Example sentences of "are [adv] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why ca n't people accept things for what they are rather than going all out to destroy the things they do n't agree with ? |
| 2 | The belief is unjustified because nothing that you can point to suggests that you are rather than are not a brain in a vat . |
| 3 | It also emphasizes the importance of readings in which fictional texts are recognized for what they are rather than being treated as truth claims or pronouncements about the world . |
| 4 | So in other words is our F T E consistent with where we actually are rather than where we thought we 'd be erm or have we got erm you know er the Parkinson 's law , been operating with the , the overtime , people are used to doing it and therefore they keep doing it and so on . |
| 5 | But even if it is n't , it is far better to start with a concise piece of information which can be built up into a bigger story if the circumstances are right than to send out a wordy release which is immediately discarded . |
| 6 | The total division ratio from the DIV input to the input to the phase detector ( Fig.2 ) is N = ( 128. n2 + nl ) *A + n0 , where n0 , n1 and n2 are less than 128 . |
| 7 | Suddenly the man next to you says : ‘ Of course , you realise that more than 50 per cent of all road journeys are less than three miles long ? ’ |
| 8 | Today there are less than 50,000 . |
| 9 | At present there are less than ten laboratories in Britain that can isolate the organism , and most of these are working as research units rather than as service units prepared to isolate chlamydia as part of the standard diagnostic screening that should be available . |
| 10 | Fine cracks internally visible but not seen externally can be ignored if they are less than 1mm in width and can be filled during redecoration . |
| 11 | Moreover , in the Pelileo-Patate region ( eastern Cordillera of Ecuador ) , Stadel states that nearly 60 per cent of the farms ( minifundia ) are less than 1 ha and some 94.3 per cent are less than 5 ha . |
| 12 | Throughout most of the area , the differences are less than 1000 . |
| 13 | Some short-haired breeds have guard hairs that are less than 2 inches in length , sparse awn hairs and no down hairs . |
| 14 | On the other hand , there are certainly some projects which are less than five years old , but where there are some components which are likely to prove unobtainable . |
| 15 | He qualifies because his savings are less than £8,000 . |
| 16 | Now I want a top three medal , and I genuinely believe I can get one , ’ he said at the Luton social club where he runs one of the few silat classes in this country — there are less than a hundred active practitoners of the martial art in Britain . |
| 17 | Sayre states that in most cases , there are less than four resulting alternative letter strings , and usually one . |
| 18 | We learned much about out bobsled team , even though there are less than 100 active bobsledders and only one bobsled run in our country . |
| 19 | ‘ Look how much better the Lilliputians do it ’ , is a tempting cry , but the more one looks into it the more one finds that the Lilliputians are n't a fair comparison with us : they have n't got our antiquated industries … our legal system ; and they are less than six inches tall . |
| 20 | However , these resistances , either before or after wounding , are less than 20% of the resistance of closed stomata . |
| 21 | Membership is by invitation ( dues are less than $1,000 per year ) extended only to U.S. dealers in works of European and American fine art painting , sculpture , drawings , and prints from the Renaissance to the present . |
| 22 | Since more than half the states at present existing are less than 40 years old , this seriously limits the incidence of the traditional ‘ principle of nationality ’ . |
| 23 | In all the chain there are less than ten square kilometres left of glacier , or about a fortieth of what there is in the Alps , though , after many years of shrinkage , the Pyrenean ice-fields are said to have spread themselves a little since 1950 . |
| 24 | Angles which are less than 90° are called acute angles . |
| 25 | We also showed that grade two do significantly better than grade three , but most importantly perhaps is that we showed that patients with a vascular count that are less than twenty one do significantly better than patients with a vascular count of greater or equal to twenty one . |
| 26 | If the reason for change is not one of the preceding , and there are less than 8 weeks to your departure date , then we will credit you with 10% of the cost of the changed holiday ( if less than 14 days to departure , this will be raised to 20% ) to be used in the purchase of any other Falcon Sailing holiday within 24 months . |
| 27 | The Earth is included because though only a few tens of impact craters are known , all of them are less than 500 Ma old and thus constitute recent cratering . |
| 28 | If there are less than 4 days of sickness in a row there is no PIW and there is no SSP involvement . |
| 29 | Ministers are fond of criticising local government because many local authorities are less than 100 per cent . |
| 30 | Where the Auditors and Purchaser 's Accountants disagree as to the valuation of an item and , where the disputed element of the valuation is less than £1,000 for an individual item , or the aggregate value of all disputed elements of valuation within fixed assets are less than £3,000 both parties shall agree to accept the Auditors ' valuation . |