Example sentences of "than on " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is interesting to note that the debate centred on the concrete social consequences of divorce legislation rather than on its intrinsic morality . |
| 2 | Perennials , even quite shallow-rooted species , tend to grow more robustly in clay loams than on chalk or sand and , given adequate drainage , almost all shrubs thrive on fairly stiff land . |
| 3 | Hostas love moist clay but suffer very badly from slugs which are always more abundant than on lighter soils . |
| 4 | This makes the lock much stiffer to operate than on the earlier types of glider . |
| 5 | If you are someone who finds talking about sex or AIDS difficult or embarrassing , you may find yourself concentrating on the facts , rather than on feelings . |
| 6 | Always the call will be for more power to the organization , so that the 1989 cry of alarm from the Police Federation conference about private security firms is based more on a fear that areas of influence are being taken from the institution than on beliefs that such groups are incompetent . |
| 7 | This acquisition of special knowledge meant that when I was called to give evidence to the Advisory Council on Drug Abuse ( chaired by Baroness Wooton ) on the use of cannabis , I was perhaps more inclined to dwell on the symbolic dangers attributed to its use than on any alleged physical harm , simply because I was now aware that any reality in relation to cannabis use was more complex than could be contained in some easy binary of social value — medical debilitation . |
| 8 | According to functionalism , it is useful to categorize environmental stimuli on the basis of what they mean to a subject rather than on the basis of their gross physical characteristics . |
| 9 | NOWHERE did the 1980s have a greater impact than on the services which at sectorisation became Network SouthEast ( NSE ) . |
| 10 | Albeit with differing electrical systems , these units were of similar external appearance and brought to the Southern Region for the first time ( other than on the Waterloo & City line and the experimental PEP unit ) sliding-door stock which might ultimately be suitable for one-person operation . |
| 11 | This was no more evident than on the Isle of Wight at the end of 1989 , which seemed to be going backwards despite getting new stock . |
| 12 | Remember these routes are all on limestone , which rarely gives good routes at less than VS , but a line of bolts , ending at a firmly anchored chain , up dry and solid rock , means that a much bolder approach can be adopted than on the polished , easier routes of Stoney or the vertical scree of Swanage . |
| 13 | It may seem strange to start by describing the best method of removing old finishes , but there is probably more work done on renovating old furniture and existing woodwork than on new wood . |
| 14 | They suffer from the drawback that warping can leave open gaps in the cladding ( waney-edged boards are particularly prone to this because of the way they are sawn ) , and so they tend to be used more on out-buildings than on house exteriors , except as feature panels . |
| 15 | But such information as we have undoubtedly reflects more credit on Dorothy than on Ezra . |
| 16 | Newton spent more time and energy on alchemical speculations than on the scientific discoveries which galvanised the Western world : Storr reconstructs the neurotic drive which impelled him to heroic intellectual feats . |
| 17 | That means it will be the first time abortion has been debated as part of government legislation , rather than on the basis of a private member 's Bill . |
| 18 | Lewis bowled a yard quicker than on his debut at Edgbaston , hit an impeccable length , and moved the ball away . |
| 19 | One felt the full house would have preferred him a few thousand miles away this winter , rather than on the cabaret circuit . |
| 20 | The effect on small firms could be greater than on their larger counterparts . |
| 21 | Even excluding bonuses , British top managers beat their French , German and Dutch counterparts with a 12.1 per cent hike in basic pay ( although their real increases — 5.1 per cent — were not much larger than on the continent ) . |
| 22 | Cocoa for delivery that month traded at a premium of £36 a tonne to March , the next contract month , about £10 a tonne more than on Friday . |
| 23 | ‘ Thatcherite Britain now spends more taxpayers ’ money on our health than on our defence . |
| 24 | Amnesty International 's report that this unholy alliance is responsible for at least 2,500 political killings in the past two years demonstrates that the Colombian authorities are more interested in waging a war on the left than on the drug cartels . |
| 25 | The note , headed ‘ Costing Labour 's Programme ’ and dated 17 July 1989 , says : ‘ The Labour review document has been drafted much more carefully than on some earlier occasions . |
| 26 | The emphasis is on objective analysis of evidence rather than on a subjective impression of any single witness . |
| 27 | Long memories are rare in a fashion world where thoughts are more concentrated on what 's happening next than on the past . |
| 28 | Opinion was also divided about BBC bias but rather more people detected a pro-Conservative , anti-Labour bias on the BBC than on ITV . |
| 29 | perceptions of newspaper bias depended more on the partisanship of the paper being read than on the partisanship of the reader who read it . |
| 30 | perceptions of newspaper bias depended more , however , on the partisanship of the paper being read than on the partisanship of the reader who read it . |