Example sentences of "than in [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Phone-ins on radio can provide speedy feedback , but by and large feedback is much slower in the mass media than in interpersonal communications . |
| 2 | In addition , the average induction of Hp production in these cells is substantially lower than in non-transfected cells , suggesting that another factor would be required . |
| 3 | The distinction between individuals in government and the senior civil service , banks and corporations is often more blurred than in western countries , and therefore this elite tends to form a coherent and powerful set of economic interests , ( although these may be contradictory and are usually very diverse ) and are not only represented in government but often are the government . |
| 4 | A further aspect of the new system , which has yet to be fully exploited by centres , is that the Higher National Units which make up the new courses can be taken individually by candidates , rather than in complete courses . |
| 5 | Information in the WHO reports also suggests that higher percentages of children under age five suffer malnutrition in large families than in small ones and that the problem is greater among high parity children than among those of low birth order ( Omran and Standley , 1976 , 1981 ) . |
| 6 | For another , with a large brain the boundaries between areas will take up a smaller proportion of those areas than in small brains . |
| 7 | There is thus no ground-swell of demand for traffic calming to be applied to those places that would benefit most , existing residential areas where accident rates are higher than in new estates . |
| 8 | Since it is more expensive to install pollution control devices in existing installations than in new ones , this strategy often leads in practice to the specification of different requirements for new and existing units . |
| 9 | The effective resistance of rocks varies with the changing dominance of the agents of weathering : limestones may be more resistant in deserts than in humid regions as they are less subject to chemical weathering there . |
| 10 | Thus , even medieval land law , although conscious of the principle that third parties to a contract can not sue or be sued upon it , recognised that the covenants in leases might have a wider operation than in ordinary contracts . |
| 11 | There is , on the other hand , evidence which shows that middle-class patients are more likely than working-class patients to be treated in teaching hospitals , where the standards of service are higher than in ordinary hospitals . |
| 12 | Other than in such cases of clear juxtaposition , dots can be assumed to be purposeful when there is graphic consistency , and especially when such consistency is combined with gentle expression . |
| 13 | Our present VAT rate , at 15% , is lower than in many countries : As part of a general restructuring , it could rise to 25% , the level that was once adopted as part of a two-tier system . |
| 14 | In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in particular , the wealthy merchants were independent and organised members of society and had greater freedom than in many countries . |
| 15 | That entitlement is already feebler here than in many countries . |
| 16 | In fact the leather is softer than in many boots on the market and so the rest of the breaking in was painless . |
| 17 | Wealth , or the ownership of capital , is far more unequally distributed than income and is more unequal in this country than in many others , though wealth data in general and international comparative data in particular are deficient ( Regional Commission on the Distribution of Income and Wealth , 1979 ) . |
| 18 | For our present purposes , there are two main senses in which the inner-city phonology can be said to be complicated : first , there is a much higher degree of ‘ low-level ’ allophonic variation in the inner-city than in outer areas , resulting in a wide range of variation and frequent overlap between phonemes ; yet , this variation can be shown to be rule-governed ; second , there is a high incidence of what I have called phono-lexical alternation ( as measured in variables of type 2b ) in the inner-city , which is much reduced in outer-city communities . |
| 19 | Moreover , sex differences in the length of effective reproductive lifespans and in the influence of age on breeding success are likely to be more pronounced in polygynous species than in monogamous ones . |
| 20 | Late Cenozoic volcanism , which is extensive over much of the area , and low seismic wave velocities together suggest that the lithosphere below the Tibetan Plateau is still unusually hot and is therefore probably weaker than in adjacent areas . |
| 21 | The worth of the person offended affects the gravity of the offence to a greater extent than in penal systems ; and the amount of compensation reflects the social distance between the parties . |
| 22 | One surprising result of the comparison between red deer and kittiwakes is that variation in lifetime breeding success is little greater in red deer stags than in male kittiwakes ( see Table 23.5 ) : in fact if all individuals born/hatched are included , it is slightly ( though not significantly ) greater in male kittiwakes . |
| 23 | Spending per child on books and equipment is much higher in secondary than in primary schools . |
| 24 | Other voluntary bodies , in youth services or adult education , can also be relied upon as partners but more often in the secondary and FE sectors than in primary schools . |
| 25 | Both acute and chronic pancreatitis seemed to cause less need for a stay in hospital in Finnish women than in Finnish men . |
| 26 | In good solvents ( large , positive A 2 ) the coil is more extended than in poor solvents ( low A 2 ) and α is correspondingly larger . |
| 27 | Of biotic arguments for explaining greater tropical diversity , one of the most familiar is that there are more ‘ niches ’ than in temperate latitudes , arising from more habitats or more resources , but these hark back to environmental arguments ultimately . |
| 28 | Furthermore , the social aspirations of the cultivators themselves in a climate where actual and potential production per man per year is less than in temperate countries , and such simple facts as the rapid rotting of produce , have to be taken into account . |
| 29 | In a review of previous studies it has been indicated ( Gupta , 1983 ) that stream channels are affected by low-frequency , high-magnitude events and the persistence of such effects is greater in arid and semi-arid than in temperate areas ( Wolman and Gerson , 1978 ) . |
| 30 | antarcticus moulting occurs down to lower temperatures than in temperate stocks ( Burn , 1981 ) . |