Example sentences of "be [adj -er] than a [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | At 3.9m long it is shorter than a slalom kayak but has all the features of the original Kiwi , making it ideal for family and disabled use . |
| 4 | A bill of exchange is a less secure means of payment , but is cheaper than a documentary credit . |
| 5 | Incidentally , it 's better than a railway hut , and perfect for a party . ’ |
| 6 | There 's no doubt poor joints or iffy angle alignment can spoil this sort of job , but nothing is worse than a staircase border which snakes up and down , glaring at you daily . |
| 7 | As a rule of thumb , if the training programme for a so called user friendly system is longer than a working week , steer clear of it ! |
| 8 | is the most common way to buy Derby cheese , which is a great pity as a mature , plain Derby is stronger than a one-year-old Cheddar , but very difficult to find . |
| 9 | The physiotherapist needs at least one plinth ( treatment couch ) , which , at about 40 inches ( about 1 metre ) , is wider than a manipulation couch , which is usually about 24 inches ( 60cm ) wide . |
| 10 | And later she had found that his body , scarred as it was , was better than the one which she had imagined for him , as a living and breathing man was better than a marble statue or painting , and her vision had lacked life . |
| 11 | It was blacker than a coal heaver 's codpiece in a Blitz blackout . |