Example sentences of "very much [det] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even though the same might be argued for painting , the technical obstacles to be overcome for painting are very much less than for sculpture . |
| 2 | This density is very much less than in similar areas in continental Europe ; for example , in Basilicata , the most sparsely populated region of southern Italy , the figure is 61 per km 2 . |
| 3 | Those who have viewed the Lombardy Plain from a distance will know that even on clear days Milan has its own atmosphere , the way that other cities do , although , in fairness , it is very much less than many others , despite its low-lying position . |
| 4 | Second , the actual cost , both in time and money , can be very much less than might at first be anticipated . |
| 5 | The 1.9:1 difference in the amount of perceived depth for the two simulated viewing distances when both vertical and horizontal perspective cues were present is very much less than would be required for complete depth constancy . |
| 6 | Those worth £5 — £19 were roped in for the second loan , in 1523 , so paying a total of 15 per cent , not so very much less than what was expected of the £20 men , and of course a proportionately heavier burden . |
| 7 | Altogether , nearly half the gentry owned goods worth very much less than their net rentals . |
| 8 | Second , within each age group women raise and front the vowel very much less than men ; finally all speakers use raised and fronted variants very much more in spontaneous speech than in the relatively formal style of interaction appropriate to an interview . |
| 9 | The party affiliation of the member is still the best single indicator of how he or she is likely to vote on a given bill , but party unity is very much less than in the British House of Commons . |
| 10 | When the space–time curvature is small , a linear approximation can be made to the metric where is the Minkowski metric and all the components are very much less than unity . |
| 11 | Solutions of Einstein 's equation will be sought for sources that are nearly Newtonian , which means firstly that within the source the curvature and strain are small and secondly that the velocity v of the material within the source is very much less than c . |
| 12 | ‘ Allowing for inflation , it 's very much less than I paid for it . ’ |
| 13 | Although the cost of living was very much less than it is now , schoolteachers ' salaries were modest . |
| 14 | Consequently ΔS M per mole of lattice sites ( or equivalent volume ) will be very much less than and the contribution of the combinatorial entropy to the mixing process in a polymer solution is not as large as that for solutions of small molecules when calculated in terms of volume fractions and expressed as per mole of sites . |
| 15 | As my own research shows , local purchases in the export-oriented zones in Egypt , Mexico and China are very much less than in Ireland , perhaps in the region of 1 or 2 per cent ( Sklair , 1988c , 1989 , pp.197–202 , forthcoming ) . |
| 16 | As the increase in synthesis in rectal mucosa from patients with inflammatory bowel disease was very much less than this , the increase in whole body protein turnover in such patients is not solely because of an increase in colonic protein synthesis . |
| 17 | On the basis of these measurements , ozone losses in the Arctic winter appear to be " not very much less than in the Antarctic spring " says Alan Plumb of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , " but the effects are less dramatic because polar ozone is being resupplied about as fast as it is being destroyed . " |
| 18 | The knumdrum where the people have gone has now been answered because the amount of domiciliary care needed to keep them out of residential places to meet their needs and wishes turns out to be very much less than we expected , on average less than seven hours a week . |
| 19 | In connection with this it should also be remembered that all popular places , all sites actually used by the people , tend to retain the best routine of antiquity very much more than any localities or machines used by any privileged class . |
| 20 | It has already been stressed that the NACAB information system is very much more than a reference work . |
| 21 | He was greeted , berated and kept many hours , drinking very much more than he wanted . |
| 22 | But it was so very much more than a great show . |
| 23 | The language used throughout these public self-descriptions reflected general visions of altruism and service : ‘ public protection ’ , ‘ willing to serve the public ’ , ‘ public confidence ’ , ‘ trust ’ , ‘ special skill ’ , ‘ the supply of professional services is very much more than a business transaction ’ . |
| 24 | People at all levels of the organization can accomplish very much more than they are asked to under contemporary conventions . |
| 25 | But as this show reveals , Monet 's ambitions were complex and far-reaching , and fed by very much more than what his eye saw . |
| 26 | But it is clear that Schüssler Fiorenza aims to be very much more than a historian . |
| 27 | The process , it should be clear , is very much more than " recording language by means of visible marks " . |
| 28 | This means that managers in companies that perform well should be paid very much more than they are now ( and the prospects of dismissal for poor performance should be increased ) . |
| 29 | If you locate your own specimens it is worth so very much more than catching one with a name . |
| 30 | They hear weather forecasts , erm see weather forecasts presented on television , and perhaps read weather forecasts in the newspaper , but the Met Office does very much more than that , does n't it ? |