Example sentences of "by [adj] than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it quickly emerged that this declaration was backed by fewer than a quarter of the Platform delegates at the congress . |
| 2 | So the strike , which has reduced total coal output by less than a third , will reduce all energy supplies by only 6% . |
| 3 | Dr Devious had finished twelve lengths behind St Jovite in the Irish Derby and they were separated by less than a nostril yesterday . |
| 4 | Over the decade from 1960 to 1970 the rate of all offences committed by females in this age group doubled , while the comparable male rate increased by less than a half . |
| 5 | Tolerance was voiced by less than a sixth of male interviewees and less than a tenth of the female . |
| 6 | For about half of the innovations in the sample , patents delayed imitation by less than a few months . |
| 7 | But suddenly , around one minute into the round , the Champ drops his gloves to his sides , exposing his chin , and when his opponent tries to reach it with punches , he pulls his head back and away , just like the Ali we remember , causing the kid to miss by less than an inch . |
| 8 | In Oscar Chinn Judge Schucking thought that parties to a treaty which had placed restrictions upon conflicting treaties concluded by less than the full complement of parties to the former treaty , could regard as invalid a subsequent treaty concluded by a minority to the first treaty . |
| 9 | The devaluation of the inti for the month of October was restricted to 6 per cent overall ; exporters were to receive 10 per cent of the value of their exports in foreign currency and 45 per cent in freely redeemable US dollar certificates , while the remaining 45 per cent would be paid in intis at the single exchange market rate ; import restrictions were eased ; to protect the silver sector against the continuing slump in prices since 1989 on the world market , the Central Reserve Bank was to buy silver at 5 per cent over the current market price ; fuel prices would rise by only 5 per cent in October , and public utility rates by less than the percentage rise in salaries , which themselves would be increased in accordance with inflation . |
| 10 | If yields rise the price of B falls by less than the price of A , while if yields fall the price of B rises by more than that of A. High convexity is therefore a desirable property for bonds to have . |
| 11 | In Scotland the rise in the number of long-term unemployed rose by less than the rest of Britain . |
| 12 | This page Business failures : Business failures soared by more than a third in the second half of this year . |
| 13 | That is why figures produced by credit insurer Trade Indemnity , showing the rate of business failures soaring by more than a third in the second half of this year , are so worrying . |
| 14 | Sales — mostly of properties in the North-west of England , so far one of the more resilient areas in the slump - fell by more than a third , from 502 homes to 316 . |
| 15 | For all the talk of Prime Ministerial government , one must remember the unequal battle which any incumbent , when confronted by more than a score of powerful departments , faces . |
| 16 | Between 1929 and 1933 America 's national income fell by more than half in money terms , and by more than a third in real terms . |
| 17 | Their numbers have grown by more than a third since 1979 , while the number of self-employed people has grown to over 12 per cent of the workforce . |
| 18 | This is not necessarily so : the US used roughly the same amount of energy each year from 1973 to 1985 , while its gross domestic product grew by more than a third . |
| 19 | Since the 1900s , despite the increasing numbers of the elderly , the proportion has again fallen back by more than a third . |
| 20 | Naïve unsophisticated statements such as these marked a regeneration which perhaps must be experienced by more than a handful of prisoners if we are to care enough about civilization to want to save it . |
| 21 | As far as Ipswich is concerned , with the exception of the community psychiatric nurse , no one service was received by more than a minority of either sample . |
| 22 | But that 's not such a bad deal for customers because the law does n't allow any pack to be underweight by more than a small amount . |
| 23 | It was centred on Athens and felt by more than a third of the population . |
| 24 | Training teams were not specifically mentioned by more than a small number of respondents although ‘ involvement in training ’ of all professional or supervisory staff , or all senior management , was more likely to be noted . |
| 25 | Those in arrears by more than a year rose from 5,000 to 21,000 between 1982 and 1988 . |
| 26 | The form book insists Jodami will need to improve by more than a stone if he is to trouble The Fellow . |
| 27 | If this goes in easily by more than a few millimetres , rot is probably present , and you 'll have to strip off the paint so you can repair it . |
| 28 | In some areas public order and drunkenness offences are down by more than a third . |
| 29 | FORMER Tory Chancellor Nigel Lawson , blamed by many for causing the housing slump , has been forced to slash the price of his luxury home by more than a quarter . |
| 30 | And the sea 's greatest known depth of 36,200 feet exceeds by more than a mile the height of Mount Everest . |