Example sentences of "[noun sg] than [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To calculate the size of gutter needed to cope with this amount of rain , allowance has to be made for the fact that the wind will tend to drive more rain on to the roof than would simply fall on the ca flat plan area . |
| 2 | Hence , much larger areas of double-glazing than could formerly have been contemplated , consistent with maintaining comfort , may now be built into external walls . |
| 3 | The use of aisles permitted the erection of a much wider building than would otherwise have been possible . |
| 4 | Scriabin 's First Symphony is a cyclic , tautly structured work than can well manage without being manoeuvred towards the sound world of the Poem of Ecstasy , and Segerstam would have done better to have had more of an ear for pacing and projection than is evident here . |
| 5 | Separation of the upper third of the continental crust on a plate has the effect of reducing the overall buoyancy of the subducted crust by nearly one-half , and this in turn allows more subduction than would otherwise have occurred . |
| 6 | They appeared to be more aware of the misery and realities of war than might otherwise have been expected . |
| 7 | The existence of money gives the consumer greater freedom of choice than could ever exist under a barter system . |
| 8 | For these countries , the scale of expansion was not affected by the dollar crisis ( although the form may have been — the ‘ automatic ’ nature of the monetary expansion generated by dollar inflows may have bred a more monetary , and less fiscal , policy mixture than would otherwise have been adopted , and thus contributed to the easy money regime ) . |
| 9 | This has made it difficult for Britain to compete on the world market , and this in turn has eventually led to a worse slump and level of unemployment than would otherwise have been the case had there been no political intervention in the working of the naturally self-regulating free economy of the market . |
| 10 | And why is it whenever you choose to roll out the seventy foot or more of polythene , which has humped up your overdraft considerably , a perfect tranquil morning is spoilt by a freak hurricane , sheet with a dozen or more pairs of hands held fast disappears over Stickford way and at that moment , more people drive up the Bank than would normally pass in a week . |
| 11 | Honest journalists will be justifiably annoyed and there is no guarantee that those who do accept will actually produce a more favourable report than would otherwise have been the case . |
| 12 | Their imprimatur also gave the elements which could be interpreted as letting the auditors off the hook , such as the question of lessening liability exposure , more credibility than would otherwise have happened had they been drafted by auditors . |
| 13 | Because those who re-offended went to prison automatically , without the possibility of a non-custodial sentence the next time they were convicted of an imprisonable offence , they might remain in custody for a longer time than would otherwise have been the case . |