Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adj] than [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was better than a pantomime , but with one big difference . |
| 2 | It was better than a cockfight , and even better than the Battle . |
| 3 | They had made love that morning and it was better than the day before . |
| 4 | That had been a futile crusade , he knew now , but it was better than the lie Seth offered , the lie that concealed the end of all things . |
| 5 | It was better than an analgesic in her blood . |
| 6 | Yeah but it was bigger than the plate . |
| 7 | It offered no defence ; and defence was needed , for on the opposite side of the yard a wall ran right up to the house and although it was lower than the roof an agile man might easily scramble from it up on to the roof itself . |
| 8 | It was lonelier than the sea , somehow . |
| 9 | Over the same period , real wages fell by 18.5 per cent ( in 1970 it was estimated by DEPLAN , the government planning agency , that there was 25 per cent excess capacity in the economy ) , the government deficit increased rapidly until in 1973 it was greater than the revenue of the government , the rate of growth of fixed investment fell dramatically and the balance of payments was in deficit , on both currant and capital account , throughout the whole period . |
| 10 | The surplus of 38 had to be considered because it was greater than the difference , 6 , between Trimble 525 , and Robinson , 519 , and might conceivably have affected the order in which they were to be eliminated . |
| 11 | It was blacker than a coal heaver 's codpiece in a Blitz blackout . |
| 12 | It was worse than a mountain — it was a maze ; and how intricate its twists I soon discovered . |
| 13 | It was cheaper than the cinema , only a few pennies , and young people could sometimes get in for nothing if they attached themselves to an adult . |
| 14 | It was taller than a man , and big enough to accommodate four or five people inside . |
| 15 | It was smaller than a man 's thumb nail and Nicholson held it between the thumb and finger of his right hand with surprising delicacy . |
| 16 | Because it was easier than a bra and panties she had donned an ivory , gossamer-light teddy . |
| 17 | It was more than a shock I put my head in my in my hand and I remember kneeling right at this spot and just crying my heart out . |
| 18 | I remember as a young woman before I , even when I was courting , a young boys was there writing little notes behind the counter trying to make dates with me you know erm er it was , oh it was more than a shop . |
| 19 | And , actually it was more than an hour and a half . |