Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adj -er] than the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am older than the king ; and grief has made me a man . ’ |
| 2 | Yeah , erm when I started digging up I was smaller than the fork , the fork was , yes ! |
| 3 | It 's not really helpful to be able to say , that the amount of money is too great , to refer to percentage increases which are higher than the figure that would have been included by erm erm an opposition group . |
| 4 | The pickup 's stylus must faithfully track undulations which are smaller than the wavelength of light . |
| 5 | Both of these groups had non-completion rates which were higher than the average for all students . |
| 6 | He watched open-mouthed when his attacker 's black hair shed its pins as she shook with rage , dumbfounded by the eyes which were hotter than the fire by which he sat . |
| 7 | In deepening the ponds from the traditional 0.5 m to 2.5 m , phytoplankton production occurred to depths of 1.6 m and annual production figures of 8.4 tonnes ha -1 ; were achieved , which is greater than the grain yield of rice for the same period . |
| 8 | In the middle of each step the motor torque is near its maximum value , which is greater than the load torque , and the system accelerates , as shown in Fig. 4.4 . |
| 9 | Insofar as the labour process may be dissociated , it may be separated into elements some of which are simpler than others and each of which is simpler than the whole . |
| 10 | Select a straight board which is wider than the base and use it to tamp down the concrete … |
| 11 | ( Indeed , underreporting of cases may be a reason for the relatively low rural miscarriage ratio in Table 12 , which is lower than the ratio of the " other urban " places , while the still birth ratio that is based on complete registration of late fetal deaths was on the same level — 7.5 per 1,000 live births — in both rural and " other urban " areas . ) . |
| 12 | i A Norwegian study of the efficacy of transdermal nicotine patches as a method of giving up smoking has shown that while it is a safe and effective cessation method , the absolute rate of abstinence after one year was only 17% , which is lower than the success rate using nicotine gum in conjunction with behavioural therapy . |
| 13 | It happened on the hurdling course which is safer than the steeplechase route where the National will be run on Saturday . |
| 14 | So there there does n't there is n't a conflict and th and there is n't a conflict because we have the area of search for a new settlement which is established in the referred to which is broader than the study area . |
| 15 | The acquisition of Palatine will achieve a strategic extension of AW 's brewing interests , and in AW 's view will create a merged entity which is stronger than the sum of the two parts . |
| 16 | I occurs if there is an increase in the organic composition of capital at a rate which is faster than the rate of growth of the volume of production . |
| 17 | Secondly , the third-floor accommodation , lit only by the small clerestory windows of the nave ( composed of shallower paired lancets ) , managed to obtain the necessary amount of daylight from the glazing being placed at the rear of the original traceried stonework where the splayed internal window-revels generate an area exposed to daylight which is larger than the window area seen from outside ( Fig 46 ) . |
| 18 | At the end of the corpus spongiosum ( through which runs the urethra ) is the glans penis which is larger than the rest of this cylinder and is the most sensitive part of the penis . |
| 19 | Under Criminal Justice Act 1991 , s.2(2) ( b ) , in a case such as this the court will have power to pass a sentence which is longer than the gravity of the offence would justify , on the ground that such a sentence is necessary to protect the public from serious harm ( which includes serious psychological injury , see s.31 ) from the offender . |
| 20 | The craze hit England in 1951 , when musicians such as Larry Adler , Steve Race and Humphrey Lyttelton ( the latter emulating a traditional jazz band in his One Man Went To Blow ) attempted to make a whole which was greater than the sum of the parts . |
| 21 | A section across the north-eastern side of the town near Gunnings Bridge revealed a clay bank , dated to the late second century , which was earlier than the masonry wall constructed in front of it . |
| 22 | Will my hon. Friend join me in paying tribute to the imaginative experiment that the Lord Mayor of London is supporting this year , in which young people go into schools to help pupils with learning difficulties and those who are quicker than the rest of the class ? |
| 23 | The attitude they have towards you is terrible , like you 're lower than the dirt they tread on . |
| 24 | Now all I can say about that is it seems to me you 're braver than the rest of us but we try to keep out of it . |
| 25 | ‘ She 's tougher than the rest of us put together . |
| 26 | Who is stronger than the will ? |
| 27 | Larry Gelbart , co-writer of Tootsie , when asked what he had learned from the experience of working with Hoffman , replied , ‘ Never to work with an actor who is smaller than the Oscar statuette ! ’ |
| 28 | She was deeper than the house , level with worms , all the dead things that were put into the ground . |
| 29 | She was smaller than the Andalusian by a hand , yet her grace , her power were undeniable . |
| 30 | And of one who was wiser than the rest . |