Example sentences of "[be] [adj] than [art] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For both Lothian and Scotland the 1991 totals are lower than the 1981–85 base but higher than the 1991 ‘ interim ’ target . |
| 2 | I 'll have to remember that , cos they 're better than the three hours are n't they ? |
| 3 | He stood scowling down at her and Claudia wished she were taller than the five feet eight she had always thought just right . |
| 4 | As the diagonal ribs were longer than the four ribs connecting the four sides or faces of the bay , it was impossible for all these ribs to be semi-circular in section unless the vault were domical ( dome-shaped ) , thus creating an uneven ridge line , or the side arches were stilted . |
| 5 | That only cost sixty pound , I said only , well it 's better than a hundred pounds she said . |
| 6 | The final result is better than the 32,000 tonnes originally proposed by the Commission and is the maximum catch recommended by scientists to stop fish stocks disappearing . |
| 7 | If the overall figure is more than the twenty-five pounds minimum . |
| 8 | If the 1989–90 actual intake is higher than the 1980 Act standard number , it will represent the standard number . |
| 9 | I was careful to select a chair that was smaller than the one Bonanza was occupying . |
| 10 | I must have got it wrong , for ‘ one ’ was older than the two brothers , Guy and Noël . |
| 11 | I think it 's next door The te er the fifteen percent was less than the ten percent , you see ? |
| 12 | But while levels of so-called special wastes outside chemical sites for 1992 was down on the 1990 total , the 231,800 tonnes figure for 1992 was higher than the 213,700 tonnes figure in 1991 , because company closures had led to high waste disposals . |
| 13 | By this time , a better designed apparatus was available than the one Gibson and Fawcett had used . |