Example sentences of "faster than [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its subsidies are now tiny by comparison with Europe ( Italy subsidises 91% of the cost of its rail commuters , Britain less than 10% ) ; its trains are faster than every national service apart from France and Japan . |
| 2 | He 's faster than a speeding tortoise |
| 3 | He may be faster than a speeding bullet but he 's no match for a giant alien called Doomsday . |
| 4 | It is cheaper and faster than a daisy-wheel printer . |
| 5 | Alan Milburn , said official department of employment figures showed that over the last two years youth unemployment has increased over 40pc faster than the general rise . |
| 6 | Yeah negative , right , textiles rise faster , the price of textiles rises faster than the general price level , the real increase in textile prices , therefore , we 'd expect providing the first law of demand holds , that we get a negative response consumption , right . |
| 7 | The mixture fizzed like mad , you swallowed the concoction and with little delay sprinted for the nearest lavatory , hoping that your speed would be faster than the deadly powder . |
| 8 | According to Reuter , the new HP100LX is built around the Intel Corp 80C186 and is 50% faster than the two-year-old original ; the 11 oz machine will come bundled with Lotus 's cc:Mail electronic mail package and cost $750 . |
| 9 | The thousand pound machine he 's riding is called a recumbant , it 's faster than the usual type of racing bike and has the added advantage of giving it 's rider , as the name suggests , a more leisurely riding position . |
| 10 | The new compiler is said to be some 10% to 20% faster than the top-ranked GNU C Compiler . |
| 11 | The compiler is reportedly 10% to 20% faster than the top-ranked GNU C Compiler . |
| 12 | The demands on their budgets have increased both as a result of inflation pushing up costs faster than the retail price index and as a result of increased demand on their services . |
| 13 | BR complained that the result was likely to be deteriorating services , especially since there was simultaneous pressure to keep down tariffs , while BR 's costs themselves were rising faster than the retail price index . |
| 14 | Bell says that at 250 MIPS , the illusive box will be faster than the old Multiflow systems which it continues to market , though at much reduced prices . |
| 15 | The Interactive software development system includes a new version of Liant Software Corp 's C compiler , which is said to run 80% faster than the previous version , plus a Motif version of the CodeWatch debugger . |
| 16 | The Interactive software development system includes a new version of Liant Software Corp 's C compiler , which is said to run 80% faster than the previous version , plus a Motif version of the CodeWatch debugger . |
| 17 | The nerves of ‘ Kanga ’ Tryon , a designer more used to working with ‘ supermodels ’ on the catwalks of the world than schoolgirls — were fraying faster than an unfinished hem . |