Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [det] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore there were furniture firms short of work and again the development time for a wooden aeroplane has always been much shorter than that for a metal one . |
| 2 | The mourning observed for Jacob was only two days shorter than that for a pharaoh . |
| 3 | Accordingly , the policy of dismissing a woman employee solely because she had attained the qualifying age for a state pension which was lower than that for a man constituted discrimination contrary to the Council Directive . |
| 4 | She 's beautiful and cute and brighter than most for a five-year-old . ’ |
| 5 | It remains a mystery to me why we should have had to wait as long as this for a recital disc , and why it should not have appeared on one of the major companies ' labels ( all credit to Delos ) . |
| 6 | Inside the cabin , the Golf is now looking fairly outdated but the instruments are still easy to use and effective , four adults can be carried in reasonable comfort and the huge boot will swallow more than enough for a weekend away . |
| 7 | The charge is likely to be higher than that for a parishioner . |