Example sentences of "[prep] be [adj] than [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , officials admitted on July 29 that the deficit was likely to be greater than originally estimated , because of lower-than-anticipated tax revenues and increased expenditure especially on unemployment benefit and health and social service payments [ for May 1990 agreement on German unity fund and East German budget deficit predictions see p. 37467 ] . |
| 2 | Base-exchange treatment is in the neighbourhood of 1.5–4p per 1000 gal ( 4546 litres ) , automatic systems tending to be lower than manually operated plants . |
| 3 | Revised estimates drawn up by the government and central bank towards the end of 1989 showed the country 's economic situation to be worse than previously thought , with a current-account deficit of dollars 2,029 million for 1988 , although the situation was expected to improve in the early 1990s as a result of increased oil revenues . |
| 4 | The link with Labour has got to be more than just signing a cheque . |
| 5 | For several weeks the project had been the talk of Polruan : the Russell had been put into extended refit , volunteers had been sought by extravagant promises of Spanish prizes and — to prove that this time Harry 's adventure was to be more than just talk — two six-pounder sakers and a couple of falconets had been delivered aboard a hoy from Plymouth , and hoisted onto the Russell 's deck under Harry 's personal supervision . |
| 6 | They monopolise access to public positions , they hold competition in check , they allow their expenses to be more than comfortably met from tax revenue and whenever things Set tough they form an excessively large coalition , not against any parliamentary minority but instead against the majority of non-organised voters … |
| 7 | With an enormous effort Alexandra said , with a small smile , ‘ It was better to be artificial than actually to sit in the sea in March . |
| 8 | He was also considered in some quarters to be less than entirely open in his Turf operations : his trainer Tom Coulthwaite had had his licence withdrawn earlier in 1913 over the running of two Ismay horses , though this was widely held to be an injustice . |