Example sentences of "[adv] than those [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It found that women often felt fairly unsure of their ability in DIY matters , but once they had breached the confidence barrier many regularly tackled demanding jobs and felt that their results were as good or better than those achieved by the professional . |
| 2 | Glasses washed in dishwasher were streak free , bright and generally far better than those washed in the sink . |
| 3 | And the FDIC says the deal was at least better than those offered by the other bidders , Bank of America and Bank of Boston . |
| 4 | In general , those leisure activities that are more popular among middle-aged and older groups as well as those aimed at the higher socio-economic groups are likely to hold up better than those aimed at the more financially stretched groups . |
| 5 | His speech was delivered by means of fingerspelling ( the mode adopted by all speakers who were each limited to ten minutes ) : Before I went to America I was rather one-sided , and opposed the teaching of speech too much ; but after entering the celebrated college at Washington , I saw that not only could speech be taught with much success , but that those educated on the combined system spoke better than those educated on the so-called pure oral method . |
| 6 | According to defence analysts the US offer signalled cuts deeper than those required by the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty ( START ) ( signed in July 1991 ) which sought to reduce the number of " accountable " warheads held by the USA and the Soviet Union to 6,000 each [ see p. 38320 ] . |
| 7 | But their losses are in total less than those suffered by the major insurance companies in recent years . |
| 8 | If activities have to be organized through the state , then advocates of public choice theory would tend to favour decentralized delivery systems rather than those organized through the departments of central government . |
| 9 | This will allow comparisons to be made between the two years using aggregations devised by the researcher , rather than those imposed by the Census Offices . |
| 10 | ( Their powers and duties resemble those given to English and Welsh school governors by the 1986 Education Act rather than those given by the 1988 Education Reform Act . ) |
| 11 | Three species of owl produce slightly higher levels of breakage of the teeth of their prey , mainly of isolated teeth rather than those preserved in the jaws , and these will be seen below to be the same species that produce the greatest degrees of digestion , namely the European eagle owl , tawny owl and little owl . |
| 12 | Since 1980 , the Home Office has collected its own crime figures through the British crime survey , which attempts to gauge the total number of crimes committed rather than those notified to the police . |
| 13 | This is also an area where the LEA could assist a school in offering its services as a ‘ critical friend ’ , able to stand back and perhaps judge more objectively than those working in the school itself . |
| 14 | Those losing jobs from companies relocating to the inner cities would probably be able to acquire new jobs much more easily than those trapped within the cities . |
| 15 | Because the N-linked oligosaccharides synthesised in the presence of DNJ contain maximally four sugar residues more than those synthesised in the presence of DMJ , most of the 13 potential N-glycosylation sites on the Β 1 protein have to be glycosylated to account for the difference in molecular weight between the β 1 chains in DMJ and DNJ treated cells . |
| 16 | With the deradicalising of students in the Reagan years , Sarris 's criticisms seem less relevant , and the film is less dated now than those made at the same time or a little later that did reflect the Counter Culture , such as Alice 's Restaurant , The Strawberry Statement , Getting Straight and Zabriskie Point . |