Example sentences of "than are [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is stated that much larger numbers than are named in the Directory retain the insignia of undertakers in their shop-windows , for the sake of the profits of one or two funerals a year . |
| 2 | Without FGD retrofit across many more stations than are represented than those 8 GW , I do not think that that will be possible . |
| 3 | These results are no less erratic than are achieved under our existing first-past-the-post system . |
| 4 | Try to track down more details of either the EEC Standard Industrial Classification or the International Statistical Classification of Diseases than are given in Section 6.4.1. ( you may be lucky enough to have a sight of the complete listings or you may have to scan EEC or World Health Organization publications for information . ) |
| 5 | An O licence normally authorizes more vehicles to be operated than are listed from the start . |
| 6 | [ Many ] more people are assisted under the … scheme than are assisted under all other forms of legal aid put together . |
| 7 | There are now around 120 people a year dying through solvent abuse , more than are killed by heroin . |
| 8 | erm it 's very very hot , it can reach 40x or 42x centigrade , sand blown , inadequate shelter and at the moment , something like 10,000 more people coming across the border each day than are leaving the country . |
| 9 | Thus that other great uniformitarian of the last century — Charles Darwin — estimated vastly longer periods than are accepted today . |
| 10 | However , I and several other people showed that , at least in its original form , it predicted much greater variations in the temperature of the microwave background radiation than are observed . |
| 11 | Facilities It would be difficult to find a more complete package of accounting facilities than are presented in Financial Controller , but be warned , there are very few concessions made to the tyro book-keeper in terms of jargon , which is strangely at odds with the ethos of the program . |
| 12 | It is particularly with respect to written language that foreign language teachers are surprised to be reminded that their learners ' written English is far from perfect and that they sometimes make higher demands than are made of native speakers by their colleagues in the school or , mutatis mutandis , by mother tongue teachers in the relevant foreign country . |
| 13 | In order to release $350 million in stand-by credits and clear the way for the injection of $1 billion in European Community funds , the International Monetary Fund originally demanded that the budget deficit be wiped out altogether and that public spending be subjected to even more stringent cuts than are planned . |
| 14 | Every day more children die in the poor world than are born in the rich world . |
| 15 | Producing more units than are sold builds up surplus stock which is a commitment of working capital . |
| 16 | Maybe the only , but significant difference between the two is that corporate crimes ‘ kill more people than are murdered by acts that come to be listed as criminal homicide in the ( American ) Uniform Crime Rates ’ ( Geis 1975 : 93 ) . |
| 17 | ‘ More cars are damaged in accidents than are stolen , for instance , so repair costs are a very big factor . |
| 18 | What was the most surprising was the speed with which the magpies changed their behaviour , apparently contradicting the traditional view that such ‘ counter-adaptations ’ evolve , rather than are learnt . |
| 19 | In many areas , there were even more boundaries in the landscape than are used today , or were even apparent in the nineteenth century on tithe and other estate records . |
| 20 | Some have their own libraries of archaeological books for use by their members , usually containing a much wider range than are held by public libraries or are available in bookshops . |
| 21 | I , I , I could take you into in Craven Arms on this Wednesday morning and introduce you to more unemployed people than are shown on the register , I think |
| 22 | But these are no greater than are required to substantiate a claim to professional status . |
| 23 | Borland offers a range of licensing deals , including a corporate licence , enabling the purchaser to license every PC on a WAN relatively cheaply , with no obligation to take more manuals or boxes of diskettes than are required . |
| 24 | It can be shown that as far as mechanical properties are concerned , where the elasticity tensor is of fourth rank , no terms higher than are required . |
| 25 | Care must be taken to ensure the Firm does not take a more onerous duties than are required of it . |
| 26 | Overweight is caused by eating more energy-giving foods than are needed , so that the excess is turned into fat instead of being burned up . |
| 27 | Use not less than 1,000 rpm to minimise the risk of lead fouling , but no more than are needed to achieve the correct speed with minimum braking . |
| 28 | The answer is that ( 9 ) a causal circumstance is to be taken to include no in ore conditions than are needed to necessitate an effect . |
| 29 | A deficiency of some manually-digitized data is due to the inclusion of more points than are needed to define the position of a line to a given level of accuracy . |
| 30 | This may be because lower stresses are required for the formation of new thrust faults on its margin than are needed to elevate the entire Tibetan Plateau . |