Most of the country’s biggest daily newspaper had lower circulation in the six months from October 1995 through March 1996 than a similar period a year earlier.
Newspaper had lower circulation in six months than they had in a similar period a year ...
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犯傻了，比较对象是in six month和in a similar period a year earlier可以理解，那第二句可不可以理解比较circulation in six months和circulation in a similar period a year earlier省略了they had，是不是当比较对象都出现的时候无需补出that？有点转牛角尖了
To develop more accurate population forecasts, demographers would have to know a great deal more than（they do） now about the social and economic determinants of fertility.
[they do]不能省略，因为than前面没有相应的状语结构
A large rise in the number of housing starts in the coming year should boost new construction dollars by several billion dollars, making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than (it was) five years ago.
Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than in any previous election.
[in any previous election]前面没有补出[that]，因为than前面有1992与in any previous year相对应。
例1：【In Japan】 elderly people are treated with far GREATER respect THAN they are 【in most Western countries】
例2：According to public health officials, in 1998 Massachusetts became the first state in which more babies were born to women【over the age of thirty】 than【under it】. 仅补出born，会产生under it修饰born的歧义。
例3：In no other historical sighting did Halley's Comet cause such a worldwide sensation as in its return of 1910–1911.
例1. According to public health officials, in 1998 Massachusetts became the first state in which more babies were born to women【over the age of thirty】 than【under it】.
Than后面省略了those born to women
例2. Only seven people this century [have been killed by the great white shark], the man-eater of the movies—fewer than [have been killed by bee stings].
最初认为，than后面省略了those（指代people）。
但是有理解说，这里比较的并不仅仅是only seven people，后面的have been killed也在比较范围之内。所以不能是fewer than those killed by bee stings，因为这样就变成了seven people 和“被蜜蜂杀死的人”的比较。
这里应该补出完整的比较：
Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, fewer than [people have been killed by bee stings].但是这种说法是不符合语法规则的。Than后面不能在加上一个句子。
所以，这时候的省略就是必须的！
例3. According to recent studies comparing the nutritional value of meat from wild animals and meat from domesticated animals, wild animals have less total fat than [that of] livestock fed on grain and more of a kind of fat thought to be good for cardiac health.
That of不能省略，因为比较的是fat。
例4. In addition to having more protein than wheat does, rice has protein of higher [quality] than [that] in wheat, with more of the amino acids essential to the human diet.
That指代protein，不能省略。也可以这么说：
[Rice] has protein of higher quality than [wheat] does
你的解释有误啊
According to recent studies comparing the nutritional value of meat from wild animals and meat from domesticated animals, wild animals have less total fat than [that of] livestock fed on grain and more of a kind of fat thought to be good for cardiac health.
这个句子肯定不能有that of
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