Example sentences of "[adj] than [art] general [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These increases were significantly more rapid than the general rate of inflation but , as we have argued ( pp. 31–4 , above ) they were entirely desirable . |
| 2 | He added : ‘ It is more important than the general election itself that we maintain a constitution that has served us well for generations , and ought not to be lightly tampered with for party political purposes in the midst of the general election . ’ |
| 3 | The selection of an anecdote to narrate the significance of an occasion is more important than the general sense of what was actually said or done . |
| 4 | People with cystic fibrosis had been less successful than the general population in achieving O level or equivalent qualifications , but more successful in achieving A level or higher qualifications . |
| 5 | The position of the aggregate demand curve is determined by the values of all the variables other than the general level of prices which determine the positions of the IS and LM curves , such as real government expenditure and the nominal quantity of money in the economy . |
| 6 | There is no express disqualification from voting in the case of mental patients other than the general reference to ‘ any legal incapacity to vote ’ in s.1(l) ( b ) ( i ) of the 1983 Act but it is generally considered that any person who , at the moment of voting , lacked capacity to understand what he was immediately about to do , whether by reason of mental illness or drunkenness , etc. , could be denied the right to vote by the presiding officer at the poll . |
| 7 | Public libraries form by far the largest sector of the library world and they have no association with any one group of user other than the general public , so they would all receive the benefit of any national or even international promotional campaign . |
| 8 | Twenty-three of the courses approved by this point were sandwich courses , and 12 per cent of the students enrolled had qualifications other than the General Certificate of Education ( as compared with 33 per cent in science and technology ) . |
| 9 | ( c ) European legislation Unlike United Kingdom delegated legislation , European legislation , the most typical example of which is regulations made by the Council of Ministers or ( informally ) the Commission of the European Community , enjoys the force of law within the United Kingdom without any parliamentary endorsement other than the general authorisation conferred by the European Communities Act 1972 ( see pp.136–7 below ) . |
| 10 | In 1938 the ordinary fees were twenty-one guineas a year , and for those who paid fees this made Emanuel rather more expensive than the general run of London County Council secondary schools . |