Example sentences of "than [art] previous [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , the people who voiced such sentiments were " less bewitched by the magic of the Caudillo " than the previous generation of regime supporters . |
| 2 | Not only were Arsenal the first southern club to win the title , but their 66 points were six better than the previous high of Sheffield Wednesday the year before : 28 out of 42 games were won , only four lost , and wins , draws and losses were evenly divided between home and away ; the goals total , 127 , was one less than Aston Villa 's all-time high of the same year . |
| 3 | Local education authority officers could have a central role in helping managers in schools and colleges make decisions , rather than the previous role of making decisions for them . |
| 4 | New title output was now down to four a month rather than the previous figure of 12 to 14 . |
| 5 | Asserting that the situation had improved since 1990 and that the Serrano government was more highly motivated than the previous administration in promoting respect for human right and bringing the perpetrators of abuses to justice , the report pointed out that the army still failed to co-operate with the police and the judiciary in prosecuting army personnel . |
| 6 | The length of the vehicle is 35ft. 8in. ( 10.870mm ) and the width produced a very much lighter coach than the previous batch of all-steel ones . |
| 7 | This time the expedition was sea-borne , setting out from Gravesend on a paddle-steamer hired for the occasion , but the landing at Boulogne was no more successful in rousing public support than the previous attempt at Strasbourg and by the evening of 6 August Louis-Napoleon was once again under arrest . |