Example sentences of "of [noun] than it be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ethnic group status was mentioned earlier in the case of negroes than it was in the case of white people , and gender role was mentioned earlier in the test and more often by women than by men . |
| 2 | This can be extremely hazardous and it is dangerous to assume that a rug will necessarily be cheaper in the country of origin than it is in the West ; rugs on sale in the bazaars in Turkey , for example , are often just as expensive , if not more so , than they are in London or New York . |
| 3 | It is neither more nor less important that a mentally handicapped adolescent finds a place of work than it is for any other adolescent . |
| 4 | Just as within a state the law may be more effective in responding to armed robbery than it is at responding to a military coup d'état , so in relations between states the law may be better at laying down detailed provisions for the treatment of prisoners of war than it is at addressing the potential human catastrophe of a nuclear war . |
| 5 | Christianity , as we know it , is in many respects actually closer to those pagan systems of belief than it is to its own Judaic origins . |
| 6 | Starting and staying in business is more difficult for certain types of people than it is for others . |
| 7 | I mean , we do n't stand still at this because what will seem a very good service this year will look like a lousy service in five years ' time so let's not pretend the fact that we have n't achieved everything we 've achieved this year in some previous years means that we have n't made any improvements because I think one of the key areas where in fact er improvements have been made in previous years , and to a certain extent , one could say reading this I was worried by an apparent admission of very much reference or very much expenditure on them in the provision of day centres , because I think that a key element in care in the community and the fact that today so successfully this year has been the fact that a major number of th and I do n't think there 's any disagreement over this , a number of day centres , very efficient and very effective day centres , were developed , funded , provided mainly in the conurbation areas and I think Mr is right to highlight the fact that , as so often happens in these instances , it 's people who live in conurbations who get the best deal because it 's , it 's more economical , it 's easier to provide a centre for a large number of people than it is for a small number of people . |
| 8 | Also , the concept of limited liability in the UK is much more protective of proprietors than it is in the Code Napoleon countries , where , for example , net worth deficiencies have to be made good immediately , otherwise the company must cease trading . |
| 9 | Or maybe it is simply that a second to them is a vastly longer subjective experience of time than it is to us and other creatures , possessed of a slower metabolic rate . |