Example sentences of "is great [conj] that " in BNC.

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1 Managing director Vincent Rey says , ‘ I have been in the tour operating business since 1965 , so my knowledge of both sides of the business is greater than that of many people running retail outlets . ’
2 Since the pressure of blood in the arteries is greater than that in the veins , an accumulation of blood occurs , making it easier to identify and puncture a vein .
3 Our trade with Nigeria is greater than that with South Africa .
4 Even though the injury statistics are thought to under-estimate the problem by between 20 and 40 per cent , the known pedestrian accident rate — at 400 accidents per 100 million miles walked — is greater than that for car drivers .
5 It can be postulated that the programming effect of high potencies is greater than that of low potencies .
6 The finance costs for the new debt are not at a level which is greater than that of the existing debt .
7 An increase in the price of debt is as significant as its refinancing : for this reason the [ draft ] FRS requires that the maturity of borrowings be assessed by reference to borrowings under related facilities only where the finance costs for the new debt are not at a level which is greater than that of the existing debt .
8 The average frequency of occurrence of a source node is greater than that of a target node , and a source node always has more than one target .
9 Search times are quicker , approaching O ( log2 n ) , if a tree is balanced , but the construction time and complexity of such a tree is greater than that of the random binary search tree which is not checked for balance .
10 Also , if the distance ( based on rail mileage where possible ) travelled daily to and from the new office is greater than that travelled to and from the old office , the basic taxable amount is increased as follows : over 20 miles and up to 40 miles extra per day £132 ; over 40 miles extra per day £263 .
11 ‘ I have found that the stamina required for propping is greater than that as a lock .
12 A person , or their partner , is at increased risk if they have had high risk sex in regions of the world where the prevalence of HIV infection is greater than that in the UK .
13 Some of the most exacting university degrees , such as those in the biological and physical sciences demand a level of work load from the conscientious student which is greater than that expected in most occupations .
14 Writing in 1935 Ivor Jennings suggested that Dicey 's ‘ authority today is greater than that of any other public lawyer ’ .
15 It may alternatively take the form of withholding or threatening to withhold the performance of some public duty or the rendering of some public service unless a payment is made which is not lawfully due or is greater than that which is lawfully due , as was the position in the colore officii cases .
16 Interestingly , membership of occupational schemes among women in the higher earnings groups is greater than that of men ( 86 per cent compared with 82 per cent among women and men with gross weekly earnings of £250 or more ) .
17 Shearman and colleagues also claim that at 8.4% the prevalence of aneurysms in Birmingham is greater than that reported elsewhere .
18 The authors support this finding with their observation that the recurrence risk ratio for first degree relatives in families with two affected members is greater than that found among the relative of single probands ( 18.1 v 8 ) .
19 Firstly , although every Australian has an equal right to be treated in a public hospital , the income that can be derived from treating a privately insured patient is greater than that for treating a public patient in the same facilities .
20 Its articulation is easier and hence its flexibility is greater than that of the trumpet , but its proper place is the brass or wind band and it has not succeeded in establishing itself permanently in the orchestra .
21 However , their longevity is greater than that predicted by the theory of eddies .
22 It is assumed that the temperature coefficient of expansion of the free volume is greater than that of the occupied volume above Tg ( Figure 3.10 ) ( from Ferry ( 1980 ) ) .
23 Therefore with one-phase-on operation of the hybrid motor the fundamental component of the phase voltage increases with speed and consequently the pull-out torque at high speeds is greater than that predicted by Eqn .
24 If the actual level of aggregate demand is greater than that expected ( say , AD , in figure 5.1 ) , the actual level of prices will move above P to equate supply and demand , and output will rise above Y n .
25 It is now clear that the variation in is greater than that of because the former has the additional term in which does not appear in equation ( 5.46 ) .
26 Since we have removed an anti-bonding electron the vibrational frequency of the ion is greater than that of the molecule .
27 However , the Government 's own Institute of Terrestrial Ecology produced figures in October which show that ’ hedgerow removal between 1984 and 1990 is greater than that in the period 1978-1984 . ’
28 Energy is then ABSORBED from the surroundings ; so the heat content of the products is greater than that of the reactants i.e. H>H , so H is positive
29 However , the potential for HBV transmission in the workplace is greater than that for HIV .
30 The degree of acid reflux in association with CLO is greater than that seen in patients with reflux oesophagitis as a whole .
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