Example sentences of "than [art] old [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This new index will continue to provide information on the relative movement in the average value of sterling , but it needs to be noted that the absolute value of the index is higher than the old index . |
| 2 | The result was that after two years out of racing , Niki asked Ron Dennis to give him a private test — mainly to assure himself that he had not lost his skill and that he could face the new world of FI wing cars , quicker and much more road-adhering than the old generation . |
| 3 | But to make political sense out of doubt and qualification demands a higher quality of debate , analysis and representation than the old conviction politics . |
| 4 | The increased headway was essential to the concept of smaller 48-seat cars , which were quicker loading than the old Tramroad Company cars they replaced . |
| 5 | This does not sound much more liberal than the old idea of binding rules . |
| 6 | But this new alloy is being oxidised — and flaking off — much faster than the old alloy ; the chemistry of the mixtures is still poorly understood . |
| 7 | The definition in terms of ‘ threatening , abusive or insulting behaviour , ’ is modelled upon the Public Order Act 1936 , section 5 , but its scope is much wider than the old offence , and is meant to be . |
| 8 | Will it reach those who are entitled to it and is it far less complex than the old system ? |
| 9 | For example , Paddy Ashdown has made the Liberal Democrats much more of a free-market party than the old Alliance , with its occasional excursions into corporatism , ever was . |
| 10 | The new Carrera 4 is a significantly better car than the old rear-drive 911 . |
| 11 | The statute — which authorizes interception on grounds of national security without defining what is meant by national security — is clearly much wider than the old Home Office guidelines — which authorized warrants on the narrower grounds of ‘ major subversive or espionage activity ’ . |
| 12 | Whether they give rise to more or to less planning blight than the old development plan system is debatable . |
| 13 | He calls , rightly , for the exposure and elimination of such idolatry and in his final chapters shows how a new science , recognising its own metaphorical nature and its own limitations , can provide more meaning and significance to human likes than the old physics did . |
| 14 | The monk , nun or vicar could , for example , be described as a more involved member than the old lady who attends Matins each Sunday ; she , in turn , is more involved than those who go to church only at Christmas and Easter ; and they are probably more committed than the sailor who , when he fills out C of E on a form , is more likely to be making a cultural than a religious statement . |
| 15 | If this is the best Europe has to offer , Hollywood 's producers will be sleeping more soundly than the old lady who sat in front of me during the screening . |
| 16 | In both saloons moveable dining-room chairs were used and the tables also were made moveable , so that the interior of the saloons could be more easily and thoroughly cleaned than the old style of car with the fixed and upholstered furniture . |
| 17 | Luch bedded on a bag of bracken in a corner , but she and Ranald woke earlier than the old man . |
| 18 | Thus she was quite close to the bath chair before she realized that its waxen-faced occupant was none other than the old man who , in his eerie fashion , had been so kind in the train . |
| 19 | It was taller by half than the old man himself |
| 20 | Or need I look no further than the old man 's unspoken mistrust of my intentions ? |
| 21 | Seston 's 100 metres time knocked six-tenths of a second off the previous record , while her 200 metres time was 1.2 seconds faster than the old mark . |
| 22 | Being part of the Garrowby estate , owned by the Earl of Halifax , it is rather unusual in this day and age as having no privately owned houses or farms , other than the old rectory which was sold several years ago when the parish became part of a joint ministry . |
| 23 | The track is much sharper than the old turf course . |
| 24 | The British Rail scheme would certainly cost less than the old plan as it now proposed a single-track tunnel , not a twin tunnel . |
| 25 | But to the rescue came P&O , on their fine ship we had to go ; This was a blessing in disguise , much better than the old cat 's eyes ; P&O you are the best — 100pc in the test . |
| 26 | We assume that it is enough that the new way will prove better than the old way once it has been tried for some time . |
| 27 | It was much bigger than the old piano in the classroom . |
| 28 | He told the central committee that the new party leader , Mr Petar Mladenov , and many members of the ruling politburo were little better than the old regime . |
| 29 | Although the Premier League 's television income will probably be much greater than the old League 's has been , the union also will be obliged to meet increased demand , by players from the lower divisions , for re-training , pensions , insurance and other welfare benefits , following the break-up of the Football League . |
| 30 | The modern stockman thus approximates more to a ‘ farm technician ’ than the old image of the ‘ farm labourer ’ . |