Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] be a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would also be beneficial to extend the cycle lane right up The Mound to the top of Bank St. , for uphill cyclists , even if the lane has to be a narrower one , since this would increase protection against turning traffic . |
| 2 | PRAGUE to Zurich promised to be a better-than-average test drive for a new model . |
| 3 | Real improvements in human rights seems to be a harder test to apply than the holding of multi-party elections , however flawed . |
| 4 | In London , for example , Llewellyn Smith reported in 1932 that ‘ lack of warmth seems to be a greater hardship than lack of food . ’ |
| 5 | Commercially speaking , building superStrats had to be a safer bet for the manufacturers than attempting to break new ground . |
| 6 | Checking the factual accuracy of the new social security information items proved to be a greater obstacle than usual . |
| 7 | When they do use credit , the instalment payments tend to be a heavier burden for poorer people , in terms of the proportion of their income which they have to devote to them . |
| 8 | Indeed , the hard-liners who always argue that monetary stability has to be a higher priority than growth and jobs have claimed that the Chancellor would be irresponsible in not raising taxes as soon as there is scope for him to do so . |
| 9 | His expedition proved to be a further test of character and team leadership . |