Example sentences of "than [prep] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What had enriched the rich was not their insulation from imports ( rich countries do , in fact , import massively all sorts of goods ) but their success in manufactured exports , where higher prices could be commanded than for Third World raw materials . |
| 2 | Scudamore has reached the half century in 12 fewer days than during last season 's fantastic voyage into jumping history . |
| 3 | The signing was unorthodox , many of the gestures modified and difficult to read ; there was no fingerspelling at all other than of first letters of names . |
| 4 | Again , that this is the case is not contradicted by the fact that , in many spheres , I may have much more in common with first world men than with third world women . |
| 5 | TOTAL construction orders in the third quarter of 1989 were 9 per cent lower than in second quarter and 3 per cent lower than in the same period of 1988 , according to provisional figures from the Department of Environment . |
| 6 | TOTAL construction orders in the third quarter of 1989 were 9 per cent lower than in second quarter and 3 per cent lower than in the same period of 1988 , according to provisional figures from the Department of Environment . |
| 7 | In recognition of this fact , there has been a significant entrance of women into mainstream media — much more in western than in Third World countries , but to a noticeable extent in the latter as well . |
| 8 | " You 'll be better off investing in OTC stocks , " Harvard dealers urged ; they were paid a higher commission on OTC than on third market sales . |
| 9 | Given that the tax system is much less progressive in real terms than at first sight , what affect do welfare benefits have on the redistribution of income ? |
| 10 | The discrepancy between men and women is greater at higher degree level than at first degree level . |
| 11 | However , since they are often used on surfaces which are already highly contaminated , the need may be less than at first thought . |
| 12 | As the rival armies became entrenched in the battlefields of France , the realization dawned that hostilities would last a lot longer than at first thought . |
| 13 | ‘ They recommended it to the Department of Employment but were told that things had been tightened up because of a Bulgarian footballer who was signed by Ipswich Town and then found to have less international caps than at first thought . |
| 14 | On assuming office V. P. Singh 's new government discovered that the budget and current-account deficits were worse than at first thought . |
| 15 | New studies show that targetting normal genes using viral and other systems to enter cells ( from marrow , the lung and gut , liver and skin ) may be easier than at first thought , and that DNA will function more or less normally once it gets into the cell . |
| 16 | The making of the assessment of damages in the light of all facts known at the date of the trial enables the court to take into account , if it be the case , the fact that the consequences of the plaintiff 's injuries were more serious than at first thought ; the fact that the expenses to which the plaintiff would be put in consequence of his injuries were higher than was first thought ; the fact that the plaintiff has died ; or the fact that the plaintiff has , since the accident , volunteered to be made redundant . |
| 17 | Jim Heslop of Borderway market in Carlisle believes the general situation will be steadier than at first thought . |
| 18 | The political spin-offs from crusading are therefore more difficult to calculate than at first glance they might appear . |
| 19 | Ratios of still births to live births tend to be larger at high orders than at second order but , in developed countries , particularly , the ratios at sixth , but mainly seventh and higher birth orders were two to three times that among first order births . |
| 20 | Among the 22 religious , cultural and residence groups represented in the nine countries that participated in the WHO studies , this pattern is lacking in only six and , in them , the frequency of abortions is just slightly higher at first than at second pregnancies . |
| 21 | They found him in robust mood , " his morale seemed higher than at Eighth Army HQ " and he seemed confident that he could " maintain " the " uneasy position " in Venezia Giulia " for several weeks if necessary , while negotiations proceed and decisions are taken on a government level " . |