear and insanity rather than the more straightforward bliss of , say , the Cocteaus . |
| 16 | Like a female Eldritch blessed with the dark side of Patti Smith 's voice and persona , Louise drifts off into the sort of ethereal world that brings to mind fear and insanity rather than the more straightforward bliss of , say , the Cocteaus . |
| 17 | The ability to ‘ tip a wink ’ was another of the assets of a political manager which has received less attention than the more obvious ability to secure employment for friends . |
| 18 | The one of the Dallachy Strike Wing ( FP November , p29 ) has been less publicised than its counterpart at Banff to the south , perhaps because it operated the Beaufighter rather than the more glamorous Mosquito . |
| 19 | In my view , the better approach is when older people collaborate as fellow students or teaches , rather than the more common approach where schoolchildren organise tea parties or collect money or presents for ‘ needy old people ’ . |
| 20 | These usually come with an Edison screw ( ES ) connection , rather than the more common bayonet cap ( BC ) with the two familiar side pins . |
| 21 | ‘ These curses certainly sound better than the more common swearing you tend to hear in prisons . ’ |
| 22 | The marching at 140 paces per minute ( noticeably swifter than the more conventional pace ) , the bugle calls in lieu of words of command and the famous final ‘ double-past ’ are all hallmarks of the distinctive style of the Division . |
| 23 | Additionally , it unveiled an unusual multiprotocol router which encapsulates TCP/IP traffic within IBM Corp 's Systems Network Architecture , rather than the more conventional practice of encapsulating SNA packets within TCP/IP . |
| 24 | During the war over the Falkland Islands ( Islas Malvinas in Spanish and Ynysoedd Malfin in Welsh ) we too had a ‘ kith and kin ’ situation : rather different and more poignant than the more well-known situation between the English-speakers of London and those of Buenos Aires and Port Stanley . |
| 25 | Local management of schools , the opportunities to opt out of the local education authority system , and funding formulae dominated by per capita allocations come together to provide a force for the fragmentation of the education service rather than the more desirable decentralisation . |
| 26 | Poland , for instance , unlike Russia , was a participant in and indeed an important contributor to the great movements in early modern European history , such as the Renaissance and the scientific revolution , and the country 's legal system , literary forms and religious faith aligned it firmly with the liberal West rather than the more authoritarian East . |
| 27 | Evidence shows that family doctors are less likely to be sued than hospital doctors , as the former are more likely to have a relationship of trust with their patients than the more anonymous hospital doctors . |
| 28 | For instance , the instruction ‘ Put it over there ’ is far less useful to them than the more precise directive ‘ Put that back on the table by the door . ’ |
| 29 | If your household is likely to expand in any way it might be cheaper in the long run to buy a larger model than the more modest affair you had thought of first . |
| 30 | But they commanded a stronger sense of political direction and greater willingness to take an active part in the zemstvos than the more conservative majority . |