Example sentences of "than [adj] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the fall-off in with ο is more rapid than that for first order . |
| 2 | Requests received under the British Library Document Supply Centre 's back-up scheme have again dropped very significantly to 792 , less than half of last year 's requests . |
| 3 | Commenting on some much-improved figures ( see page seven ) , Borland International Inc says that the results reflect the introduction during the quarter of Paradox for Windows and dBase IV version 2.0 : ‘ With the release of Paradox for Windows , and sales of our award-winning Quattro Pro for Windows spreadsheet and Borland C++ programming language , sales of Borland products for the growing Windows marketplace accounted for more than half of fourth quarter revenues . ’ |
| 4 | Although SunSoft — indeed Sun as a whole — has given little or no ground on the issue of direct support for the Open Software Foundation 's Motif graphical user interface on its own Sparc systems , Watkins says the company is more than happy for third parties to supply it . |
| 5 | The auctions were better than those of last season , and their strength was buttressed by separate catalogue , single owner sales , in addition to the mixed property catalogues ; Sotheby 's with the Transco Energy Company 's collection of watercolours , and Christie 's with the John J. McDonough collection . |
| 6 | Coursework : ( i ) Term 1 : core course in foundation subjects : general , descriptive and applied linguistic studies ) ; ( ii ) Terms 2 & 3 : personal choice of eight option courses chosen from a list of more than 25 including second language acquisition , pedagogical grammar , literary stylistics , ELT methodology , and language testing . |