Example sentences of "be [adj -er] than the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be brighter than the third magnitude by Christmas morning , but by then it will be low and difficult in the SE twilight . |
| 2 | It may be brighter than the third magnitude by Christmas morning , but by then it will be low and difficult in the SE twilight . |
| 3 | Obviously its date of composition must be later than the last event mentioned — in the case of Exodus , the erection of the tabernacle . |
| 4 | ‘ And that means that you have to be better than the next man to be considered half as good . |
| 5 | I 'm black and I 've got to be better than the next applicant , but I do n't let it hold me back . |
| 6 | Theoretically , for example , none of the entries in E need be older than the twelfth century . |
| 7 | This Pool who is not Poole can not be worse than the last idiot I saw from the same backward profession : he was extremely fortunate that I did not send the details of his impertinences to the Medical Association or whatever it is called . |