Example sentences of "than where [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's a lot worse here than where we are . ’ |
| 2 | The Liberal Democrats did only 1% better in seats where they were second than where they were third . |
| 3 | Where jobs are available , there is evidence that higher AFDC payments do apparently encourage more people to remain dependent on the state than where they are lower , but overall variations in labour market buoyancy mean that ‘ analyses which place the blame for poverty among these families upon the welfare ‘ largesse ’ are deficient' ( p. 210 ) . |
| 4 | Far better even that than where he was now — stretched six feet deep in a foreign grave . |
| 5 | If the defendant intends to do harm , e.g. in trespass , then liability will be more extensive than where he is negligent . |
| 6 | " It 's better than where I was , " she said quietly . |
| 7 | Second , the subject you study is far more important than where you study it . |
| 8 | We talk later in this chapter about the use of other people 's words , making the point that one problem with other people 's words is that they usually make more sense where they come from than where you put them in your essay . |
| 9 | His music so changed the streets that the gas lamps looked brighter , the spiked railings more friendly , the painted front doors more brightly coloured than where she lived . |
| 10 | It is also reported that in 10 WFS countries of Sub-Sahara Africa , the proportion overall of babies dying within the first month of life is 50 per cent higher and that post neonatal mortality is 25 per cent higher where the mother was under age 20 than where she was 20–29 at the time of the birth . |
| 11 | So , when I 'm soloing I try to take the song someplace else than where it is , and also somewhere different than where the next solo takes the next song . |
| 12 | This would appear to reflect the fact that what was learned , and from whom it was learned , was considerably more important than where it was learned . |
| 13 | Where a country is largely isolated from the rest of the world , the state-centred approach does seem more plausible than where it is located within an identifiable system of global relationships . |
| 14 | They are generally more interested in questions of taste and convenience and price than where it comes from , ’ he says . |