Example sentences of "than [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If the cost of abuse is less than the cost of implementing and enforcing regulatory structures in preventing the abuse , there seems to be , prima facie , a case for doing nothing , at least on a preventive level . |
| 32 | Many people whose films have been lost have taken the processors to court , winning compensation for more than the cost of the film . |
| 33 | Over a long period then , the cost of elections was still more than the cost of the permanent organization , and this cost was so great as to rule out all but a tiny minority . |
| 34 | The revenue has no answer to the anomalies which arise when the cost of providing a loss-making facility means that the average cost basis results in the taxpayer being treated as receiving a sum by way of benefit greater than the cost of buying that benefit on the open market . |
| 35 | there is a number k>0 which is less than the cost of any step : cost ( N , C ) r k for every node N and child C. |
| 36 | In another case we have managed to eliminate the first galley stage completely The first setting is now carried out at the first page proof stage and even this will save around £50,000 per year — more than the cost of the entire system . |
| 37 | The cost of the low-end word processor and desktop publishing program combined may well be more than the cost of a good word processor that can do many of the same functions . |
| 38 | I know the test is fairly expensive but it 's certainly not more than the cost of caring for babies born with the defects . ’ |
| 39 | At that time Sobstad were introducing the Genesis concept to the UK and David assured us that this hi-tech sail would be available to us as a one-design class for no more than the cost of our present Dacron sail . |
| 40 | Therefore , the condition for that balance of restraint from which we started out is that W < D , that is the value of winning the resource must be less than the cost of injury . |
| 41 | In the building trade it is well known that the cost of building a new building may be less than the cost of modifying an old one . |
| 42 | People pay 13p a week towards the cost of a sight test every two years — less than the cost of a second-class stamp . |
| 43 | What has happened is a swings-and-roundabouts operation , whereby last year pensioners received more than the cost of living that they had incurred , whereas this year they will receive less . |
| 44 | — for no more than the cost of ordinary books DO YOU BUY BOOKS ? |
| 45 | In addition , the signal has to be correlated with observable future events ( e.g. , a ‘ bad ’ signal has to be correlated with future insolvency while a ‘ good ’ signal has to be correlated with future survival ) , and the cost of sending a false ‘ good ’ signal has to be greater than the cost of sending a ‘ true ’ bad signal for the firm as well as the manager . |
| 46 | In this case the benefit from the additional information is less than the cost of obtaining it . |
| 47 | If the saving in this direction is greater than the cost of the difference between 4·6 per cent and 0·2 per cent rejects , which are still cheap to produce , the compromise is worth adopting . |
| 48 | The London County Council had found that it simply was not worth trying to recover the cost of milk from the 25% of London parents whose income was high enough to make them liable for the full billeting contribution , since ‘ the few pounds they had succeeded in recovering over a period of several months were far less than the cost of its collection ’ . |
| 49 | Wimpey News has teamed up with Kuoni , one of the world 's leading travel companies , to offer readers the chance of visiting one of three exotic holiday destinations for little more than the cost of a European holiday . |
| 50 | In this case the benefit from the additional information is less than the cost of obtaining it . |
| 51 | If the saving in this direction is greater than the cost of the difference between 4.6 per cent and 0.2 per cent rejects , which are still cheap to produce , the compromise is worth adopting . |
| 52 | When capital allowances were available for expenditure on plant and equipment and industrial buildings , the cost of a lease was often less than the cost of financing debt to acquire the asset , because the lessor was able to utilize the tax benefits more effectively than the lessor . |
| 53 | For example , the cost of buying a component externally may be less than the cost of making the component however , the potential supplier may have a history of poor industrial relations which may jeopardize supplies periodically ; this factor may be significant in the decision to make or buy . |
| 54 | The cost transfer necessary would be far greater than the cost of the price subsidy . |
| 55 | The incremental cost of implementing either regimen ( US$0.08 per dose for OPV and US$0.35–0.50 per dose for IPV ) is similar to or lower than the cost of mass vaccination campaigns ( US$0.68–3.60 per dose ) , and would also be less than expansion of the routine immunisation schedule to provide even more doses . |
| 56 | However , it has been judicially observed that the objection to a rent representing a percentage of the tenant 's turnover is that , if the price of a commodity rises at a faster rate than the cost of living , pressure is likely to develop on dealers in that commodity to reduce their margin of profit or rate of commission ( Naylor v Uttoxeter UDC ( 1974 ) 231 EG 619 per Brightman J ) . |
| 57 | Obviously in that case the loss of earnings that the plaintiff had suffered was greater than the cost of employing a housekeeper would have been . |
| 58 | It was held that the proper measure of damages was the husband 's actual loss ( ie his loss of earnings ) , which was in fact less than the cost of employing a housekeeper . |
| 59 | Expressions such as " to insure adequately " and " to insure to the full value of the property " should be amended as the former covenant could be complied with if the cover equates to that recommended by the insurance company , and the latter could be interpreted as meaning the full market value of the property and , as such , could be less than the cost of reinstatement . |
| 60 | The car park charging scheme will cost £67,000 but the council expects the income from charges to be greater than the cost of setting up the scheme in the first year . |