Example sentences of "than over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The argument is likely to be less over the substance of the legislation than over whether the system can be implemented . |
| 2 | Nowhere is this paranoia more evident than over the question of defectors . |
| 3 | The government may have only some of the of the authority it claims , it may have more authority over one person than over another . |
| 4 | The authority of the state may be greater over some individuals than over others , depending on their personal circumstances . |
| 5 | Along the edge of the Cromarty Firth there were more seagulls in the fields than over the whole of Lewis . |
| 6 | I think that I am probably a bit sharper in the burst than over the long distance but during the two ‘ B ’ games I felt really sharp and I have been working on my speed and strength with the SRU fitness specialist , David McLean ’ . |
| 7 | In the first 20 days of December , car sales were 30% higher than over the same period in 1991 . |
| 8 | The 78 , which appeared at the beginning of the 1977 season , was one of Chapman 's greatest and most revolutionary contributions to motor racing and the concept which it employed ( the so-called Venturi effect , by which the air was channelled under rather than over the car , thus giving it infinitely superior down-force and road-holding ability ) set the standard for many years to come . |
| 9 | Sarin did n't want to tell me , then he said I 'd know soon enough , and better from him than over the radio . |
| 10 | In the 1990s the number of people of working age will either fall or grow more slowly than over the past two decades in all the big industrial economies , which should help to reduce dole queues . |
| 11 | Alternatively , there is MID- CRED where details of all beneficiaries are established on our computer file , but authorisation is given in writing rather than over the telephone . |
| 12 | Comparisons between the three race groups were between those living in the same small areas i.e. in roughly the same circumstances , rather than over a whole city or London borough . |
| 13 | Our explanation for this was that unions might feel they had less control over the conditions of indirectly employed temporary workers than over the conditions of those who are directly employed . |
| 14 | It is noticeably more difficult to get over someone who no longer loves you than over someone who still does really . |
| 15 | Advantages : Maybe Babies are far more common under the age of three months than over , so it 's often a short-lived phase , connected with development rather than personality . |
| 16 | To make an equivalent investment in one slice , rather than over the 15-year span recorded in this volume , would be an enormous burden . |
| 17 | Much bigger in the States than over here . |
| 18 | Aye , well I mean the social activities you used to have in the old place , were th were those any better than over here ? |
| 19 | There were more kidnappings and hostage takings ( especially by organized gangs and during prison escapes ) in January-August 1989 than over the previous decade . |
| 20 | A compromise proposal which would have spread the package 's proposed 30 per cent real increase in spending over two more years rather than over 1992-97 was rejected . |
| 21 | Across the river on the northern side it looks no brighter than over here . |
| 22 | ‘ However , life in Germany , whether you 're working or not , is more stressful and aggressive than over here and I do n't think students here appreciate what they have . ’ |
| 23 | The growth rate of product wages did peak in 1969 , just when accumulation was reaching its peak , and it grew a little faster ( about ½ per cent per year ) between 1968 and 1973 than over the period 1960–8 . |