Example sentences of "than at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 'Really ? ’ observed Ivy ; ‘ one can not imagine anyone doing anything in the afternoon between 2 and 4 , except hoping that tea would be at 4 rather than at 5 . ’ |
| 2 | Each course involves more advanced study of the topic in question than at ordinary level . |
| 3 | Rather than at all , where would you be |
| 4 | The ‘ epidemic delusion ’ of Pantisocratic brotherhood had perhaps never been more powerful than at that moment , life on the banks of the Susquehannah never a more siren prospect , and a conversation which began by Coleridge asking Sarah if she would write to him when he returned to Cambridge led quickly to a proposal of marriage , which she accepted . |
| 5 | In popular terms more responsibility for Britain 's lack of international competitiveness has been laid at the door of trade unions than at that of management ; an attitude strongly encouraged by the high political profile which unions have adopted since 1945 . |
| 6 | He said that in the five months to the end of January , the group had sold 223 houses — only two more than at that stage in the previous 12 months . |
| 7 | Not only do large animals use less energy per gram of body mass than small ones , they generate more power at faster than at slower speeds . |
| 8 | Pupils at Key Stage 2 will be introduced to a wider range of sources and resources than at Key Stage 1 . |
| 9 | Guarantees of quality have to extend through the system rather than at separate points and junctions . |
| 10 | I think that the hon. Member for Huddersfield ( Mr. Sheerman ) is as pleased as I that the debate started at 7.15 pm rather than at 4.15 am . |
| 11 | When they applied a voltage of — 0.7 V to the mesh they found that the resistance to passage of chloride ions was ten times greater than at zero volts . |
| 12 | An important qualification is that we are looking at groups of professionals and the manner in which they are organised rather than at individual teachers — at this latter level there can be little doubt that many individual teachers do respond to client needs despite the structure around them . |
| 13 | Within the part , a functional analysis may take us further than at higher levels , for smaller units of discourse are more likely to be uni-functional , and transitions from one function to another may correspond to both overtly marked sections of the discourse like section , chapter , and paragraph , and also ( indeed particularly ) to sentences . |
| 14 | These three aspects are to some extent interrelated in that , for example , at higher temperatures water quality may deteriorate more rapidly than at low temperatures and under conditions of crowding , the deterioration of water quality will also be accelerated . |
| 15 | Why is the height of a simple barometer lower at high altitudes than at low altitudes ? |
| 16 | The odd policy to put the stage in the middle of the room rather than at one end leads to a diminishing of the atmosphere ( the corners are seldom filled ) . |
| 17 | Will my hon. Friend pass to the National Audit Office the thanks of Parliament for its series of reports and ask whether it would be possible for us to have them at a time when Parliament is likely to be sitting rather than at one minute to midnight for the benefit of the press ? |
| 18 | However , since they are often used on surfaces which are already highly contaminated , the need may be less than at first thought . |
| 19 | Passats , BMWs , dormer windows , back extensions , wooden garden sheds , all meant something more than at first appeared — white wooden railings , gold nameplates on doors , stained-glass windows in bathrooms , net curtains , numbered dustbins , unnumbered dustbins , sash windows , plate-glass windows , windows with double glazing , windows without double glazing , walls painted white , all of this was part of a body of myth as strange and mysterious as the Epic of Gilgamesh . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | We handled more than 6000 toads in the first year and immediately realised that the population was larger than at first envisaged . |
| 22 | The fourth principle is that ‘ personal data held for any purpose or purposes shall be adequate , relevant and not excessive in relation to that purpose or those purposes ’ — and there is more to this than at first meets the eye . |
| 23 | The tunnel has proved incomparably more expensive than at first imagined . |
| 24 | A temporary repair was made and they flew on to Karachi , where the damage was found to be worse than at first suspected , as the fastenings had pulled out of one of the fuselage verticals . |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . |
| 26 | The political spin-offs from crusading are therefore more difficult to calculate than at first glance they might appear . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , there is some indication that this decline may be less marked than at first appears due to the nomenclature of the diseases involved . |
| 28 | 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 ? |
| 29 | WILLIAMS : I am sorry I have incurred your displeasure and the more as I have been told by Lady Jones that you had a more honourable view than at first was apprehended . |
| 30 | The discrepancy between men and women is greater at higher degree level than at first degree level . |