Example sentences of "be [adj -er] than [art] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm just saying these chips are nicer than the Bottley chips . |
| 2 | Oddly enough , although they are younger than the rugose corals , the aragonite composing them does not preserve very well , and it is easier to find beautifully preserved examples of the older Rugosa . |
| 3 | The fact that magnesium atoms are smaller than the calcium atoms they replaced has let to a reduction in the volume of the rock . |
| 4 | The wards are smaller than the design brief suggested , but family/interview spaces are provided elsewhere in the hospice . |
| 5 | I would n't put it into a company where the profit record was likely to be poor , because the last thing you want is for the share price to be lower than the option exercise price ’ . |
| 6 | What could be simpler than the ball carrier going in , turning and setting with the support player going in low and hard and stripping the ball as he turns ? |
| 7 | However , it may be said to be fairer than the Community Charge in that the tax does , at least , rise with the value of the house and it is reasonable to assume that those living in more expensive houses have higher incomes than those living in less expensive dwellings . |
| 8 | What could be nicer than a summer picnic ( preferably involving a bicycle ride ) of fresh baguette , ripe Brie or Camembert and a bottle of vin de table ? |
| 9 | The presentation appearance of the horizontal moon , for instance , can properly , though falsely , be said to be larger than the presentation appearance of the meridian moon . |
| 10 | In other words , to give , to the question , ‘ Why , on looking at the horizontal moon , would you believe it to be larger than the meridian moon if you had no reason to think otherwise ? ’ the answer , ‘ Because it appears larger ’ , is , if it means ‘ Because I perceive it as larger ’ to give no answer at all . |
| 11 | Note that the date must not be later than the system date when the module is next scanned or entered into LIFESPAN . |
| 12 | It must not be later than the system date when the module is next scanned or entered into LIFESPAN . |
| 13 | Note that the date must not be later than the system date when the module is next scanned or entered into LIFESPAN . |
| 14 | It must not be later than the system date when the module is next scanned or entered into LIFESPAN . |
| 15 | The supply of money curve will be steeper than the demand curve : like M s2 in Figure 16.12 . |
| 16 | I have to say that in no way will this option be better than the colour changer , because for Norwegian jacquard , you will still have to make a semi-automatic colour change with the jacquard claw every two rows and this is slower . |
| 17 | Even that would be better than the policy Vacuum there has been since Black Wednesday . |
| 18 | Evolution by natural selection could not be faster than the mutation rate , for mutation is , ultimately , the only way in which new variation enters the species . |
| 19 | In some situations Postscript can be faster than the escape sequence type of printer control file . |
| 20 | Also , if you consider yourself to be faster than the pathfinder board , it is worth starting early , since as you wait for him to reach you , you could be sailing that part faster than him . |
| 21 | The strength of the junction formed will depend on t which should be smaller than the reptation time τ , i.e. the mixed layer ought to be smaller than the size of the coil if an interfacial link is to be formed . |
| 22 | ‘ For smaller businesses , the American Express card today will probably cost less than other cards and will certainly not be higher than a bank card . |
| 23 | It will be higher than the Treasury bill rate . |
| 24 | The implied interest rate charged by the Bank on loans to the discount houses will usually be higher than the market rate on bills . |
| 25 | Unfortunately I dived in one day without realising that the pool had been emptied ( I am short-sighted ) , and although my head turned out to be harder than the pool bottom , it seemed to dampen my enthusiasm for the sport . |
| 26 | The acceptance criterion for this method is that , to be approved , a project 's IRR should be greater than the opportunity cost of capital . |
| 27 | The accuracy of the feedback need not be greater than the discrimination ability of the trainee but equally its value will diminish if it is too approximate . |
| 28 | The cash value of scientific observations in this context must therefore be based upon subjective experience and can not be greater than the cash value of the latter ; for it is subjective experience that , ultimately , validates our objective scales of energy intensity . |
| 29 | Even directly below high-voltage lines levels of exposure to EMF were lower than the safety guidelines issued by the National Radiological Protection Board . |
| 30 | In all cases , the reported values of imports into Yugoslavia were lower than the export values reported by the partner countries , despite the fact that the Yugoslav values were c.i.f. and the partner country values were f.o.b . |