Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [adj -er] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed in some ways the proof is rather simpler than Theorem 1 , since it does not need such a complex structure of nested recursions . |
| 2 | The question of ‘ public safety ’ is rather simpler than that of amenity , though there is ample scope for disagreement ; the relevant issue is whether an advertisement is likely to cause danger to road users , and also to ‘ persons who may use any railway , waterway ( including coastal waters ) , dock , harbour or airfield ’ . |
| 3 | Evidently the Poet 's estimate of the Friend 's credulity is rather higher than ours . |
| 4 | Average desired or intended family size is rather higher than the family size implicit in birth-rates since the 1970s . |
| 5 | Eighteen to 48 hours after thrombolytic therapy about 85% of vessels are open , with the minority remaining occluded , This patency rate is rather higher than that seen at 90 minutes following similar thrombolytic treatment ( 65–70% ) . |
| 6 | As we have already seen in Chapter 1 , the proportion of the temporary labour force who consider themselves self-employed ( 15 per cent ) is rather higher than that of the workforce as a whole ( 11 per cent ) . |
| 7 | Erm well that base budget is rather higher than we are expecting and the time when , the policy committee set its targets for each of the service committees . |
| 8 | Although that , the country is still well in the red , the latest deficit , as I mentioned earlier is rather better than the trade gap that was reported in July . |
| 9 | Wheat skimming is rather cleverer than potato washing . |
| 10 | The only difference is that the slope of the worst case is rather steeper than the slope of the best . |
| 11 | This bright and colourful boat is rather larger than most speed boats , but feeds more children that way ! |
| 12 | And the sort of payback , as it were , if you are lucky , is rather larger than the payback , say , in horse racing ? |
| 13 | Leading on from this , a more general point is that where the objective of the operation is rather broader than profit maximization , shareholder control is probably far less appropriate than state control ( see , for example , Baumol , 1984 ) . |
| 14 | A cuckoo 's egg is conspicuously larger than the host 's eggs to our eyes but the egg is sufficiently similar in pattern and colour not to be detected by the foster parents . |
| 15 | Ensure the highest SPR identifier is numerically higher than or equal to the lowest SPR identifier . |
| 16 | Ensure the highest SSR identifier is numerically higher than or equal to the lowest SSR identifier . |
| 17 | The highest Software Performance Report ( SPR ) identifier specified ( using option 3.6.2 — Prepare Listings Of All SPRs ) is numerically smaller than the lowest SPR identifier . |
| 18 | The highest Software Status Report ( SSR ) identifier specified ( using option 4.6.2 — Prepare Listings Of All SSRs ) is numerically smaller than the lowest SSR identifier . |
| 19 | It has 11mm specification but is little heavier than a 9mm . |
| 20 | At times the road is little better than a forestry track . |
| 21 | Although having a B classification , it is little better than a country lane , yet , despite some sudden halts and reversings and generally slow progress , is a delight to follow . |
| 22 | This method of analysis does not always work , and sometimes interpretation of such sites is little better than guesswork . |
| 23 | As a result the bargaining position of these workers when they try to find work or gain promotion is little better than that of manual workers . |
| 24 | Although the evidence for these flights is little better than anecdotal , sufficient information is available in his published and private papers to make possible the construction of a reproduction of the latter machine , which was successfully flown for a television film in 1972 . |
| 25 | Also taking that view was Dr Tony Andrews of the Royal Veterinary College in London , who said : ‘ I know I have to be careful in what I say but in my view , the management in many herds as far as feeding regimes are concerned is little better than controlled starvation . ’ |
| 26 | I mean I thought personally that erm appendix one which was the initial submission was rather better erm in connection with the exception of three appendix one , it 's rather better than you know appendix two is sort of drafted in terms of , of , of , of . |
| 27 | Now that is to paint a far wider duty than I had been er er er thought and indeed er those who follow these matters have suggested that 's rather wider than the than the er secondary legislation here before us actually provides for . |
| 28 | In terms of use , the status of e-mail messages ( excluding mailed WP documents ) , in most companies , is somewhere higher than a telephone call or a hand-written note but lower than a formal memo or report . |
| 29 | That foundation is analytically stronger than one relying on the casual observation that since companies possess power , they must use that power ‘ responsibly ’ . |
| 30 | The potential of joy is vastly greater than our capacity to absorb it all . |