Sentences with phrase «than any of his predecessors since»

New prime minister Malcolm Turnbull brings with him a better working knowledge of how Western Australia functions than any of his predecessors since the days of war time PM John Curtin, who died in 1945.

Like The Man from Del Monte in the old ads who liked to say «yes», Clegg's willingness to hop into bed with Cameron and accept his «big, comprehensive offer» now gives him more clout than any of his predecessors since Lloyd George.

Not exact matches

In the years since, the Australian presence on Tour has grown to 19 players, the most of any nation other than the U.S. And these Aussies are better trained than their predecessors, thanks in part to the free coaching and facilities made available to amateurs since 1993 by the Australian Institute of Sport.

Her net satisfaction rating (the proportion of those who are satisfied minus the proportion of those who are dissatisfied) is currently +9 %, an increase of 15 points since January, and considerably better than that of her predecessor Iain Gray.

Although the Strategic Defence Review said the shift from WE177 and Polaris to Trident had reduced the UK's megatonnage of warheads by 70 per cent since the 1970s, Trident is a much more powerful weapon than its predecessors.

This, it should be noted, is the Budget which committed the government to borrowing more than all its predecessor since the formation of the Bank of England put together.

Paddy Ashdown last night stunned Liberal Democrats when he announced that he will resign as party leader after this spring's crucial local and Euro - elections - just as he gets closer to the reins of power than any predecessor since Lloyd George.

Dumbo is simpler, shorter, and more sentimental than its predecessors and almost all of the Disney animated features that have come since.

Nevertheless, you can tell something has shifted since the age of true paranoid cinema, because these antagonists operate more in the light than did their predecessors.

That change is welcome, since these characters are far less removed from the material than their predecessors (In other words, they actually appear to care about ghostbusting, instead of making it seem like a lark).

The proportion of high school students completing a solid core curriculum has nearly doubled since 1990, and students are doing better in their classes than their predecessors did.

Since going on sale around the middle of 2016 it has posted nearly 2000 more sales than its predecessor, year on year.

Many people anxiously await the next model of the full fledged iPad which is expected to have a different design than all of its predecessors, who have largely had the same design ever since the iPad 2 was launched in 2011.

The inclusion of multiple simultaneous attackers is something that has been sorely cried out for as well since the game first released with the «gentlemanly conduct» one at a time combat being scrapped for a more visceral and exhilarating style of fighting, more akin to the Batman series, than to any of its predecessors.

We have an opportunity here to build a modern game, respectful of the play style, lessons, and fun of the old game, while taking advantage of the more than ten years of industry development since our spiritual predecessor started development.

Matching up the technical advancements of the Xbox One X with this unique design goal wasn't easy, especially since nobody involved was willing to let the Xbox One X take up more shelf - space than its predecessor, the Xbox One S.

Pinball FX3 leaves some things to be desired on the technical side of things, which can only be hoped to see fixed in the near future through an update since it looks and performs rougher than even its predecessor on the Wii U and, at least in terms of performance in handheld mode, worse than on the 3DS.

Since he came to office, Obama has established or expanded 19 national monuments, more than any of his predecessors...

With the Z2 Force being thinner than its predecessor, this resulted in a significantly smaller battery which has been a big point of concern since the phone's announcement.