Example sentences of "than [vb mod] [adv] [be] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latest developments , which are part of the transition from a state welfare model to that of a mixed economy , are likely to attract a similarly modest level of investment in monitoring and evaluation , and as a consequence we will certainly learn a great deal less from the reforms than might otherwise be the case . |
| 2 | So I see evaluation as a very democratic activity , which allows people perhaps to appreciate each other 's viewpoints a little more than might otherwise be the case erm and does n't pretend that people all feel the same about things , but at the same time it does n't attempt to sort of countermand the realities of the situation that , you know , each person ca n't go their own sweet way , there have to be quite a lot of collective decisions and people have to recognise where the majority opinion is , but at least they do it from a standpoint that erm where they feel their own value still has some worth and is still being recognised . |
| 3 | There are other things that emerge from evaluation that perhaps suggest that at least , not necessarily universally , but for that particular school , with those particular children , with those particular aims , if they want to achieve what they 're trying to achieve , then they 're going to have to make some rather more or at least some of the people are going to have to make some rather more fundamental changes in the way that they , say , handle children in the classroom , than might otherwise be the case . |
| 4 | Private health insurance may help some elderly people to gain access to hospital treatment more quickly than would otherwise be the case , although there seems little justification for a National Health Service which can not cater for the needs of people in acute pain or discomfort as and when necessary . |
| 5 | The latter has become a form of economic drip-feed of dubious value to the patient , although it has maintained economic activity at a higher level than would otherwise be the case . |
| 6 | Plausibly sexual behaviour between these males not only relieves this deprivation but might maintain higher testosterone levels in the participants than would otherwise be the case . |
| 7 | It was recognised of course that not everyone would have such a carer , but that this restriction would provide a more homogeneous sample than would otherwise be the case . |
| 8 | Obtaining planning permission for developments has been much easier than would otherwise be the case . |
| 9 | One other benefit of fitting the freewheel in the main gear is that the rotor is not encumbered by the rest of the drive train , including the various reduction gears and tail drive and is allowed to spin much more freely than would otherwise be the case . |
| 10 | The simultaneous introduction of both GCSE and records of achievement is therefore likely to render both innovations more problematic than would otherwise be the case . |
| 11 | Culture , both in relation to the species and to the individual , is able to operate according to the reality principle , aiming to adapt the group , or the person , to the natural and social environment more realistically than would otherwise be the case . |
| 12 | We observed that sometimes a sentiment attributed to a powerful senior member of the county bureaucracy was accepted as sufficient grounds for considering a school more sympathetically ( or more critically ) than would otherwise be the case . |
| 13 | Certain matrices have properties which make reciprocation rather easier than would otherwise be the case . |
| 14 | Thus , because its shares trade at a low price the company will need to issue a larger number of them to raise a given amount of capital than would otherwise be the case . |
| 15 | Furthermore , there may also be an X-efficiency loss : high prices and the absence of competition may make firms slack in their use of resources , generating higher costs than would otherwise be the case . |
| 16 | The special features of such a protective system , provided for reasons of the vastly increased significance of its failure , thus render it more vulnerable than would otherwise be the case . |
| 17 | Since institutions tend to be affected in the same way by the same set of factors , share prices will be more volatile than would otherwise be the case . |
| 18 | I hope that any local authority that has land available will develop a dialogue quickly with the housing association movement , whose resources are increasing substantially , to see whether it can make faster progress than would otherwise be the case in meeting housing needs in its area . |
| 19 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that he has listened to hon. Members and representatives of people with disabilities who are worried that the additional room or larger property that they need to accommodate their disabilities might take them into a higher band and that he has decided that any such people should fall within one band lower than would otherwise be the case ? |
| 20 | They support a whole range of policies , the inevitable result of which would be to make unemployment higher than would otherwise be the case . |
| 21 | If my right hon. Friend is fortunate enough to be in the circumstances described by the hon. Gentleman , he is making a far larger contribution as an individual to income tax and other central Government taxation than would otherwise be the case . |
| 22 | In 1980 the government completely deregulated express buses and introduced some experiments in deregulation of local buses on the grounds that the protection induced inefficiency by the selected operators , and , by causing fares to be higher and services poorer than would otherwise be the case on the more profitable routes , accentuated the move to the car and the further decline of public transport . |
| 23 | " Eradication of the disease might take longer than would otherwise be the case " said David Maclean , the Food Minister . |
| 24 | These regulations constitute a cost in that they prevent a larger number of deposits than would otherwise be the case , from being on lent . |
| 25 | It requires a firmer discipline than would normally be the case , and this should be consistently maintained by all parties whilst allowing the child to enjoy a happy and satisfying childhood . |
| 26 | Due to the timescale involved in ordering the guitar and building it , this competition will close a little earlier than would normally be the case — on 19th February 1993 . |
| 27 | The VPO 's playing is one of the set 's main pleasures , but it has to be said it sounds much more prominent than would ever be the case in the opera house . |
| 28 | If the policy makers are willing to learn from some of the mistakes made in industry , where hasty changes were made which led to a dramatic brain drain subsequently , the unpalatable adjustments that will need to be made in London should create less harm than will otherwise be the case . |