Example sentences of "[noun pl] are [det] than [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Good learning environments are more than the sum of their parts ; they are exciting , attractive , motivating and challenging for those within them . |
| 2 | For most purposes it is enough to know that an enterprise makes losses — that its revenues are less than the sum of its wages , its cost of capital and its cost of material inputs ( raw materials , components , energy and so on ) . |
| 3 | In some cases they accrue entitlements to holiday pay which they receive as a lump sum on the termination of their employment , although in the holiday camps sector these accrued holiday entitlements are less than the holiday entitlements of comparable regular staff . |
| 4 | A man 's wife , his child , these things are more than the world to him . |
| 5 | Her Cloaths are fewer than the Time before . |
| 6 | Possible tests of success in this facet of the changes is whether non-executives are clear about their contribution and whether decisions are more than the sum of executive preferences . |
| 7 | Elections are less than a month away , and Mr Anguita is probably Spain 's second most popular politician after the Socialist Prime Minister , Felipe Gonzalez . |
| 8 | County council elections are less than a week away , and one of the key issues is bound to be the state of our schools . |
| 9 | ‘ What with missing sleep and everything else , my nerves are more than a bit wrung-out , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 10 | For Sonny , those dramatic events are less than a blur . |