Example sentences of "[be] [adj -er] [conj] a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am older because I have learnt , I am younger because a lot of me consisted of things older people had taught me . |
| 2 | Full colour TV cameras are now available that are smaller than a packet of Polos whilst the definition of monitors is better than ever . |
| 3 | Although my hand may be bigger than a lot of people 's , it 's still a hand — it 's not a block of wood . |
| 4 | As an early morning reviver , or a welcome mid-morning break what could be better than a cup of your favourite coffee ? |
| 5 | There is a famous passage in which he invites us to acknowledge that it would be better that a world of which no one would ever be conscious should contain beautiful objects than that it should contain ugly objects . |
| 6 | A 20th century solution would be cheaper than a replication of what was there before . |
| 7 | The condition of the original internal structures and existing buildings was so bad that cost studies showed that , as well as offering higher standards of fire and sound insulation , the provision of an entirely new structure within the retained shell of the building would be cheaper than a process of repairing and upgrading the surviving framing . |
| 8 | improving decision making which might otherwise be slower and a result of compromise because of differentiated authority ; |
| 9 | At work , emotional needs are stronger than a lot of people realise ; by letting people know that you have them , and identifying theirs , you can gain influence . |
| 10 | For me , this job is easier than a game of croquet … |
| 11 | If you want to en try and ensure that you 're going to have a self sustained community , one hundred percent , you make sure that presumably you 've got a show case cinema with fifteen screens there , er a B and Q , erm a whole range of of facilities that nobody ever needs leave , erm erm erm er that new settlement , the reality of the real world of course is that all settlements to a greater or lesser degree , er have a relationship with other er larger scale settlements , now then let's look at the new settlement , fourteen hundred dwellings , we estimate that that is going to be of the order of around three thousand three hundred people , now that is sizeable , it is not small , it is larger than a number of the small market towns er in North Yorkshire , like Boroughbridge , Settle , it is a significant development erm erm and within it erm there will be a requirement er be a requirement for a a a primary school , it justifies that . |
| 12 | I think moving 's better than a week of I V P . |
| 13 | A grand view of Horse Guards Parade — oh well it 's better than a view of John and Norma Major . |
| 14 | I 'm sorry to inflict this on you , Miss Glynn , but I want to look at the contents of the bureau amongst other things and it is better that a member of the family should be present . |
| 15 | It 's smaller than a sheet of A4 paper , and is only 1.25 inches thick , so it 's an ideal travelling companion . |
| 16 | As a sport it 's safer than a lot of other outdoor sports , including rock climbing . |
| 17 | But I do n't feel as if , I mean it 's it 's not the most pleasant thing in the world but it 's certainly fucking sa it 's safer than a lot of their more easier to put on and take off than and fucking safer and more effective than a lot of their contraception devices . |
| 18 | Manager Frank Gray said : ‘ I think the standard of the Third Division is higher than a lot of people expected . |
| 19 | Well , it had n't changed much , except that it was bigger and a lot of schoolboys were apparently prancing round the sacred portals of Pierremont House . |
| 20 | But it had been only to say some things about her son which it was better that a boy of eleven should n't catch ( 8 ) . |
| 21 | A similar processing difficulty is caused by relative and comparative clauses in which the introductory word ( who , which , than , etc ) has an embedded syntactic function ; for example in ( 8 ) : " some things about her son [ which it was better that a boy of eleven should n't catch ] " . |
| 22 | And he was cleverer than a bag of monkeys , as his mother used to say , and would outwit them all . |