Example sentences of "be [det] than [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sense of satisfaction was bigger than a prop 's ribcage ; the problems had been fewer than a hooker 's braincells . |
| 2 | On consumer spending , Scotland 's 0.7 per cent increase will be less than the UK 's 0.9 per cent , but just ahead of the south-east , north-west , Wales and West Midlands . |
| 3 | However , the price P C will be less than the firm 's average costs at Q ' ; so it will be making losses . |
| 4 | If the model armed with a Man Catcher hits his opponent roll a D6 : if the score is more than the target 's toughness he is caught and killed automatically , regardless of the number of wounds he has or armour . |
| 5 | Erm the economic development unit of the borough , Mr Allenby , should know more about it than me , but they have done studies of the firms in Harrogate that can be expected to seek relocation within the borough as they sort themselves out over the next five years , and erm their own calculations for the next five years is more than the county 's whole calculation for the next fifteen years , which suggested to us again that there was a problem about the understanding that the county had on the matter of relocations within Harrogate compared with what was going on locally . |
| 6 | Yet our strength is more than an army 's . |
| 7 | This means that injections exceed withdrawals and the total value of output is less than the economy 's aggregate demand . |
| 8 | Cosmeston , which is 5 miles south of Cardiff on the B4267 road , is less than an hour 's drive by car from the Severn Bridge and only 20 minutes directly past Cosmeston on the Cardiff-Barry route : visitors should alight at the Fort Road stop . |
| 9 | It is less than an hour 's drive across the border from where Roma was born in Londonderry . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's less than a hour 's drive . |
| 11 | But then , under the new rules , Messrs Smith , Marsh , Nearn et al will be no threat to the major players : only 500 low-volume type-approved cars to any one design can be made each year — a number of Marcoses , Westfields and Caterhams combined that 's less than a day 's output from Longbridge . |