Example sentences of "it [is] [adj -er] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well it 's better than a kick in the teeth is n't it ? |
| 2 | Incidentally , it 's better than a railway hut , and perfect for a party . ’ |
| 3 | It 's better than a letter to hear her voice . ’ |
| 4 | A grand view of Horse Guards Parade — oh well it 's better than a view of John and Norma Major . |
| 5 | It 's nicer than a satsuma really . |
| 6 | As a sport it 's safer than a lot of other outdoor sports , including rock climbing . |
| 7 | But I do n't feel as if , I mean it 's it 's not the most pleasant thing in the world but it 's certainly fucking sa it 's safer than a lot of their more easier to put on and take off than and fucking safer and more effective than a lot of their contraception devices . |
| 8 | It 's smaller than a sheet of A4 paper , and is only 1.25 inches thick , so it 's an ideal travelling companion . |
| 9 | It is higher than a year ago in every EFTA country and in every G7 country except Japan . |
| 10 | What stopped me in my tracks was a sentence reading , ‘ The dung beetle program really can not be justified on the grounds that it is cheaper than a horse ’ . |
| 11 | For her part Piaf once told her sister , ‘ You ca n't have a house without a man , Momone , it is worse than a day without sunshine . ’ |
| 12 | — the prefix dis — of disobey is not a lexical unit because , although it is a semantic constituent , it is smaller than a word . |
| 13 | If you want to en try and ensure that you 're going to have a self sustained community , one hundred percent , you make sure that presumably you 've got a show case cinema with fifteen screens there , er a B and Q , erm a whole range of of facilities that nobody ever needs leave , erm erm erm er that new settlement , the reality of the real world of course is that all settlements to a greater or lesser degree , er have a relationship with other er larger scale settlements , now then let's look at the new settlement , fourteen hundred dwellings , we estimate that that is going to be of the order of around three thousand three hundred people , now that is sizeable , it is not small , it is larger than a number of the small market towns er in North Yorkshire , like Boroughbridge , Settle , it is a significant development erm erm and within it erm there will be a requirement er be a requirement for a a a primary school , it justifies that . |
| 14 | 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 . |