Example sentences of "[adj -er] [conj] one [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carried out nationally , this showed that almost ten per cent of urban African households now possessed radio sets ; in the rural areas , the audience was far more scattered and the figure lower than one in fifty . |
| 2 | Obviously a point with a higher weight is brighter than one with a lower weight . |
| 3 | Two heads are better than one for Bruce Campbell . |
| 4 | A ‘ flight ’ of 446 ft ( 136 m ) has been recorded , during which the animal lost only 30–40 ft ( 10–12 m ) in height , a glide ratio of better than one in ten . |
| 5 | There 's plenty of room , as you can see , and I 'm certain that two hands must be better than one in a veterinary practice . |
| 6 | It is hard to see why a code in which GGC means glycine and AAG means lysine is either better or worse than one in which the meanings are reversed . |
| 7 | A ribbed shell of this kind is often stronger than one without ribs ( for the same reason that corrugated iron is used for roofing ) , and it is probably no coincidence that ribs may be developed on bivalves too . |
| 8 | Okay so , income elasticities are less than one for agriculture , whereas they 're greater than one for manufacturing er , much less scope to differentiate in agricultural products , much more scope to differentiate in manufactured goods . |