Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj -er] [conj] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Make sure that the dumb-bell bars are lower than the top of your chest . |
| 2 | Will my hon. Friend join me in paying tribute to the imaginative experiment that the Lord Mayor of London is supporting this year , in which young people go into schools to help pupils with learning difficulties and those who are quicker than the rest of the class ? |
| 3 | Now all I can say about that is it seems to me you 're braver than the rest of us but we try to keep out of it . |
| 4 | This growth owes more to the birth-rate than to evangelism : Muslims are younger than the rest of the population ( half the South Asians are under 16 ) and usually have large families . |
| 5 | Generally the vaults have replaced the original wooden roofs in the churches here and so are later than the rest of the building . |
| 6 | The first is the absence of deep gaps in barrier reefs and atolls , whereas if subsidence has been long continued , there should be deep gaps present , because once the gaps are deeper than the depth at which reef-building corals occur they can not be filled by coral growth . |
| 7 | I am older because I have learnt , I am younger because a lot of me consisted of things older people had taught me . |
| 8 | Mud houses , they say , are better than the devastation at home … now with winter around the corner they 're digging deeper for warmth … |
| 9 | Full colour TV cameras are now available that are smaller than a packet of Polos whilst the definition of monitors is better than ever . |
| 10 | The pickup 's stylus must faithfully track undulations which are smaller than the wavelength of light . |
| 11 | In these times of internal e-mail ( the business communication level ) expectations are higher and the sort of exchange subtly different . |
| 12 | The middle rays of this spiny fin are longer than the depth of the fish 's body . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Both of these velocities are greater than the speed of a real cannonball , but they are much smaller than the velocity of light , which is 186,000 miles a second . |
| 15 | The distinctions between them are greater and the guarantee of quality is more uncertain , so you have to rely on experience , advice and a decent shop to help . |