Example sentences of "[adj -er] [conj] [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Franco was tougher than expected and the interview failed ; after it Hitler is supposed to have said he would rather go to the dentist than meet Franco again . |
| 2 | Administration can be done by double-entry book-keeping , but is quicker and cheaper if the core group has access to a computer . |
| 3 | Each malt has a distinctive character — Highland versions are rich and full-bodied , Lowland malts are lighter and sweeter while the Island spirits have a peaty , seaweed flavour . |
| 4 | As the packing density is usually lower than this and the number of records per cylinder greater , overflow from a cylinder is not usually a problem . |
| 5 | The words mean the same things whatever they may be , so why should one be nicer or nastier than the other ? |
| 6 | Taking the period 1960–80 for the United States , he estimated that if during these twenty years no-one died ( a most extreme assumption ) before reaching the retirement age of 65 , then the labour force would be 4.8 per cent bigger than projected and the growth rate of national product would be 0.20 per cent higher per annum . |
| 7 | This second disc , unlike most sequels , was bigger and better than the original . |
| 8 | A thinner grip makes the club slightly more flexible and lighter , while a thicker than standard grip makes the shaft a little stiffer and heavier and the balance of the club is altered . |
| 9 | Parapets gradually grew lower and lower until the trench became little deeper than a roadside ditch . |
| 10 | One can talk of an object presenting an appearance to an unoccupied point in space , and of the presentation appearance of an object itself being larger or smaller than the presentation appearance of another to that point . |
| 11 | In the example above , Smith would have a laterality coefficient of 0.20 while/ones would have a coefficient of only 0.14 It does not matter whether the score for the left side is larger or smaller than the score on the right since the sign of the coefficient , negative or positive , indicates the direction of any lateral advantage . |
| 12 | It was later than usual when the lord of Parfois came . |
| 13 | It was larger than usual and the grave had to be widened . |
| 14 | The head itself , with a non-reflective black surface , was larger than normal and the back of it was formed into an oval shape . |
| 15 | The golden catalpa C. bigonioides aurea has bright yellow oval leaves , and the flowers of C. speciosa are larger and frillier than the type . |
| 16 | The female is larger and stouter than the male ; and the male has a white front edge to the anal fin . |
| 17 | As the novel approaches its end , spaces between its verbal segments grow larger and larger until the text finally recedes into a blank white page . |
| 18 | A new population of grey wolves has been discovered in northern Israel , larger and darker than the country 's other wolves . |
| 19 | Following the subject breakdown into the seven categories suggested by the SERC IT Directorate , it is possible to see whether employment chances were better or worse than the average , depending on IT course content . |
| 20 | Tonight her skirt was rucked up almost to her waist and she found this was even better than usual because the bulge fitted neatly between her thighs and touched even deeper chords of excitement . |
| 21 | From a frightening ratio of expenditure to fares revenue of four to one , the ratio has improved to better than two and a half to one and it is stili improving . |
| 22 | So everything seemed okay : the barn was secure , the food supply was better than good and the terrain near perfect . |
| 23 | Things like , well , riches and justice and freedom and large things like peace and large things like that you see , or just erm personal characteristics and subordinate good is something which when it goes up things get better and bad or an evil or a vice is something when it goes up things get worse . |
| 24 | Wrangham writes that in his observations the mounter could be either older or younger than the partner and that approaches were made in situations commonly lacking in social tension . |
| 25 | In fact there is a significant difference in risk ratings , the difference between ratings , 1.2 points , is smaller than that when the analysis is done by subjects but is still present . |
| 26 | The procedure before the county court is of course swifter and cheaper than an application before this court . |
| 27 | That was faster and nimbler than a cat , |
| 28 | He doubted if these boys had been playing soccer — Hurstdown 's sporting young gentlemen would surely scorn such a plebeian game — and , sure enough , the boy bringing up the rear , older and taller than the rest and evidently in charge , was clutching a rugby ball to his chest . |
| 29 | It is smaller and cooler than the Sun , but is not too unlike it , and has often been regarded as a possible planetary centre . |
| 30 | As it is moved away from the centre of energy towards the edge of the rectangle , the drawing will appear smaller and heavier while the significance of its content will become subordinate to its overall shape . |