Example sentences of "'s [adj] than [v-ing] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm Somebody on this morning 's course said that they quite like answering machines , they use them like note pads , and they ring up people they know have got an answering machine so they can just leave a message , they say it 's quicker than writing a letter , and it 's easier than talking to them for hours , you can just ring them up and leave a message on their answering machine like a sort of note pad , which I had n't thought of , but I suppose it 's rather good , is n't it ! |
| 2 | Sometimes it 's quicker than buyin' a pack of fags in the pub . ’ |
| 3 | it 's better than throwing a lot of stuff away . |
| 4 | It 's better than getting a locum in — they cost the earth and sometimes do more harm than good . |
| 5 | Well it 's better than spending a lot of money |
| 6 | I think that 's worse than having a filling . |