Example sentences of "be [det] than [art] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | As in the civil sector , the gap in know-how may be less than the gap in the technological level of what is produced ; often a conscious decision is made to forego the most advanced option . |
| 2 | But he 'll never be more than a pawn in their game . |
| 3 | She wanted to be more than an outsider in ‘ La Felicità ’ , more than a vague summertime nuisance for whose sake the family had to go travelling , someone only to be communicated with by notes or as a new source of rent . |
| 4 | ‘ There is more than a debt in it , ’ said Cadfael . |
| 5 | Anyway , why put a new straitjacket around the economy until recovery is more than a twinkle in the market 's eye ? |
| 6 | Learning an old language — Middle English , Old French , Latin — is more than an exercise in matching modern word for old word . |
| 7 | The rhetorical approach emphasizes that any attitude is more than an expression in favour of a position : it is also implicitly or explicitly an argument against a counter-position . |
| 8 | Taking into account the proposed dividend of 2.2p , this amounts to a total return of 18.3 per cent , though it is less than the increase in the Hoare Govett Smaller Companies — up 24.1 per cent . |
| 9 | Even so , the difficulty for the individual creating a root definition is less than the difficulty in getting all the individuals involved to agree on the definition to be used . |
| 10 | Driving for cash er well an indication of how strongly we , we 've been driving for cash is that er the reduction i in er operating cash flow is less than the reduction in profit . |