Example sentences of "[noun] than its " in BNC.
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| 1 | The editors begin their Introduction by agreeing with Professor David Walker 's statement in the Scottish Legal System that Scottish legal history is closer to that of the Continent than its English counterpart . |
| 2 | It is possible that they have had some influence upon the Government of the UK during the 1980s , which has been markedly less disposed to intervene as directly in industry than its predecessors . |
| 3 | My friend in the business pointed out that his guitar had a slimmer neck than its big rival . |
| 4 | Domesticated grain contains less crude protein than its wild counterpart , and a higher percentage of carbohydrate . |
| 5 | If your insulation is reasonable , and heat loss and energy conservation not therefore serious considerations , or if the window is more useful for its light than its view , or the view needs disguising , then see what you can do with the frames . |
| 6 | AST Research Inc yesterday introduced the Premmia personal computer family , designed with a local-bus video subsystem claimed to yield more than 200% faster performance in Windows environments than its earlier generation Power Premium desktop systems which are cut $100 . |
| 7 | Therefore , IBM has a captive market , and is able to charge two or three times more for software and maintenance than its rivals . |
| 8 | FERMACELL not only meets BS 476 , Part 22 , but also has longer built-in reserves than its direct competitors . |
| 9 | But there 's more to a musical instrument than its basic tonal ‘ fingerprint ’ . |
| 10 | Less than half these Vs have had repeats , and the names of the first ascensionists are often a better guide to a route 's difficulty than its published grade . |
| 11 | SunSoft claims it is offering better value for money than its nearest competitor Univel Inc which just dropped the price of its UnixWare client to $250 anticipating predatory pricing by Microsoft Corp on Windows NT . |
| 12 | SunSoft claims it is offering better value for money than its nearest competitor Univel Inc which just dropped the price of its UnixWare client to $250 anticipating predatory pricing by Microsoft on Windows NT ( UX No 428 ) . |
| 13 | The laws are fairly insignificant when set beside the economic problem , and the near certainty that , even if all its present plans work out , the Government will be compelled to report a worse economic record in its third Parliament than its second . |
| 14 | But what most impresses you about this phenomenal piece of theatre is less its class affiliations than its national attributes : a drama of mutinous impulses crushed by an authoritarian social system is given consummate rendering by a cast who very triumphantly unite energy and discipline . |
| 15 | The Discovery has the same wheelbase as the Range Rover but , thanks to advances made in interior packaging , has much more room inside its well-appointed cabin than its big , expensive stablemate . |
| 16 | But it is tactically more defensively-minded on the football field than its Latin counterparts and typically operates a catenaccio system of man-to-man marking , more in line with European soccer style . |
| 17 | Due to spending cuts , however , the new Office is likely to have fewer staff and less budget than its predecessor . |
| 18 | But the same writer also showed his affinity with the notions of contemporary Christendom by observing that battles were won by a few renowned knights , and the army which had ‘ even one more famous warrior than its enemy must … win ’ . |
| 19 | Probably because it started the 1980s with a fleet of new 125mph HSTs which had made a major impact on its market , the East Coast main line was far better placed to withstand the rigours of the recession than its West Coast neighbour . |
| 20 | What emerges most strongly from this production is however less the drama 's sexual thrust than its social or even sociological charge , Strindberg 's bleak scrutiny of class-consciousness , of the outraged pride of the servants and the threat to their ingrained deference to their unworthy betters . |
| 21 | However , Marsilid also had more unwanted effects than its companion drug , and some patients experienced psychotic episodes . |
| 22 | Although the top Safrane is a much more accomplished act than its predecessor , the R25 , it 's still too uneven to grab the initiative in the prestige sector . |
| 23 | By the late 1930s , the rapidly falling birth rate made the quantity of population a more pressing issue than its ‘ quality ’ . |
| 24 | Lotus 1-2-3 release 3.4 , on the other hand , promises a more graphical outlook than its predecessors for the DOS user , whilst maintaining the power features that folk have come to expect . |
| 25 | He remarks that in America especially there has always been a strong cross-racial homosexual attraction less restrained by social barriers than its heterosexual counterpart ; ‘ the very furtiveness and outlaw status of the gayworld has led to its greater integration across colour lines ’ . |
| 26 | No. 4 is at once a much more serious work than its predecessors : its first movement blazes with a Scriabinesque passion , and the third movements , ‘ The Race of the Field Rats ’ is , but for the last page , a bravura study for left hand alone . |
| 27 | Shorting has much more influence than its size would suggest . |
| 28 | The Bank of England which has less influence than its German counterpart has been reluctant to advise rate cuts over here . |
| 29 | The Repeater Hand Gun is better at penetrating armour than its strength value of 4 would suggest . |
| 30 | The Repeater Pistol is better at penetrating armour than its strength value of 4 would suggest . |