Example sentences of "[be] a [noun] than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you think it 's harder to be a women than a man in today 's world ? |
| 2 | ‘ People say there are courses in the economics of wildlife management , but I think it 's better to be a scientist than a talker . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It is better , ’ he concluded , ‘ to be a sheep than a wolf , better to be ruined than to do the ruining . ’ |
| 4 | Expressions like ‘ do n't want to let the side down ’ , and ‘ it 's better to be a giver than a taker ’ , fall unselfconsciously from the lips of men like Lord Ferrers . |
| 5 | Charles Russell also found much to admire in his Manchester Scuttlers , seeing in their violent gang fights a ‘ sense of comradeship ’ which he could not altogether disapprove of : ‘ The ‘ Scuttler ’ ’ was not wholly bad ; he would rather be a blackguard than a dullard . |
| 6 | There were an awful lot of nice people working in the building , but there is sometimes a certain tone in your voice , a clouded look in your eye , which gives the impression that you 're more likely to be a client than a colleague . |