Example sentences of "of [noun] than [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As stated earlier , less attention has been paid to the factors that determine the readability of illustrations than has been given to the readability of text . |
| 2 | Although there are no minority reports , a peer who has reservations about the conclusions of a report is not bound in debate by collective responsibility , and debates , which , of course , are for the whole House , often show more diversity of views than does the report . |
| 3 | I think our figure gives a rather more measure of flexibility than does that of the County Council . |
| 4 | Partly as a result of this , it has been found that digestion in falcons causes greater modification of bones than has been found in owl prey assemblages ( Yalden & Yalden , 1985 ) . |
| 5 | Representing as they have done the interests of a high-seas trading nation ( Britain still exports more per head of population than does Japan ) , British post-war leaders of all political persuasions , from Nye Bevan to Margaret Thatcher , have largely based their economic policies on the need to expand trade . |
| 6 | The efforts of Anthony Thompson and his friends , including contingents of willing helpers provided by the St Bede 's Link with Romania , have gone a long way towards enabling Lotsi to achieve his goal and the project has now reached the stage where it will benefit from a greater degree of organisation than has been necessary so far . |
| 7 | The programmes of study give greater emphasis to oral communication , to planned cooperative work amongst pupils and to talk as a medium of learning than has perhaps generally been given in the past . |
| 8 | It is suggested therefore that in the event of their failure such systems might be capable of a finer degree of control than has previously applied and that control facilities should be considered which permit the integrated use of all protective features . |
| 9 | Duncan and Lukes therefore have a much broader view of the function of theory than does Dahl , for whom the separation of fact and value appears an obvious and readily attainable objective . |
| 10 | For example , the island of Singapore has more native species of palm than has the whole of the African continent . |
| 11 | The Times of 16 June was nearer the mark when it said ‘ … comments have gone farther in the direction of pessimism than appears to be justified ’ and reminded readers that ‘ the objects of the ZETA experiments were to produce and maintain high temperatures and to study the conditions in which these temperatures are produced as an aid to later stages in design . ’ |
| 12 | This approach does however force the wireframe modeller to work at a higher level of understanding than exists in most present systems . |
| 13 | It seems that I have much more faith in the future of coal than does the hon. Gentleman . |
| 14 | It no more lies within the field of morals than does a cross-word puzzle . |
| 15 | This mosaic provides even fewer indications of date than does that from Wemberham . |
| 16 | No past rival of Western democracies , not even Hitler 's Germany , has presented to the outside world a more opaque image of policy-making than has the USSR , and in no sphere does this arouse greater confusion and concern than defence policy . |
| 17 | ‘ Television could be a fair greater waste of time from a developmental or social learning point of view than has been recognised . ’ |