Example sentences of "[adj -er] [noun] than a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The M1 through Buckinghamshire , The M4 and M40 were all easier going than a normal weekday . |
| 2 | A rocky shore almost certainly provides a clearer echo than a sandy slope or mud flat . |
| 3 | It 'll be a bigger bone than a bigger bone than ever the poll tax was . |
| 4 | This is a bigger task than a momentary resolution , based upon the desire for change . |
| 5 | This gives a crisper , brighter light than a normal light bulb , and is used outside for floodlights and inside for uplighters . |
| 6 | A relatively old rug that has been well looked after may be in far better condition than a newer item that has seen less considerate use , and some contemporary items are deliberately made to look old by the use of chemical washes ( p. 27 ) . |
| 7 | Although he hardly knew the super-model , he was aware that there were times when a semi-stranger was a better confidant than a close friend . |
| 8 | This is something no ordinary parent could even begin to enforce and no judicial parent stands in a better position than a natural parent . |
| 9 | But doctors may be able to make swifter judgments than a lay jury , and anyway self regulation can not be bought on the cheap . |
| 10 | Smith suggests that doctors may be able to make swifter judgments than a lay jury on the weight and validity of scientific arguments . |
| 11 | A phone call to a particular official in the Commission can yield faster results than a written inquiry to a Directorate-General — and time is money . |
| 12 | This interest is charged at a higher rate than a standard loan . |
| 13 | For these reasons supplements for 7 night holidays may be different from a 10 night holiday , and sometimes a 10 or 11 night holiday may have a higher supplement than a 14 night holiday . |
| 14 | Society still needs a large number of its adult citizens to give caring for others a higher priority than a conventional career . |
| 15 | It has been shown that a potency of a homoeopathic remedy has a higher viscosity than a straight dilution , without succussion , of the same remedy repeated the same number of times , suggesting that large molecules are present in the potency which do not occur in the straight dilution . |
| 16 | Before breakfast a far worse problem than a locked kitchen hit Mr Multhrop , the Imperial and Auguste . |
| 17 | Also , with less length of board in the water , the board becomes more manoeuvrable ( just as a short car has a tighter lock than a long estate model ) . |
| 18 | His first day in 1924 watching his county , Sussex , convinced him that there is no greater moment than a big hit : ‘ As I walked into the ground a ball came bouncing off the Town Hall roof and nearly hit me on the head . |
| 19 | If that means that the wardship judge has wider powers than a natural parent ( on the extent of which I have declined to express an opinion ) , it seems to me to be warranted by the authorities to which I have referred . ’ |
| 20 | He said : ‘ There is no greater hypocrisy than a vested interest masquerading as a moral principle . |
| 21 | We also generalize about the taste of the discriminating and set up standards , useful as guides as long as one does not credit them with greater authority than a considered choice which violates them , but not without the suspect motives and tyrannical pretensions of standards in morals ; if you show signs of food-and-wine snobbery , I had better when listening to your recommendations take care to distinguish what I sense on my tongue from an affected taste . |
| 22 | The completed report cards were then passed on to the SCC for discussion , after which the details would be forwarded to either the association of SCCs ( covering a wider area than a single school ) , the ASEA , or to some other agency , such as the Girls ' Friendly Society , the Metropolitan Society for Befriending Young Servants or the Recreational Evening Schools Association . |
| 23 | ( The rank of Feldwebel in the German forces nominally corresponded to the British rank of sergeant , but a Feldwebel enjoyed greater prestige than a British sergeant and slightly more responsibility . ) |
| 24 | But most thanks are due to all those fellow hacks who provided ideas , anecdotes and scurrilous rumours for no greater reward than a kindly word and a half of best bitter . |
| 25 | The noise of the pump can be reduced by reducing the output using the regulator , giving a quieter result than a small pump running flat out . |