Example sentences of "[noun] than [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It is more a battle of style and speed than of brawn or luck . |
| 2 | Table 3 shows there is a significantly greater RFA for trigram than for dot location and for words than for dot counting . |
| 3 | Also , Table 4 shows there is a significantly greater RFA for trigrams than for dot counting and for words than for dot location . |
| 4 | Because those planning a service probably give greater weight to the words than to the music , the Commission believes that those texts which promote ancient truths in a readily-understood manner and in good , or at least passable , poetry are the ones which ought to be used . |
| 5 | In recent years this ‘ hymn explosion ’ has been detonated more by new words than by new music . |
| 6 | We could also write down other things about what we have noticed which would be better expressed in words than in paint . |
| 7 | In some of these respects ( such as improvisation , or blue tonality and pitch inflection ) it was more suited to transmission on recordings than in notation . |
| 8 | ‘ They recommended it to the Department of Employment but were told that things had been tightened up because of a Bulgarian footballer who was signed by Ipswich Town and then found to have less international caps than at first thought . |
| 9 | ‘ Better for a horse than for a man , ’ said Mrs Yaxlee with relish . |
| 10 | In fact , she seemed more bothered about the horse than about him . ’ |
| 11 | All these senses are much easier to satisfy in the paddocked horse than in the stabled horse . |
| 12 | Moreover , if the Moon was already in synchronous rotation around the Earth , and if there was more spare material between the Earth and the Moon than beyond the Moon , then the rather greater number of large basins on the near side than on the far side can be explained . |
| 13 | Why is this not an explanation of the lunar crust being thicker on one side than on the other ? |
| 14 | There was no doubt that United were a much more effective side than on their recent visit to Pittodrie in the Cup . |
| 15 | If the magnetic field happens to be larger at one side than at the other side , then the beam will be deflected towards the weaker field which makes the field even weaker , etc. , leading to the so-called kink instability ( Fig. 3.3(b) ) . |
| 16 | Once the light had been turned out again , slowly , inch by inch , Charlie continued his crab-like advance , now more fearful of a stray bullet from his own side than from the enemy 's . |
| 17 | Florey found more interest in studies of the circulation than in Sherrington 's own field , the nervous system , and presently moved to Cambridge with a studentship in pathology . |
| 18 | The bit about is OK but should the Lukic figure read — 1.5 million , he has after all scored more goals for the opposition than for us . |
| 19 | This was easier in opposition than in government . |
| 20 | But it would seem that nutters are more accepted among soccer fans than among groups in other areas of youth culture ( cf. |
| 21 | But Henry was more concerned about the political repercussions of the advances he was making on the Continent than about the troubles of the church of Canterbury . |
| 22 | Centrophenoxine has a similar history as a tonic preparation for geriatrics , used more on the Continent than in England and America . |
| 23 | Notwithstanding claims made by these systems to limit the role of the police in criminal investigations , it will be pointed out that police results have even greater sway on the continent than in England . |
| 24 | This is a trading practice ( more common on the Continent than in the United Kingdom ) whereby a trader organises a coach or boat trip and then during the trip gets the travellers to buy or offer to buy goods or services . |
| 25 | But it might be better to have one by will and intention than by default . |
| 26 | Personal memories : of the larger knots of passengers at reopened Templecombe than at most other stations between Exeter and Salisbury , a route far busier and better served than ten years ago ; but of travelling from Southampton to Newton Abbot via Westbury having dinner with a traveller from London to Crewkerne , the common Westbury-Taunton section way north of both passengers ' direct line being attractive because of the faster pace of HSTs . |
| 27 | Its companions emerged and approached the small fire , but stayed warily at a distance , more afraid of the flame than of the humans who had kindled it , Tallis decided . |
| 28 | Suppose that in the future it becomes possible to predict others ' behaviour more efficiently by observation and computation than by the always hazardous venture of trying to fathom the mysteries of the human heart . |
| 29 | Nine members ( i ) criticized the government for its inadequate and inconsistent policies on genetic engineering and for giving higher priority to economic considerations than to animal welfare , ( ii ) criticized scientists for lacking clear research goals , and ( iii ) expressed deep anxiety about the human genome project , fearing that it might increase opportunities for eugenics . |
| 30 | The evidence of such evictions is very weak ; I felt that the evidence presented to the Committee was based more on political considerations than on hard numbers . |