Example sentences of "are [art] [adj] than [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Orcs vary in height and their physical appearance more than humans — some are no taller than a man but most are substantially larger and the biggest Orcs stand well over seven feet tall . |
| 2 | If we forget these differences , then we are no better than the bullies who figure so prominently in this book . |
| 3 | Of course the problems of distinguishing F from C , goat from sheep , are no worse than the problems teachers were faced with for years , when they had to separate O level candidates from those who would work for CSE . |
| 4 | In what sense do these mark a crossroads while the others are no more than a widening of the road ? |
| 5 | Some of the larger birds , like the blackbirds and thrushes , often risk a little dive-bombing , in which they swoop down on the owl from a distance of about 30 feet , heading straight for it , and then swerve aside only at the very last moment , when they are no more than a foot away . |
| 6 | Some of the Discourses printed in them are no more than a title , but most are published in full . |
| 7 | Other memories are no more than a nutshell description , a fleeting image , perhaps of an eccentricity . |
| 8 | If they are used by a Christian then they are no more than an aid , just as meditation can be biblical or occult depending on what you meditate upon . |
| 9 | — the heart is the first organ to develop in the embryo ; when we are no more than the size of a kidney bean , our heart is visible , pumping away ; |
| 10 | These unimportant trivialities are no more than the girl prised out of him . ’ |
| 11 | Most are no larger than the palm of a man 's hand , but even spiders this small can have a deadly poisonous bite . |
| 12 | They are no dimmer than the spirits of men and children . |