Example sentences of "that be [adj] than the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is bigger than the stake held by AMB 's new French partner and more than enough to block important decisions . |
| 2 | By this time stress waves are probably racing about in the material in all directions at the speed of sound ( that is faster than the crack ) , being reflected off both old and new surfaces , and we are likely to end up with not one crack but with a great many . |
| 3 | In the wake of the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro , a damning report from English Nature shows that ancient woodlands have declined by nearly 50% in the past 50 years — that is faster than the felling of the rainforests in Brazil . |
| 4 | Good grief , that 's better than the Ryder Cup Captain , Bernard Gallacher , did last year . |
| 5 | at the minute , because they 've got there the Hussy End which is like the number one , that 's better than the Stringfellow 's apparently , Hussy End are in Manchester thirty quid to get in |
| 6 | That 's less than the company subsidy for the North Harbour cafeteria , running around £900 per employee in 1990 . |
| 7 | er , if you just to avoid doubt , it looks as though , as we presume we go back to one , three , four that 's less than the income was the revenue from things like the guest room and er the lounge and so on , you see ? |
| 8 | The pleasant surprise I mentioned earlier was that the tank carried a recommended price tag of only £26 — and that 's less than the price of buying the glass cut to size from the glass merchant . |
| 9 | When the number that we 're sharing out when that 's less than the number of people . |
| 10 | That was better than the OECD ( Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ) European average of 106 falling to 89 over the same period . |
| 11 | Even that was better than the silence that surrounded the house at night , though . |