Example sentences of "than [pers pn] [be] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although many lone parents work , Table 4 shows that earnings from employment are less likely to be their main source of income than they are for two parent families although for both groups this will be affected by fluctuations in employment and unemployment . |
| 2 | This is one field of higher education where in some cases the fees from the overseas student are no higher than they are for British nationals . |
| 3 | Sometimes , it 's cheaper for a whole family to travel than it is for one person . |
| 4 | Since a variety of conduct is included within the term gross indecency , the protection afforded to male patients from sexual exploitation is greater than it is for female patients . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , video imaging systems are not very tolerant of contrast , and the range of brightness between the lightest and darkest areas of a picture which can be reproduced is very much less for video than it is for ordinary colour photography . |
| 6 | Gestation is slightly shorter than it is for human mothers . |
| 7 | It is extraordinary that it is easier for the EC to export to Hungary , Czechoslovakia and Poland than it is for those countries to export to the EC . |
| 8 | If you want to get money out it 's harder than it is for white people — they always check you and go away and phone . |
| 9 | Their pre-school life is often more sheltered than it is for white children . |
| 10 | Horses learn new things easily when they are young ; it is actually easier for them to learn new things than it is for older horses . |
| 11 | It is entirely wrong to assume that older women , who have been involved in employment during their lives , should experience retirement as any more or less significant than it is for older men . |
| 12 | In societies where the organization of social and economic life is based much more closely on kinship than it is for most people in contemporary Britain , women 's involvement in exchanging goods and services with female relatives plays an important role in maintaining the solidarity of the kin group . |
| 13 | The response in this area was far more positive than it was for simple strumming . |