Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [adv] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | A small sharp nose was imbedded between pudgy cheeks on which the threads of broken veins were emphasized rather than disguised by a thin crust of make-up . |
| 2 | It was clear that some economies were possible if more generic drugs were prescribed rather than branded drugs . |
| 3 | The effect on others in the home highlighted , for Garfinkel , the taken-for-granted rules of family life , which became apparent when they were broken rather than when they were being achieved and observed . |
| 4 | Within a matter of days some were caught more than half a mile away . |
| 5 | Such craftsmen were considered more than mere artisans , and their products , especially set in seal rings , were highly esteemed . |
| 6 | So some streets were considered better than others ? |
| 7 | In the Calder Valley district , the Yorkshire Water Authority 's data showed the EC limits were met less than half the time in 1988 . |
| 8 | Cages , nets , animals in captivity , humans who were pushed lower than animals — he had seen enough of that . |
| 9 | ( Piaget 's most influential books were written more than 50 years ago . ) |
| 10 | Some signalling in the south is still controlled from signalboxes which were built more than 100 years ago . |
| 11 | There was further division within each field ; in physics , theoreticians were rated higher than experimentalists ; in law , mere academic specialists were not as highly thought of as those who had practised the profession . |
| 12 | The experiments described above were performed more than once , with minor variations in the procedure adopted . |
| 13 | Some engineers and managers , especially those coming from municipal employment , found the new salaries they were offered higher than their pre-vesting salaries , but others found that they were expected to take a cut . |
| 14 | There were few strikes and in Parliament Labour 's opposition was usually focused more on the ‘ giveaway ’ price at which shares were sold rather than on the principle of privatization . |
| 15 | Such investors tended to come in when stocks were exchanged rather than present themselves at the moment of initiation . |
| 16 | Blows were exchanged faster than the eye could follow but to no avail — within minutes the proud High Elf lay headless on the plain . |
| 17 | As it happened , speaking a number of languages , I had more access to the room in which the drivers were locked up than most , and I filed a long despatch to The Times about the issues in the strike and the feeling among the drivers . |
| 18 | Unpublished figures obtained by Public Eye show that fifty seven percent of offenders were cautioned rather than prosecuted . |
| 19 | Two practices were employed rather than one because one did not provide enough names fitting the research criteria , and also because both working-class and middle-class respondents were required : one practice was in a working-class and one in a middle-class area . |
| 20 | Of those patients presenting with gross ascites with normal pitted red cell counts , three were reformed rather than current drinkers . |
| 21 | Margaret Spear , in a different study from the one reported in this volume , found that for identical work boys were marked higher than girls for supposed understanding of principles , aptitude for science and O level suitability ( Spear , 1984 ) . |
| 22 | Whilst the earliest phase lasted only a few minutes after the training trial , and the intermediate ones declined within the hour , long-term memory seemed to build up slowly over the first hour after training , and protein synthesis inhibitors would no longer disrupt it if they were administered more than an hour after the training ( Figure 10.1 ) |
| 23 | Indeed , on numerous occasions high inflation countries ' currencies were revalued rather than devalued . |
| 24 | I also asked Grand Met what percentage of its tenants had left the trade completely since the beer orders were introduced less than two years ago . |
| 25 | The first complete English translation was by the Carthusian Nicholas Love and licensed for reading by the Archbishop of Canterbury , Thomas Arundel , in 1410 , but portions were translated earlier than this . |
| 26 | But if potatoes were cooked with their skins on , steamed or microwaved , carrots were scrubbed rather than peeled , and fresh fruit and vegetables chosen , then nutritionally we would be more equipped for living . |
| 27 | Christine was bruised , but her feelings were hurt more than her body . |
| 28 | Only two were cited more than 15 times a year — one tenth the rate of citing of the US papers . |
| 29 | The locally powerful were acknowledged rather than accepted ; in Flora Thompson 's words , they ‘ flitted across the scene like kingfishers crossing a flock of hedgerow sparrows ’ . |
| 30 | By 11 , the majority of children were hit less than once a month or never . |