Example sentences of "than [adj] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After 12 months , the recurrence rate was significantly ( p<0.001 ) lower than that observed during the first six months . |
| 2 | However , when she examined her cocoliche corpus ( 50 hours recorded from 50 speakers ) , Lavandera noted that the frequency of subjunctive forms in all environments was even lower than that observed in the Buenos Aires Spanish corpus ; moreover there was independent evidence that this low frequency did not simply reflect a poor command of Spanish by the immigrants . |
| 3 | The expression of Lewis b in the colon was weaker than that observed in the biliary epithelium in almost all patients . |
| 4 | The uniform staining with anti-Lewis a throughout the colon , the proximal to distal gradient of anti-Lewis b staining , and the weaker staining with anti-Lewis b than that observed in the biliary epithelium also agree with previous reports . |
| 5 | As expected , the carcinoma incidence in the under 50s ( 0.6% ) was very much lower than that observed in the 50 to 70 years age group ( 7.5% ) or the over 70 years group ( 11.6% ) The incidences of adenoma in these age groups were 6.2 , 31.5 , and 32.2% respectively . |
| 6 | This secretion is significantly higher than that observed in the present study on days 6–9 ( Table I ) . |
| 7 | Suddenly it dawned on Ramsay that this flag was considerably larger than that flown by the Regent . |
| 8 | So although the wet climate in the west of Britain causes more magnesium to be washed from the soil than in Germany , this amount is far less than that added to the soil each year from rainfall . |
| 9 | But it remains the case that the current rate of increase in unemployment is considerably lower than that experienced in the early part of last year . ’ |
| 10 | The reasons adduced by Hare include the facts that fluvial processes tend to be dominated by extreme events rather than balance relationships , so that stochastic methods and extreme-value theory are closer to the reality of geomorphic processes than is energy-balance climatology ; and that the geomorphic time scale is longer than that utilized by the climatologist . |
| 11 | Thus we must not , if we think that some other procedure than that adopted by the Secretary of State would be better or fairer , therefore conclude that the procedure he did adopt is necessarily unfair . |
| 12 | ( 1 ) A licensing board shall not refuse to grant a licence under this Part of this Act except under subsection ( 2 ) below or on one or more of the following grounds : ( a ) that the applicant is disqualified by or under this or any other enactment for holding a licence or is in other respects not a fit and proper person to hold a licence under this Part of this Act ; or ( b ) that the premises to which an application relates are not fit and convenient for the purposes of the canteen ; or ( c ) in a case where objection has been made to the situation of the canteen , on the ground specified in the objection ; or ( d ) that the applicant or body providing the canteen has entered into an agreement limiting the sources from which the alcoholic liquor or the mineral waters to be sold in the canteen may be obtained ; but nothing in this subsection shall prevent a licensing board from specifying in the licence granted by it the types of liquor ( including if the board thinks fit types of liquor other than those in respect of which the application for the licence was made ) which may be sold under the licence , and the holder of the licence or his employee or agent shall be guilty of an offence , if he sells alcoholic liquor of a type other than that specified in the licence . |
| 13 | One group on low income who will lose out consists of those people living in areas where the poll tax is levied at a higher rate than the Government calculates , and who in consequence will have to meet a 20 per cent poll tax bill that is larger than that calculated by the 20 per cent met by the Government . |
| 14 | Thus the creation by conservative liberals of a semi-hereditary Second Chamber in the constitutions of the nineteenth century represents a recovery of aristocratic influence within liberalism , even though the extent of this influence was incomparably less than that exercised by the English aristocracy . |
| 15 | The increase in referral rates in the fundholding group ( from 107.3 to 111.4 referrals per 1000 patients a year ) was much smaller than that seen in the non-fundholding ( control ) group ( from 95.0 to 112.0 ) . |
| 16 | The percentage propulsive rate ( 26.6% ) in the interposed colon is significantly lower than that seen in the normal oesophagus ( 80% ) , and more than double that seen in the left hemicolon in its normal location ( 10% ) . |
| 17 | What they definitely do indicate are the extremes of weight problems ; where your weight falls higher than the amount given under the large-frame weight for your height , or lower than that given for the small-frame weight for your height , then you have problems . |
| 18 | In addition , farmers with an agreed development plan in the LFA receive a ‘ guidance premium ’ , which is not higher than that given outside the LFA in the UK ( though it could be one third higher under the Directive ) . |
| 19 | The letter , dated June 23 , refers to reaching an agreement for a Sunday Times article presenting ‘ a more balanced picture ’ than that given by the Morton book serialisation which portrays Diana as victim of a loveless marriage . |
| 20 | Critics of official statistics argued that not all those out of work were registered as unemployed and that the real figure was therefore higher than that given by the Department of Employment , which is responsible for compiling the data . |
| 21 | As I have explained , in such a case the adoption of the literal meaning of the statutory words would lead to a result whereby the taxpayer is assessed at an amount greater than that charged by the employer to the public for the same service . |
| 22 | No leakages were permitted at any points nor were the canvas sides allowed to bulge inward to any greater extent than that caused by the slackness of the canvas specified on the drawing . |
| 23 | The usual justification for paying the manager of a business a salary which is out of all proportion greater than that received by the men on the shop floor , who have direct contact with the product or with the machinery , is that the extra payment is for " responsibility " but this is just another name for " status in a power hierarchy " . |
| 24 | Player A's expected payoff in each period will therefore tend to a value which is less than that received by the dominant strategy type for any positive rate of discount . |
| 25 | The gain to a firm from reneging on the collusive agreement will depend partly on cost , demand , and capacity parameters and partly on the length of time for which a higher profit than that realized under the agreement can be earned before retaliation by the other firms takes place . |
| 26 | No reference document of function exists other than that contained in the original design specification . |
| 27 | In doing so they favoured a more flexible approach than that contained in the proposals put forward by the European Commission . |
| 28 | Urquhart blushed — a hue that was even more scarlet than that created by the wine suffusing his skin . |
| 29 | In most cases there is no limit on the number of individual models , or the number of units , other than that imposed by the points values . |
| 30 | In most cases there is no limit on the number of individual models , or the number of units , other than that imposed by the points values . |