Example sentences of "is [adv] [adj] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed in some ways the proof is rather simpler than Theorem 1 , since it does not need such a complex structure of nested recursions . |
| 2 | The question of ‘ public safety ’ is rather simpler than that of amenity , though there is ample scope for disagreement ; the relevant issue is whether an advertisement is likely to cause danger to road users , and also to ‘ persons who may use any railway , waterway ( including coastal waters ) , dock , harbour or airfield ’ . |
| 3 | Evidently the Poet 's estimate of the Friend 's credulity is rather higher than ours . |
| 4 | Average desired or intended family size is rather higher than the family size implicit in birth-rates since the 1970s . |
| 5 | Eighteen to 48 hours after thrombolytic therapy about 85% of vessels are open , with the minority remaining occluded , This patency rate is rather higher than that seen at 90 minutes following similar thrombolytic treatment ( 65–70% ) . |
| 6 | As we have already seen in Chapter 1 , the proportion of the temporary labour force who consider themselves self-employed ( 15 per cent ) is rather higher than that of the workforce as a whole ( 11 per cent ) . |
| 7 | Erm well that base budget is rather higher than we are expecting and the time when , the policy committee set its targets for each of the service committees . |
| 8 | Although that , the country is still well in the red , the latest deficit , as I mentioned earlier is rather better than the trade gap that was reported in July . |
| 9 | Wheat skimming is rather cleverer than potato washing . |
| 10 | To have produced one important poem is rather more than the vast majority of poets could claim in any age . |
| 11 | Of three books on the nervous system G. M. Shepherd 's Neurobiology is called an introduction but since it is a systematic study of 600 pages it is rather more than that for most of us . |
| 12 | There was a pause then Mair said quietly : ‘ Alzheimer 's is rather more than an inconvenience . |
| 13 | Remember that the insurance valuation is not the amount paid for the rug , but the amount that would probably be required to replace it and , in practice , is rather more than the price originally paid . |
| 14 | This is rather more than the summary that appears in the prelims . |
| 15 | In the countries of advanced capitalism , on the other hand , sub-central government is rather more than an administrative device . |
| 16 | The software , called Multimedia Interactive Control ( MIC ) , is rather more than an authoring tool . |
| 17 | Bob and I had all sorts of schemes for us all to meet , including asking you to come to Edinburgh as a halfway house , but we realised that actually that is rather more than halfway for you , and would n't be at all easy . |
| 18 | Competition between male mountain goats is rather less than in some other species and as an evolutionary result the sexes are very similar in size and appearance . |
| 19 | Sadly , the sort of quality that can be achieved from such bit mapped graphics is rather less than the advertisements might lead you to believe , especially when it comes to enlarging or reducing them and printing them out at high resolution . |
| 20 | In Table 3.3 we can see that the ratio of banks ' holdings of ‘ base money ’ to total assets/liabilities is rather less than 1 per cent . |
| 21 | The only difference is that the slope of the worst case is rather steeper than the slope of the best . |
| 22 | This bright and colourful boat is rather larger than most speed boats , but feeds more children that way ! |
| 23 | And the sort of payback , as it were , if you are lucky , is rather larger than the payback , say , in horse racing ? |
| 24 | Leading on from this , a more general point is that where the objective of the operation is rather broader than profit maximization , shareholder control is probably far less appropriate than state control ( see , for example , Baumol , 1984 ) . |
| 25 | A cuckoo 's egg is conspicuously larger than the host 's eggs to our eyes but the egg is sufficiently similar in pattern and colour not to be detected by the foster parents . |
| 26 | Ensure the highest SPR identifier is numerically higher than or equal to the lowest SPR identifier . |
| 27 | Ensure the highest SSR identifier is numerically higher than or equal to the lowest SSR identifier . |
| 28 | The highest Software Performance Report ( SPR ) identifier specified ( using option 3.6.2 — Prepare Listings Of All SPRs ) is numerically smaller than the lowest SPR identifier . |
| 29 | The highest Software Status Report ( SSR ) identifier specified ( using option 4.6.2 — Prepare Listings Of All SSRs ) is numerically smaller than the lowest SSR identifier . |
| 30 | There are no rules defining the distinction between runners and strips , but it is generally accepted that a runner is relatively large ( halfway or corridor size ) , whereas a strip is rarely more than . |