Example sentences of "[be] greater than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay so , income elasticities are less than one for agriculture , whereas they 're greater than one for manufacturing er , much less scope to differentiate in agricultural products , much more scope to differentiate in manufactured goods . |
| 2 | The cash value of scientific observations in this context must therefore be based upon subjective experience and can not be greater than the cash value of the latter ; for it is subjective experience that , ultimately , validates our objective scales of energy intensity . |
| 3 | The effect on small firms could be greater than on their larger counterparts . |
| 4 | We may reach a point where the public costs of city life have to be greater than the private . |
| 5 | The cause of Northern Ireland must be greater than the individual and it would mean a very unfavourable hearing for many government speakers which would give the wrong impression . |
| 6 | ‘ But the impact of rationing on the small , independent cheese-making sector is bound to be greater than on larger sectors . ’ |
| 7 | Certainly the number of offspring that a male may sire as a result of reciprocating coalitions will be greater than if he did not participate , while his lifespan is probably only slightly affected by such activity . |
| 8 | And , Sir , I come to crave of you a boon , that you will give me Rodrigo of Bivar to be my husband , with whom I shall hold myself well married , and greatly honoured ; for certain I am that his possessions will one day be greater than those of any man in your dominions . |
| 9 | The length of the board should be greater than 3.60m unless the user is a slight lady or a child , in which case the length and volume can be less than the figures quoted above . |
| 10 | And the harm it can do may be greater than anyone realises . |
| 11 | Our concern to hold him into God 's truth will be greater than our concern for him to become adjusted to society . |
| 12 | Naturally , the company 's resources will be greater than yours . |
| 13 | Platelet aggregation induced by endoperoxides appeared to be greater than that which could be accounted for by the endoperoxides alone , and Hamberg et al ( 1975 ) were able to demonstrate that in platelets endoperoxides are further metabolised to a very unstable compound , thromboxane A 2 . |
| 14 | Let us be greater than we are |
| 15 | The costs of building refurbishment may be greater than is often assumed . |
| 16 | Taxonomic richness in predator assemblages is always less than habitat richness because of predator selectivity , so that the numbers of species in a predator assemblage can never be greater than were actually present . |
| 17 | The lifetime of the proton in a nucleus is predicted to be greater than 1025 years , so it is not feasible to wait for a sufficient number of transmuted atoms to accumulate . |
| 18 | Incomers do not understand why , when public attention turns to acres of unused or underused pasture or park , the needs of sheep or the needs of agriculture in the distant future are felt by Shetlanders to be greater than the incomers ' here-and-now needs for housing , shops or recreational facilities . |
| 19 | If the spraying should stop , as can happen with blockages or burst pipes , the freezing effect travels inwards and the damage may be greater than if no precautions had been taken . |
| 20 | There is but one restraint on design and that is that the sail height should be greater than 2 metres or 78¾ inches . |
| 21 | So the real influence of the press is likely to be greater than the Mori data indicates . |
| 22 | Where , for example , two minority shareholdings are merged into one majority holding , the value of the whole will be greater than its two constituent parts . |
| 23 | But , whatever form they make take , language demands will almost certainly be greater than in the past ; more pupils will be studying foreign languages for longer periods of time , and children 's perceptions of foreign languages are likely to change . |
| 24 | The evidence shows that such children will make greater progress in English if they know that their knowledge of their mother tongue is valued , if it is recognised that their experience of language is likely to be greater than that of their monoglot peers and , indeed , if their knowledge and experience can be put to good use in the classroom to the benefit of all pupils to provide examples of the structure and syntax of different languages , to provide a focus for discussion about language forms and for contrast and comparison with the structure of the English language . |
| 25 | Although the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry decided not to refer the bid for Pilkington to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission , BTR abandoned its attempt to takeover the company , claiming that this had been motivated , not by adverse public reaction and the political storm created , but by Pilkington 's better than expected profits forecast , which indicated that the likely price required to capture the company would be greater than BTR was willing to pay . |
| 26 | * Since , weight for weight , the strengths of commercial steel and timber are comparable , the total of the burdens supported by wood may well be greater than those supported by steel , though no doubt many of the loads which steel carries are the more spectacular . |
| 27 | The accuracy of the feedback need not be greater than the discrimination ability of the trainee but equally its value will diminish if it is too approximate . |
| 28 | Burlington , Massachusetts-based Bachman Information Systems Inc warns that it expects revenues for its third fiscal quarter to Aprch 31 to be below analysts ' expectations and that the operating loss for the quarter will also be greater than financial market expectations — it notes that some analysts had forecast revenues of about $10m . |
| 29 | The answer is that it is more significant than often it appears , especially if you include examples such as help in finding employment , the importance of which continues to be greater than often is recognized . |
| 30 | Stress will be maintained for as long as the balance measures demands to be greater than resources . |