Example sentences of "[adj] than if they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even infants whose mothers were 40 years old or older had a better chance to survive infancy if their fathers were 25–39 years old than if they were 40 years or over . |
| 2 | And of course , quotations of APR by individual traders would be very much more valuable if people could set them against a background of what is typical than if they stood alone , in isolation . |
| 3 | It occurs to me , for example , that given that all we 've heard this afternoon about the fact that a new settlement and again I 'm playing devil 's advocate , that if it were possible to build onto an existing settlement the quality of life of those who lived in the new settlement might in fact be better than if they were , to put it crudely , finding themselves in the middle of a field . |
| 4 | If they go in that condition the tax charged will be cheaper than if they 're in first class condition . |
| 5 | Critics also argue that , because statements made under the lobby rules mean that they can not be directly attributed to Mr Ingham , his colleagues or Government Ministers , they are less credible than if they had been made on the record . |
| 6 | They shouted for us to stop , but we ai n't take that on any more than if they were Chinese in the film , we were recreating our life like how we recreate the film . |
| 7 | They s they seriously ca n't do much more than if they catch you they suspend you there 's not a lot more that they can do . |
| 8 | Though they might thereby earn their spurs as ‘ good practitioners ’ , their children may gain rather less than if they had experienced a more varied and exact mode of discourse . |
| 9 | If they face this honestly it is somehow less offensive than if they pretend that they are having their pets mutilated for ‘ the cat 's own good ’ . |
| 10 | The distinction is an important one : books on a shelf may be in poor condition , and may indeed deteriorate in their locations ( particularly when they are made up of self-destructive acidic paper ) , but their deterioration will be very much slower than if they are transported to a reading room for consultation by a reader . |
| 11 | ALL the contract catering chefs interviewed believed that their rates of pay were higher than if they were working in hotels or restaurants . |
| 12 | For UK residents , the reason for considering offshore funds , other than if they have some special appeal — such as currency funds because they are not widely available in the UK — will be possible tax advantages . |
| 13 | More satisfied than if they had been handed a big discount on a plate . |