Example sentences of "[is] [prep] [det] than [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which bit 's worth more than the other two ? |
| 2 | For the reader about to abandon the book this may easily uncover previously undisclosed information ; for the committed reader it can add to his overall perspective on the book , thus helping him understand the relation of the parts to the whole , e.g. D. Marquand , Ramsay MacDonald ( 1977 ) , is about more than a former Prime Minister . |
| 3 | To hold the contrary , it has been well said , seems to assert ‘ that a bird in the hand is worth less than the same bird in the bush . ’ |
| 4 | Recall from Chapter 12 that an allowance has to be made for the fact that a given sum of money to be received in the future is worth less than the same sum received now . |
| 5 | Try not to get pushed into this — your health is worth more than a few extra quid . |
| 6 | In the context of hospitality and friendship , little and often is worth more than the grandest of annual social jamborees . |