Example sentences of "than [art] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be possible to absorb provocation into a wider notion of ‘ extreme emotional disturbance ’ , as the American Model Penal Code does , so that the key to mitigation would be the extent of the defendant 's psychological disturbance at the time of the killing rather than the reasons for it . |
| 2 | These features of family life — which it should be re-emphasized are indicators of , rather than the reasons for , problems — include the age and maturity of the parents , burdens carried by a family , consistency and change in the lives of children , dynamics and support within the family , and the experiences and characteristics of individual family members . |
| 3 | In reality , however , it might be easier to find the £12,230 capital to finance the outdoor venture than the £88,000 for the alternative indoor housing . |
| 4 | They therefore have greater responsibilities than the layman for the building of community . |
| 5 | It seems strange that the chancel and tower should be given an earlier date than the nave for it is presumed to have been built during the Bishopric of Haymo , who carried out considerable building at Halling . |
| 6 | Easton 's district is more prosperous than the norm for these two council districts , with an overall unemployment rate in 1981 of 9.2 per cent , compared with 19.5 per cent for the two district council areas . |
| 7 | Gastric juice ammonium concentrations were similar in the H pylori negative uraemic patients ( median 3 , range 0.5–11 mmol/l ) and H pylori positive non-uraemic patients ( 5 , range 1–11 ) ( p=0.2 ) , and both were significantly higher than the values for the H pylori negative non-uraemic patients ( 0.7 , range 0.1–1.4 ) ( p<0.02 for each ) . |
| 8 | If I could afford it , I would buy some of their shirts and casual clothes , because often they 're much better made than the stuff for girls . |
| 9 | The dominance of US business was more overwhelming in the early fifties than the statistics for exports suggest . |
| 10 | The 75 per cent requirement is less than the requirement for 90 per cent acceptances in respect of the shares to which the offer relates in order to effect a compulsory sale by the minority under CA 1985 , s429 ( see Chapter 14 ) . |
| 11 | The year also saw the telegraph wires , which straddled the 3rd and 11th being put underground , thus removing a hazard which penalised the local ‘ phone subscribers more than the golfers for it , if the wires were hit dynamically , their ‘ phones were cut off ! |
| 12 | But you know the Labour Party is worse than the Conservatives for traditions are n't they ? |
| 13 | It now seems no more dim than the adverts for new paint , new tiles . |
| 14 | The intention to do so must therefore be made perfectly clear , for otherwise the court will consider that the exempted party was only to be free from liability in respect of damage occasioned by causes other than the negligence for which he is answerable . |
| 15 | The Buckinghamshire ratios were £71 per thousand in 1515 , £68 in 1524 and £79 in 1522 when the average for just about half of Berkshire was only marginally higher than the £88 for the complete county in 1515 . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's a question of pragmatism , because we found to obtain rights to certain tracks would have cost more than the budget for the entire picture . |
| 17 | Apart from the infiltration of the local anaesthetic , when the patient will feel a prick in the back , less painful than the anaesthetic for dental work , all that is felt is a pressure on the lower spine with occasionally a faint ‘ tingle ’ in one leg which simply signifies that the needle is in the right place . |
| 18 | But with respect to foreign economic policy ( excluding the issues of our membership of the European Economic Community ) and stabilisation policy the evidence for continuity is rather more plain than the evidence for discontinuity . |
| 19 | If the English writer stops short of uncritical adulation , and also has a longer memory than the Americans for the loathsome politics that Pound was infected by , that is all to the good . |
| 20 | Comparing television with the press , for example , the public rated television a full 1.0 marks better than the press for providing issue-information , and 0.7 marks better on providing leader-information , but only 0.3 marks better for helping viewers and readers decide how to vote ( Table 6.9 ) . |
| 21 | They suggest that in 1987 British electors relied much more heavily on television than the press for information , but only a little more for vote-guidance . |
| 22 | By a majority of 56 per cent to 22 per cent , citizens found television more useful than the press for providing issue-information ( a further 22 per cent found them equally useful ) . |
| 23 | By a smaller majority of 48 per cent to 30 per cent , they found tele-Vision more useful than the press for providing information about party leaders ( with 22 per cent , once again , rating the two sources equally useful ) . |
| 24 | Readers of the tabloid press overwhelmingly preferred television rather than the press as an information source but , like other voters , they had a relatively slight preference for television rather than the press for helping them decide how to vote . |
| 25 | Swings were highest amongst those who relied more on television than the press for help in deciding how to vote , rather lower amongst those who relied more on the press , and lowest of all amongst the 40 per cent of the electorate who found television and the press equally useful . |
| 26 | As a result , my telephone and fax bill is much greater than the bill for board and lodging . |
| 27 | His bill will be just £273 — £100 less than the bill for the lowest value property in Langbaurgh . |
| 28 | This analysis relates to the kind of expenditure incurred rather than the purpose for which it was incurred . |
| 29 | Nothing exemplified this more than the campaign for public economy which shook the government in 1921 . |
| 30 | Discussion in the Yachting World office has taken some interesting turns lately , none more interesting than the campaign for the single black box , or the all-things-in-one instrument . |