Example sentences of "[noun sg] than [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A compromise might be agreed with whaling nations who dissent from voting for moratoria by allowing them a more restricted quota than originally proposed . |
| 2 | As an example of the value of this habitat a survey of Pevensey Levels in 1976 recorded 52 nesting species and included counts of 27 pairs of Snipe , 29 pairs of Redshank , 74 pairs of Reed Warbler , 196 pairs of Sedge Warbler , 165 pairs of Yellow Wagtail , 118 pairs of Meadow Pipit , and 262 pairs of Reed Bunting ; Besides revealing rather more Snipe , Redshank and Yellow Wagtail than previously recorded ( see Systematic List ) these counts clearly indicate the value of the marginal vegetation of the ditches for Reed Buntings , Reed and Sedge Warbler . |
| 3 | Whitehall 's obsessive secrecy may have a more humane base than generally allowed , though that seems rather unlikely . |
| 4 | Dealers said both institutional fund managers and private client investors — having seen the latest opinion poll results pointing a much closer finish to the election than previously expected — decided that the potential gains following a surprise Tory victory this morning actually outweighed the risks associated with the formation of a Labour government . |
| 5 | A SLOWER route than previously proposed between Scotland and France is the Government 's preferred option for the Channel Tunnel rail link , it was confirmed yesterday . |
| 6 | This in turn encouraged Samsonov to drive farther to the west than originally intended , before turning northward , in the hope of encircling even greater numbers of Germans . |
| 7 | The most stringent regulations are those recently introduced in California , where , by the year 2003 , cars must emit 85 per cent less hydrocarbons , 50 per cent less carbon monoxide and 75 per cent less nitrogen oxide than currently permitted . |
| 8 | The attempted coup of December 1989 against President Corazon Aquino [ see pp. 37120-21 ] had wider support than initially acknowledged , with an estimated 70 per cent of the armed forces willing to support a regime installed by the coup plotters , according to intelligence sources . |
| 9 | And it may be that the Gardener Centre has a broader community function than previously realized , in that it might be a marvellous place for families and kids and mums and dads , as they did on the recent Gardener Open Day , to come up and spend some time in casual appreciation of the arts instead of what , traditionally , a university campus is supposed to do , which is a serious and intensive look at experimental and avant garde work . |
| 10 | Nuclear will increase by 120% ( a far lower level than previously projected — see Nuclear Power ) , coal use will grow by some 70% while gas consumption will register a slight fall . |
| 11 | The study shows that on the North Atlantic air route , the world 's busiest , 70-80 per cent of aviation fuel , a much higher proportion than previously thought , is burnt in the lower stratosphere , where pollution is known to affect the ozone layer . |
| 12 | DNA diagnosis has shown that these conditions have a larger phenotypic range than previously realised . |
| 13 | The survey reveals much greater support for reform than previously thought . |
| 14 | Clearly , consultation is essential , with a wider group than yet involved ( including for example EATWOT , the association of Third World theologians ) . |
| 15 | Earlier , a report of the National Electoral Commission ( NEC ) on the conduct of the primaries had proposed alternative methods of selecting presidential candidates ; the method finally adopted by the AFRC required prospective candidates to seek endorsement at ward , regional , state and national congresses and thus was a lengthier selection process than originally envisaged . |
| 16 | ‘ The obvious symmetrical properties of sea shells indicate the operation of a far deeper principle in nature than previously thought , one that could have far reaching implications for Science in general . ’ |
| 17 | This would be soiled over to give a better finish than presently shown . |
| 18 | Dumping human sewage at sea is having a far greater effect on the marine environment than previously thought , according to US researchers who have conducted a six-year study of dumping off the coast of New Jersey . |
| 19 | Aircraft make a far greater contribution to global warming than previously recognised , according to a report from the World Wide Fund for Nature ( WWF ) . |
| 20 | Nordique uses a variable high-speed memory in the control unit to provide greater throughput than normally seen in conventional disk units , the company said . |
| 21 | There are two options open to us : we can either mount a much more restricted display in the Library than originally hoped ( restricting ourselves to the two display cases in the Barrel Vault leading to the foot of the main staircase ) , or we can examine the possibility of creating a panel-mounted display which would go on show both in the Library and in other venues . |
| 22 | Individual features in this emission are much broader in velocity than any seen in the emission from the disk . |
| 23 | They feared that the community-based social and political work directed towards a more democratic and egalitarian society than currently existed would be undone by an influx of ‘ bourgeois ’ values and money . |
| 24 | If you read any report that comes out from the government , any report that comes out from Shelter you will find that in fact private sector housing , your house , my house , our houses are subsidised twice as much by this government than so called public . |
| 25 | The Labour administration elected to the Greater London Council in 1981 was committed to an extensive programme of economic intervention , to be supported by economic research on a larger scale than previously experienced in local government and with radically new approaches to generating and implementing policy . |
| 26 | It occurs on a much larger scale than generally realised and in most cases the function is unclear . ’ |
| 27 | But the cracks show that it is far less resistant to corrosion than previously thought . |
| 28 | Global warming will cause less coastal flooding than originally predicted , US scientists say . |
| 29 | However , the sponsoring organisations are keen to start , albeit in a more modest form than previously hoped . |
| 30 | ‘ I had been aware , ’ Jaffray says , ‘ that there were more people with potential for ballet than ever considered entering a ballet class . ’ |