Example sentences of "than [art] new [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They , far more than the New English , had the ear of Elizabeth 's government and they advocated restraint in dealing with Ireland . |
| 2 | How is British Coal expected to compete in the privatised electricity market when the duopoly is able to close down coal-fired power stations even though they can produce cheaper electricty than the new gas turbine power stations , because the duopoly is able to pass the extra costs to consumers ? |
| 3 | Japanese economic competition was feared , although the anxiety was based more on memories of competition in the 1930s than the new competition that developed so vigorously in the 1960s . |
| 4 | The lives of articulate people can be more interesting than fiction , but in general they would bore viewers more than the new vogue of delving into every aspect of sexual behaviour in discussion programmes . |
| 5 | MORE THAN the new AC/DC album , Rhino Bucket 's debut has all the marks of classic AC/DC : hard chording , big hooks , simple beats , liquor on its breath . |
| 6 | MORE THAN the new AC/DC album , Rhino Bucket 's debut has all the marks of classic AC/DC : hard chording , big hooks , simple beats , liquor on its breath . |
| 7 | Joanna Lumley , Mick Jagger and Anna Ford are all older than the new US President and he has six years advantage on Cliff Richard . |
| 8 | Do n't talk to me about any band but the Heartbreakers because I just wo n't listen — these boys are newer than the New Wave and ( surprise ! ) they can play ! ! |
| 9 | Lastly , a station resembles the old religions rather than the new religions in this point , that people go to it . |
| 10 | Erm the really old sheds they 're better than the new ones that |
| 11 | It seems to me no more — and no less — obscene than the new Ministry of War headquarters just built on our satellite . |
| 12 | They have become coordinators largely because they have established their reputations as the first to counteract those years of neglect , but they have themselves suffered more from that neglect than the new generation of community language teachers which is at last emerging . |
| 13 | Britain has a whole new culture of public education to work out : new expectations , customs , relationships and attitudes more profound than the new vocabulary which is at present being learnt . |
| 14 | finally it 's back to the Manor Ground to pick the winners in our competition to pick the new Oxford manager … who better to make the draw than the new man himself |
| 15 | NORWICH need to find their touch in front of goal or their Premier League lead might not last much longer than the New Year celebrations . |
| 16 | ( In common with many other local villages , it was then renamed , as Union which is at least happier than the new name found for the village of Ustaritz downstream , which temporarily became Marat-sur-Nive . ) |
| 17 | If this reading of Ali is correct , it would seem that simply in terms of his daily allowance the kasabat kadi was better off financially at the beginning of his career than the new muderris ; but in any case , given the fees the kadi could expect to receive , he must have had a considerably greater income . |
| 18 | And the pirates were so busy discussing the problem , and what they would do with the reward if they won it , that they did n't notice that they were being observed from the window above by none other than the new Mayor and his entourage . |
| 19 | When we returned together to Ninfania , you and I , in the late Fifties , there was litter in the streets of southern Italy , and it made them look more unfamiliar to you than the new buildings put up after the war and the bombing . |
| 20 | I like the books , the original books that I had when I was a little rather than the new books . |
| 21 | For £25 , £1 more than the new charge for MoT test for cars , a qualified driving instructor will give the driver an hour-long skills appraisal which will include at least 45 minutes of driving . |
| 22 | The clinical grading structure could give rise to some difficulties in deciding whether previous posts held were equivalent or higher than the new grades and it would be advisable to clarify your position at interview . |
| 23 | Not everyone is moved to tears by the fate of vultures and wolves , but it is possible to think that the old crops of predators and scavengers were somehow more attractive than the new lot . |
| 24 | ‘ We thought it was a good idea to hold a pre-Christmas sale rather than a New Year one because many of our dresses are suitable for Christmas . ’ |
| 25 | Even if labour moves between firms , they carry with them more skill and experience than a new recruit and may therefore expect this to be rewarded . |
| 26 | I CA N'T think of anything more likely to get us through the pre-Christmas traumas than a new play by Don Hayworth . |
| 27 | Resoling is markedly cheaper than a new pair of shoes . |
| 28 | ‘ It was certainly better than a new pair of socks or underpants ’ joked Butterworth . |
| 29 | It involved nothing less than a new paradigm and a new approach to the relationship of theory and practice in educational management " ( Hughes et al. |
| 30 | Certain specifications allow the use of High , Expanded , or Extended memory , but MS-DOS 5 leaves you with up to 621K of the original 640K to use and programs that require more than this are more complex than a new PC owner should initially be concerned with . |