Example sentences of "[noun] than [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , we recommend that you keep to the usual recommended calorie intakes for weight loss , and reap the additional advantages in ease and speed , rather than try to eat even fewer calories than usually recommended in a diet . |
| 2 | The consumer must accept that , with organic systems , some fruits and vegetables will not look perfect and they will continue to be more expensive because organic farming is more labour intensive and the land usually produces lower yields than conventionally farmed land . |
| 3 | New methods of detecting the presence of organic compounds in fish suggest that pollutants may be killing them and other marine species in smaller concentrations than previously thought . |
| 4 | The project involves the re-analysis of existing data sets , using the new measure and testing for stronger relationships than originally found . |
| 5 | A compromise might be agreed with whaling nations who dissent from voting for moratoria by allowing them a more restricted quota than originally proposed . |
| 6 | More branches than ever joined in six hundred and seventy four in all and collections took place at more Tesco 's than ever , two hundred and twenty five . |
| 7 | As an example of the value of this habitat a survey of Pevensey Levels in 1976 recorded 52 nesting species and included counts of 27 pairs of Snipe , 29 pairs of Redshank , 74 pairs of Reed Warbler , 196 pairs of Sedge Warbler , 165 pairs of Yellow Wagtail , 118 pairs of Meadow Pipit , and 262 pairs of Reed Bunting ; Besides revealing rather more Snipe , Redshank and Yellow Wagtail than previously recorded ( see Systematic List ) these counts clearly indicate the value of the marginal vegetation of the ditches for Reed Buntings , Reed and Sedge Warbler . |
| 8 | The fact that many more men resembled Dustin than ever resembled film stars like Cary Grant or Gary Cooper was irrelevant . |
| 9 | Whitehall 's obsessive secrecy may have a more humane base than generally allowed , though that seems rather unlikely . |
| 10 | Outcome in early treated subjects with phenylketonuria is not as good as was thought just a few years ago and is much more closely associated with the quality of blood phenylalanine control at all ages than previously recognised . |
| 11 | In the 1983 election , more electors thought the Conservatives had the better policies than actually voted for the party . |
| 12 | Dealers said both institutional fund managers and private client investors — having seen the latest opinion poll results pointing a much closer finish to the election than previously expected — decided that the potential gains following a surprise Tory victory this morning actually outweighed the risks associated with the formation of a Labour government . |
| 13 | A SLOWER route than previously proposed between Scotland and France is the Government 's preferred option for the Channel Tunnel rail link , it was confirmed yesterday . |
| 14 | This in turn encouraged Samsonov to drive farther to the west than originally intended , before turning northward , in the hope of encircling even greater numbers of Germans . |
| 15 | The most stringent regulations are those recently introduced in California , where , by the year 2003 , cars must emit 85 per cent less hydrocarbons , 50 per cent less carbon monoxide and 75 per cent less nitrogen oxide than currently permitted . |
| 16 | Aircraft are responsible for a higher level of greenhouse gas emissions than previously thought , largely due to the disproportionately strong effect of nitrogen oxide ( NOx ) at high altitudes , according to new figures from the Energy Technology Support Unit ( ETSU ) based at Harwell , in the UK . |
| 17 | The attempted coup of December 1989 against President Corazon Aquino [ see pp. 37120-21 ] had wider support than initially acknowledged , with an estimated 70 per cent of the armed forces willing to support a regime installed by the coup plotters , according to intelligence sources . |
| 18 | And it may be that the Gardener Centre has a broader community function than previously realized , in that it might be a marvellous place for families and kids and mums and dads , as they did on the recent Gardener Open Day , to come up and spend some time in casual appreciation of the arts instead of what , traditionally , a university campus is supposed to do , which is a serious and intensive look at experimental and avant garde work . |
| 19 | Nuclear will increase by 120% ( a far lower level than previously projected — see Nuclear Power ) , coal use will grow by some 70% while gas consumption will register a slight fall . |
| 20 | The study shows that on the North Atlantic air route , the world 's busiest , 70-80 per cent of aviation fuel , a much higher proportion than previously thought , is burnt in the lower stratosphere , where pollution is known to affect the ozone layer . |
| 21 | DNA diagnosis has shown that these conditions have a larger phenotypic range than previously realised . |
| 22 | The survey reveals much greater support for reform than previously thought . |
| 23 | Once again there are different ways in which such data are used , but all share the object of analysing the data anew , using them for different purposes than originally intended . |
| 24 | Clearly , consultation is essential , with a wider group than yet involved ( including for example EATWOT , the association of Third World theologians ) . |
| 25 | We do not yet know the implications for job numbers of the reorganisation , but as stated in the AEA Times Bulletin there may be a need to plan for more reductions than previously anticipated . |
| 26 | Earlier , a report of the National Electoral Commission ( NEC ) on the conduct of the primaries had proposed alternative methods of selecting presidential candidates ; the method finally adopted by the AFRC required prospective candidates to seek endorsement at ward , regional , state and national congresses and thus was a lengthier selection process than originally envisaged . |
| 27 | ‘ The obvious symmetrical properties of sea shells indicate the operation of a far deeper principle in nature than previously thought , one that could have far reaching implications for Science in general . ’ |
| 28 | Like Massachusetts and Arizona , two other free-borrowing states whose credit is barely investment-grade , it will probably have to pay at least one percentage point more on new bonds than highly rated states . |
| 29 | Many of these were accepted during compromise negotiations , resulting in tighter regulations than originally proposed . |
| 30 | By looking at differences in gas yield for the same coal type at different levels of thermal maturation , it has been possible to demonstrate that gas generation from coals occurs at lower maturities than previously reported . |