Example sentences of "than [det] [pron] [vb base] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The relationships through which we work are no less real than those we engage in outside work , and it seems inevitable that they will raise the gamut of feelings , some of which , some men and women will be unable to resist acting out . |
2 | We can also speculate that at least some ‘ non-negotiable ’ transfers are brought off more rapidly than those which go through the lugubrious procedures maintained by various State bodies and foreign trade organisations . |
3 | Methods which make use of a combination of sensory inputs are likely to be more effective than those which relay on a single channel of communication . |
4 | ( iii ) Limitation of liability.It has been said that the courts tend to view clauses which limit liability more favourably than those which provide for a total exclusion . |
5 | These changes were no more disruptive than those which occur from time to time in non-colonial societies . |
6 | Conversely the benefits which accrue from a fully fledged economic union are by definition more numerous than those which result from membership of a customs union . |
7 | More angular and less fluid in outline than those which feature in the final version of ‘ La Danse ’ , the figures are painted in predominantly grey-blue tones against an unfinished blue background . |
8 | Those which can be recycled , re-used or in some way " recovered " will attract a lower disposal price premium than those which have to be dumped or incinerated . |
9 | Nevertheless teaching methods which make use of a combination of sensory inputs are likely to be more effective than those which rely on a single channel of communication . |
10 | It is a well-established phenomenon that nonwords which sound like actual words ( known as " pseudo-homophones " ) tend to gain slower responses than those which look as if they may be words , but do not sound like any . |
11 | The one I saw this week at Hillier 's Arboretum , Ampfield , near Winchester , was already on the turn , with leaves orange and scarlet amidst clusters of large red haws , much bigger than those you find on wild hawthorns . |
12 | The monk , nun or vicar could , for example , be described as a more involved member than the old lady who attends Matins each Sunday ; she , in turn , is more involved than those who go to church only at Christmas and Easter ; and they are probably more committed than the sailor who , when he fills out C of E on a form , is more likely to be making a cultural than a religious statement . |
13 | The same report re-announced the prosecutions of specific groups ( street traders , casual workers , mini cab drivers and despatch riders in London , the South Coast , Birmingham and Scotland ) with the suggestion that a larger number of claimants are involved than those who come to the courts . |
14 | Are people who work till 10 o'clock in the evening more energetic than those who stop at 5 o'clock ? |
15 | The good news is that people with lower blood pressures have lower mortality rates than those who suffer from hypertension . |
16 | What they did not do is cohabit in advance of the wedding , which could well be a good thing if we choose to take seriously a recent report which says cohabitees who subsequently marry are 60% more likely to divorce than those who marry without first living together . |
17 | It seems natural to assume that as in the twenty-first century more people live to be very old , more of them will necessarily make heavier demands on health and social services ; that people who die in their nineties experience a longer period of dependency and illness before death than those who die in their seventies . |
18 | He contrasts the ‘ highly developed theory of market interaction ’ with the simplistic treatment of the public sector : ‘ the ‘ public choices ’ that define the constraints within which market behaviour is allowed to take place are assumed to be made externally or exogenously , presumably by others than those who participate in market transactions ’ ( Buchanan , 1972 , p. 11 ) . |
19 | SMOKERS using a new daytime nicotine patch to give up the habit are four times more likely to succeed than those who rely on willpower , according to a Gallup survey . |
20 | But customers who deal direct are cheaper in the long run to process than those who buy through branches . |
21 | She admires wealth-creators , entrepreneurs , and people who have taken a chance in the market rather than those who work in the public sector . |
22 | In a review of the field , Krashen , Long and Scarcella ( 1979 ) can conclude : ( 1 ) adults are faster than children through the early stages of second language development ( if time and exposure are controlled ) ; ( 2 ) older children are faster than younger children ; and ( 3 ) those who have natural exposure to the second language in childhood reach a higher level of proficiency than those who begin as adults . |
23 | Though residents find little change in the quality of living under these arrangements , they are generally pleased with the traffic calming that has resulted , though less so than those who live in the streets that have been completely rebuilt . |
24 | Obviously , frail elderly people are physically less powerful than those who look after them and in certain circumstances this may have a significant effect on their state of mind . |