Example sentences of "than [pron] is at " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's more at home than she is at work . |
| 2 | Barbed wire might well become more common than it is at the moment . |
| 3 | It is more difficult to trace the spatial patterning of central-government spending than it is at a local level . |
| 4 | I can recall the phrase ‘ being left behind ’ ( whatever it meant ) being used far more frequently than it is at present . |
| 5 | Even on a cloudless , sunny day , the late afternoon sunlight is much warmer in tone than it is at noon . |
| 6 | Just as within a state the law may be more effective in responding to armed robbery than it is at responding to a military coup d'état , so in relations between states the law may be better at laying down detailed provisions for the treatment of prisoners of war than it is at addressing the potential human catastrophe of a nuclear war . |
| 7 | Just as within a state the law may be more effective in responding to armed robbery than it is at responding to a military coup d'état , so in relations between states the law may be better at laying down detailed provisions for the treatment of prisoners of war than it is at addressing the potential human catastrophe of a nuclear war . |
| 8 | Our results suggest that endometriosis is less of a problem during pregnancy and the subsequent four years than it is at other times , although the finding was not significant . |
| 9 | Further , discomfort is much more prevalent at the base of an organization than it is at the top , both physically and psychologically . |
| 10 | The result is bound to be that it will be far harder to acquire convictions in these cases than it is at the moment . |
| 11 | But this full equilibrium position , at C , is inferior to the one at which inflation is zero and unemployment is equal to its natural rate , point B. This is clear from the fact that both have the same unemployment rate , but point C has a higher inflation rate ; it is also indicated by the fact that at point C the popularity of the government is lower than it is at point B. We therefore have the odd result that the position which is optimal , point B , is not feasible , whereas the position that is feasible is sub-optimal . |
| 12 | The way forward then is to recruit , and the importance of new members was never more critical than it is at this time . |
| 13 | And irrationality is , 1 would argue , more firmly at the centre of Western , Christian , culture than it is at the centre of Islam . |
| 14 | It should complement the Bishop 's Park which by then , it is hoped , will be kept in a better state than it is at the moment . |
| 15 | But the major problem is that the sites which we have at the present moment are not controlled , and if we could get proper sites , properly managed , I think you would find that the whole erm picture of a gipsy site in an area would be much better received by the public than it is at the present . |
| 16 | In fact Tod tends to be more upbeat with them here than he is at home ( at home , in slippers and dressing-gown , longsufferingly shuffling ) . |
| 17 | Speed really wants to play more centrally and lets face it is better making runs into the box , for crosses and knocks-down than he is at beating a full-back and crossing the ball . |