Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] [vb pp] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With each equation the average rank given to correct words is better than that given to incorrect words . |
| 2 | Because the film includes no genital close-ups or explicit sexual activity , it has played in many parts of the world , occasionally with a classification less restrictive than that given to so-called ‘ hardcore ’ sex films . |
| 3 | Such a wage would have been comparable to or even slightly better than that paid to other craftsmen in the area . |
| 4 | The value of an officer 's place in an East Indiaman did not lie in the salary , which was only marginally more attractive than that paid to other ship 's officers . |
| 5 | Major deteriorations in the Thames and South West regions , with more than half attributed to increased monitoring , have heavily influenced these national figures . |
| 6 | Some firms do this by giving non-essential workers less generous relocation allowances than those given to key staff . |
| 7 | Married employees may not , under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 , receive less favourable treatment than single employees and thus may not receive lower allowances than those given to single staff . |
| 8 | The conditions under which murderers would serve their life sentences must be no more rigorous than those applied to other long-sentence prisoners . |
| 9 | In addition , companies would not be required to join trade associations but would be free to do so if they wished ; members would be bonded to the management of the fund for a prescribed percentage of turnover on non-ATOL packages ; and they would also be able to bond at lower levels than those bonded to other bodies . |
| 10 | Over the whole experiment clones of clover that were returned to their original grass associate made more growth than those introduced to alien sites ( significant at P < 0.001 ) . |
| 11 | The interest rates offered to large lessors seeking funding for assets may be less than those offered to small companies . |
| 12 | However , patients in the experimental group , particularly the women , did show significantly greater improvements in their social circumstances ( finance , housing , and employment ) than those allocated to conventional care . |
| 13 | Apart from specific treatment for N. battus infection , lambs should be treated at weaning , and if possible moved to safe pasture ie. those not grazed by sheep since the previous year . |
| 14 | A telephone call received by the Bogotá newspaper El Tiempo on Sept. 20 allegedly from the Medellín cartel had confirmed the kidnappings and included a demand that the government offer the cartel the same " political treatment " as that given to left-wing guerrillas in past peace agreements [ see below ] . |
| 15 | Even during its first few years , however , the Nordic Council began to achieve a considerable degree of coordination in the legislation of the three states , though these related to practical matters that did not seem to threaten national independence . |
| 16 | Two of them favoured refugees ; their conditions of work had to be at least as good as those offered to British workers , and their employers had to provide real training as opposed to handing out menial jobs to what was essentially cheap labour . |