Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] other [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We start off with bacteria ( which ‘ look different than other creatures ’ ) . |
| 2 | This , in turn , can be traced to ageist values within society generally , which permeate social and political thinking and thereby influence the extent to which older people as a group are viewed as less important , less in need , or just less interesting than other groups of people ( e.g. Hughes and Mtezuka , 1992 ) . |
| 3 | Julian : ‘ I 'd like to think we can get successful being the way we are , a gay man , a Welsh man and a Jewish man with no f—ing pretensions — our music is more interesting than other bands and we 're interesting people as well . |
| 4 | KS100L : A laminate fabric approximately 10× more waterproof than other rucksack materials . |
| 5 | They have been more willing than other historians to accept at face value his retrospective remark of 1824 : " The branch who broke the frames never contemplated any such thing as the combining . " |
| 6 | Sometimes this label may come from a sense of being less-educated than other people , or less articulate . |
| 7 | Less gregarious than other sandgrouse , frequenting rocky and bushy desert areas . |
| 8 | They can be as immodest and as positive as you like — although the risk of being embarrassed if other people find them has to be taken into account . |
| 9 | I would never try on something revealing like a swimming costume in a communal changing room , because when I was bigger I 'd be thinking everyone would be looking at the bulgy bits thinking how fat I was ( well , this is what I thought after I found out what my friends had been saying ) , and now I would feel too self-conscious because other girls would be thinking how skinny I look . |
| 10 | as at present there are three 2.5 litre turbo diesel engines in use — the VM in the Range Rover , the 200 TDi in the Discovery and the 2.5 in the Defender — or it may be that the Land Rover unit is not as reliable as other Land Rovers have been and Land Rover Ltd have realised this . ? |
| 11 | Teachers say Down 's children are just as curious and interested as other children . |
| 12 | All I can say is that All will probably never be as popular as other bands , both British and American , but they will always be one of the best in my opinion . |
| 13 | All I can say is that All will probably never be as popular as other bands , both British and American , but they will always be one of the best in my opinion . |
| 14 | Although elderly persons , on the whole , are less geographically mobile than other age groups , the spatially selective nature of their migration gives them an important impact ( Law and Warnes 1982 ) . |
| 15 | I have taken those of Greer as a basis for discussion , not because his books are more sexist or pro-capitalist than other textbooks used in 16+ examination preparation , but because they are typical of such textbooks . |
| 16 | Furthermore , there are no logical grounds on which to argue that some changes are more inimical than other changes . |
| 17 | Stainless steel is the preferred material , more expensive initially but more durable than other materials . |
| 18 | Clay particles are most cohesive than other soils and deter the pressurising of trapped water , while fine sands are the easiest to liquefy . |
| 19 | As discussion at the 1985 meeting of Experts made clear , the sensitivity of the issues surrounding Article 23 is increased by the use of United States discovery processes in anti-trust actions and other contexts in which the United States courts claim to have jurisdiction more extensive than other countries are willing to approve , to combat which a series of ‘ blocking statutes ’ have been enacted to deal with some features of this problem . |
| 20 | Among culture-based arguments is the simplistic one that the British are by nature more tolerant than other nationalities . |
| 21 | We know that the parents of aggressive children use more ridicule , nagging and scolding than other parents . |
| 22 | More real than other people because her face was so familiar , although she was a stranger . |
| 23 | This suggests that improving access to dietitians might be more efficacious than other changes . |
| 24 | So far as digital penetration with one finger is concerned , if this is less serious than other types of penetration , this could be reflected in sentencing . |
| 25 | The notion that verbal creation is somehow more self-indulgent , undisciplined or easy than other forms of creation is false . |
| 26 | Local rates are politically more delicate than other forms of taxation because they are the most visible . |
| 27 | I would be grateful if other people were not chatting . |
| 28 | Intellectual needs will have to be met , but the meeting of these needs may not be possible until other needs — physical , emotional and social — are first satisfied . |
| 29 | She will joke about herself and is not touchy if other people risk a mild tease about colour . |
| 30 | As control methods they have the advantage of low capital outlay , although there is the ongoing need to purchase the masking and counteracting agent , as and when necessary , and case of application , being particularly valuable where other methods can not be applied . |