Example sentences of "than in " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was also concern that groups were growing faster in the UK than in the rest of the world . |
| 2 | I am afraid that by taking the extraordinary measure of stapling this report ‘ because some of the contents are so disturbing ’ , Amnesty has again given credence to the belief that recent torture in Kuwait has been more terrible than in any other part of the world , whereas the repugnant patterns of pain-infliction described are all too familiar from Iran , from Myanmar , Amin 's Uganda , a South America , South Africa etc . |
| 3 | At no time will this be more true than in the 1990s , when the art critic confronts an increasingly international community of art . |
| 4 | The construction here is more erudite than in the Madame Cézanne . |
| 5 | Being nervous and taking risks are two of the main things you will have to face as an aspiring actor , and that first time you read a play with a group of strangers , rather than in a classroom or among friends is when you confront your first hurdle . |
| 6 | I see no more in you than in the ordinary |
| 7 | Doubtless some protestant paramilitaries — though there have been fewer religious persons among them than in the case of the provisionals — hold to similar religious understandings of the necessity of violence under certain circumstances . |
| 8 | The general data presented by Cox are undeniable , but interpretation of the data rests on certain assumptions , principally that people act on an individualistic basis rather than as groups , and according to attitudes expressed in the quiet of their homes rather than in response to major events . |
| 9 | The birth of sociologie religieuse and the initial contributions of catholic institutions both in Europe and the USA to the founding of departments of sociology are rooted here rather than in the work of the founding fathers of the discipline , though clearly there are links between de Bonald , Maistre , and Durkheim on the nature of social solidarity and the concept of society , and authoritative Roman catholic social theorists . |
| 10 | Why do my titles come out better in French than in English ? he wrote . |
| 11 | For if Mrs Phipps been clever enough to manage her husband 's murder , then she was too bright to make such uninhibited admissions , even to a sympathetic vicar 's wife , other than in the knowledge that she 'd nothing to hide . |
| 12 | The Regent Theatre stood halfway down Shaftesbury Avenue towards the Piccadilly end , convenient for the Trocadero or the Criterion for those who like their after-theatre supper served amid gilt and chandeliers rather than in the garlicky hinterland of Soho . |
| 13 | Ironically , the hostel was charging so much in rent that while I did have to stay there , I was better off on the dole with the housing people picking up the bill than in cleaning work and having to pay it myself . |
| 14 | In the front of the borders where I can reach , I grow my vegetables , annuals and low-growing perennials in patches rather than in rows . |
| 15 | If the main wheel is further forward , the glider will have a stronger tendency to weathercock than in the air , and the rudder will be even less effective at preventing this . |
| 16 | In light winds the situation is far more critical than in windy weather , when it may be possible to land ahead from 500 feet or more , even on a relatively small site . |
| 17 | It is not unknown for gliders to stall and drop a wing badly on a slow launch , and the behaviour of most gliders in the rain may be far worse than in normal flight . |
| 18 | Surprisingly , there is usually less reduction in ‘ g ’ during an incipient spin or full spin than in a straight stall and , apart from the initial apprehension , these manoeuvres affect sensitive people less than normal stall recoveries . |
| 19 | There is a greater chance of miscarriage than in a normal pregnancy , and most doctors advise that the IUD should be removed . |
| 20 | Pelvic infection is more likely to occur in women using an IUD than in those using other contraceptive methods . |
| 21 | Also there is more hostility towards academics than in Holland where their status is higher . |
| 22 | Yet there is a deeper , yet more exultant sense of the delights of love , of its mellifluous sensuality , in this second book than in the first ; though Scobie overstates his case when he claims it as ‘ nothing more than a joyous celebration ( of love ) richly seasoned . ’ |
| 23 | Perhaps nowhere else is the mood and tone of love more beautifully expressed than in his poem ‘ Beneath My Hands ’ ( The Spice-Box Of Earth ) : |
| 24 | If these information-processing modules exist only in the minds of cognitive scientists , rather than in the minds of the subjects they study , then breakdowns in face recognition or word recognition should either be all-or-none , or else they should be extremely difficult to conceptualize within the vocabulary of cognitive psychology . |
| 25 | I do this not only because the issues are easier to grasp in the case of perception than in the case of voluntary movement , but also because neurophysiologists of movement are less prone to wild claims than neurophysiologists of perception : most of the former would admit that we do not yet have the faintest idea how voluntary activity is able to utilize or over-ride reflex pathways ; how we mobilize so-called ‘ motor programmes ’ when we need them ; or even where in the nervous system voluntary movement is initiated . |
| 26 | Corporations , banks and trusts controlled a great deal and , although machines replaced workers more frequently in America , certain trades , Eleanor wrote , were 50 per cent more labour intensive than in England . |
| 27 | The small party of British players competing in the Veteran 's World Championships in Perth at the end of April achieved greater successes overall than in previous years . |
| 28 | The death rate in winter for those aged 60–69 is on average 12% higher than in summer ; this increases to 17% for those in their seventies and 26% for those aged 80 and over . |
| 29 | This definition ‘ proper to the period ’ is nowhere better exemplified than in Ashton 's five classical ballets . |
| 30 | The need for classical dancers to study courtly behaviour is nowhere more important than in all pas de deux . |