Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj -er] [conj] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Spain , conditions have been extremely difficult with the beer market in significant decline due to economic circumstances ; as a result volumes overall were lower than the previous year . |
| 2 | Planning as a local authority responsibility has its origins in the public health and housing policies of the nineteenth century , but from the outset the objectives were broader than a simple emphasis on the efficient use of land . |
| 3 | But the windows were bigger than a small cottage would hold . |
| 4 | But the Secretary of State was not prepared to wait until research demonstrated , if it could , that common schools were better than a divided system ; such divisions were , in his view , matters of value rather than of fact and related to a vision of the nature of a social democracy . |
| 5 | In 22 years , croplands in Costa Rica lost 60% of their calcium and 25% of their magnesium even though the fields in the first year were higher than the surrounding forest in these ions , through ash input . |
| 6 | The terrible wrongs of the past were stronger than the Christian commandment to forgive . |
| 7 | Exhaust gases from the Trionic Saab 9000CS were purer than the surrounding air as it was driven through London . |
| 8 | The non completion rate of non-standard entry mature students was found to be 15.2% which was lower than the corresponding figure for mature students who satisfied the general entry requirement which was 21.7% . |
| 9 | While sales revenues dropped to IR£273.6 million ( 1991 : IR£292.1 million ) , overall volume substantially held up , a creditable performance in a year when most of the Group 's major markets were in recession Financing costs at IR£7.7 million ( 1991 : IR£6.5 million ) reflect higher average debt over the period The taxation charge at IR£2 million was lower than the previous year due to lower profits in high tax jurisdictions . |
| 10 | Mr Riley , for Bioplan , said the accident rate on Hollyhurst Road was lower than the national average . |
| 11 | A physical description was easier than an emotional assessment . |
| 12 | Mute , drunken dislike was easier than the cold hatred of the last few weeks . |
| 13 | The highest infant mortality was reported in those cases where the preceding birth interval was less than two years and , in many communities , especially high , if the inter-birth period was shorter than a full year . |
| 14 | ‘ He was shorter than the fair boy and very fat . |
| 15 | The audience chamber was bigger than the main hall outside . |
| 16 | Never mind the name was shared with Sussex 's biggest , baddest inland town ; the jazz was hotter than the scorching asparagus soup , and many cut the rug until closing . |
| 17 | all the satellites hanging down it was very good the way it had all been done in , in that respect but what I found was the first bit was very boring , I found but when it got going a bit it was better but the whole moral of the story was that nowhere is perfect to live but it 's hard for y young children like this |
| 18 | Rumours circulating recently suggesting a ‘ super route ’ had been climbed in Twll Mawr ( Dinorwig Quarries ) proved to be untrue , and the chalk spotted on Johnny Dawes ' bold route The Indian Face ( Cloggy ) , still unrepeated , came from an inspection by a local activism , who decided discretion was better than a serious scuffing ! |
| 19 | He was better than a music-hall turn . |
| 20 | That seemed to me to be quite all right , since I was quite sure that I was better than the average man . |
| 21 | Because New York in the summer was too hot even for the natives , shows would close for a couple of months when the Girls would be sent home for a holiday on half pay , which was better than the average salary in Britain . |
| 22 | He was right ; he was better than the other skier she 'd been so impressed by . |
| 23 | Anything was better than the terrible silence that had fallen . |
| 24 | If he ended up with a taste for feudalism and aristocracy it was because he believed that the old paternalism was better than the inhuman gulf between ‘ classes ’ — ‘ One would wish to see the rich mingle with the poor as much as may be upon a footing of fraternal equality . ’ |
| 25 | The world complained about Adobe 's restrictions but all the major typesetter vendors realised that a single well defined and maintained standard was better than the previous chaos and so adopted Adobe 's PostScript . |
| 26 | Kurunagala district was poorer than the Low Country ; the one-way illicit trade in cattle not only enriched the thieves but brought money into the district . |
| 27 | He had n't had to suffer as much as her — I do n't so much mean that , like fishes , his pain threshold was higher than a human being 's ( although I do n't doubt that was the case ) as that he 'd been aware that his son was missing for a shorter period than his wife . |
| 28 | In 22 of the 40 seats Labour won from the Tories , the swing in the constituency was higher than the regional average , and there was a significant cluster of above 6 per cent swings . |
| 29 | An income elasticity of demand for imports which was higher than the corresponding change in foreign demand for British goods imposed a serious balance of payments constraint because of the requirement to maintain a fixed exchange rate . |
| 30 | As this was higher than the average rate over such a period that had been experienced at any historical time , something had to be done . |