Example sentences of "than [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 1976 DoE circular on the safeguarding of agricultural land defined the general policy as being ‘ to ensure that , as far as possible , land of a higher agricultural quality is not taken for development where land of a lower quality is available , and that the amount of land taken should be no greater than is reasonably required for carrying out the development in accordance with proper standards ’ . |
| 2 | He concluded that the planet 's habitability is under attack but its natural resilience is probably greater than is normally assumed , and that in the environmental field geographers have made contributions in environmental perception and hazard assessment and also in the area of unified physical and biogeographic research : |
| 3 | I think that there is much to be said for statutes to be preceded by some statement of what Parliament is seeking to achieve in rather longer form than is normally provided by the long title , in the form of perhaps a return to the days of the preamble containing recitals — a form adopted in European Community legislation . |
| 4 | For instance , the body has many reserve capacities which ensure that vital functions can continue even when an organ is injured or diseased : there is more lung tissue than is normally required , there is reserve liver tissue , there are two kidneys , eyes and ears . |
| 5 | It likes damp , moist , airless places with a slightly more alkaline pH than is normally found in the vagina ( normally slightly acid ) . |
| 6 | But they also salvaged much , so that the new regime was established upon principles which were much more conducive to Toryism than is normally thought . |
| 7 | Erm there 's also a view been expressed that well if you 're going to have it it may need some more guidance than is presently written into it . |
| 8 | But in global terms , it will be far worse than is easily imagined . |
| 9 | I wish to alter the low range gearing in the transfer box to something lower than is already fitted in my V8 109 and would appreciate a ‘ crawler ’ gear . |
| 10 | But I think the way that that would occur would be first of all I would expect to see an increase , a steeper increase than is already project I should say in concealed households . |
| 11 | Despite being repudiated , condemned and persecuted , Nazarean teachings continued to survive , for much longer than is generally suspected . |
| 12 | There is too the fact that the original letter or document is charged with an emotion , an urgency , and an immediacy , to which the later printed record can never pretend At least for some — and probably for more than is generally imagined — the original document , letter or journal is the best door into the past . |
| 13 | It is probably a lot more common than is generally realized , a background ‘ noise ’ which only becomes noticeable when emphasized to such a degree that we can no longer ignore it . |
| 14 | Mildew is more debilitating and weakening than is generally realized . |
| 15 | Following the Orange Tree 's fine revival of Rodney Ackland 's The Dark River , this production offers further persuasive evidence that there was far more vitality in the English theatre before the arrival of the angry young men and the Royal Court revolution than is generally acknowledged . |
| 16 | On the whole they feel such predictions are not justified and , indeed , the evidence is of a much greater degree of fitness and independence than is generally acknowledged . |
| 17 | A closer examination of the Celtic Church reveals a much greater deviation from Rome than is generally acknowledged or even known . |
| 18 | Far more settlements had access to areas of common and waste than is generally acknowledged in books about the English landscape ( Fig. 82 ) . |
| 19 | The finding by Fritz and Brooks that vagotomy abolishes the choleretic response to feeding in cholecystectomised dogs suggests that , at least as regards the digestive function of bile , neural regulation of biliary secretion may be of greater functional importance than is generally acknowledged . |
| 20 | It is possible to paint with quite a small brush the details of shadows and shapes of clouds — in fact more so than is generally accepted . |
| 21 | The prospering of Unionism had less to do with the war than is generally assumed , and it was more healthy in 1914 and less certain of prosperity in 1922 . |
| 22 | Employing this methodology , Nyman and Silberston , as already noted , find a significantly higher occurrence of ownership control than is generally assumed . |
| 23 | Perhaps there was a much larger population in the area than has previously been supposed , with more intensive or extensive use of the landscape by 2000 I–C than is generally assumed . |
| 24 | Aircraft are more polluting , probably , than is generally realised — therefore , enter the train . |
| 25 | This can lead to iatrogenic disease ( drug induced ) , a problem which may be far more wide-spread than is generally realised . |
| 26 | The range of organisations that can provide you with back-up is far more extensive than is generally realised . |
| 27 | The notion of ‘ expressing an emotion or attitude ’ is itself a more complex one than is generally realised . |
| 28 | There are other features that may have much earlier origins than is generally believed . |
| 29 | Further evidence against this is the finding that the occurrence of choledocholithiasis was much higher in patients in group A who underwent cholecystectomy ( 16/23 : 70% ) than is generally seen in association with cholecystolithiasis . |
| 30 | Similarly , the robustness of female Australian aboriginal bones may be far greater than is generally found in male pygmies . |