Example sentences of "is [adj] than a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This version is lighter than a traditional Christmas pudding but it has all the flavour . |
| 2 | Ultimately , the literature on community interventions and organizing suggests that having control is larger than an individual phenomenon , but includes an interaction with life 's social and political systems . |
| 3 | She is cruelly twisted with arthritis but her spirit is livelier than a young lass 's , more concerned for an old friend in Lamlash who has the same complaint — that dread West Coast damp — and is quite unable to move . |
| 4 | This program is better than a great number of Commercial drawing packages for children . |
| 5 | The fact of being ‘ family ’ is no guarantee that people can live together happily on a long-term basis , and almost any other good ‘ care ’ arrangement that can be made for an elderly person is better than a cat-and-dog life with relatives , where there is no common ground for agreement , and constant quarrels make home life a misery . |
| 6 | But then again , I guess a half-successful ‘ Valid ’ is better than a f—ed-up invalid . |
| 7 | Women are less likely to examine data , whereas analysing somebody else 's balance sheet and profit and loss account is better than a good whodunit as far as top businessmen are concerned . |
| 8 | But even Labour v Tories is better than a party-political system which depends on religion , and an accident of birth . |
| 9 | ‘ I suppose half a robbery is better than a full robbery , ’ said Duff . |
| 10 | A volunteer is better than a pressed man . |
| 11 | By the way , my new slogan is : ‘ Sometimes one day is better than a whole year ! ’ |
| 12 | ‘ The Peavey has the graphic too , ’ explains John , ‘ but with shelving controls low and high , which is better than an actual tone control . |
| 13 | If you are uncertain about whether or not you can get back with a reasonable margin of safety , make a safe landing while you can ; a planned approach into a poor field is better than an out-of-wind crash into a good field ! |
| 14 | Clearly the brain is more than a passive relay from stimulus to response . |
| 15 | Yet Maastricht is more than a symbolic milestone . |
| 16 | The former can do no more than skim the surface of an area which has recently been very heavily mined ; the latter is included because I think that this theory , though recent , is more than a passing fashion and contains some insights into the nature of knowledge . |
| 17 | Some of the smaller , and most certainly highly active dinosaurs were about the size of a chicken , and there is more than a passing similarity between a running ostrich and the kind of reconstruction that shows fleet-footed , running dinosaurs . |
| 18 | The Conservative case is more than a political ideal : it can be backed up by rigorous economic arguments . |
| 19 | ‘ poeticity ’ , he says , is like oil in cooking ; you can not have it on its own but when it is used with other food it is more than a mere addition . |
| 20 | This is more than a mere measure of the offensive character in question . |
| 21 | However , since it is more than a mere sign , it partakes of the reality it signifies and is a means of grace through which the atoning work of Christ is made effective in the life of the Christian . |
| 22 | The tunnel is more than a mere curiosity to astronomers . |
| 23 | A good caddie is more than a mere assistant . |
| 24 | As that doyen of golf-writers , the late Henry Longhurst said , ‘ A good caddie is more than a mere assistant , he is guide , philosopher and friend . ’ |
| 25 | This is more than a mere breach of the implied condition that goods should comply with the contract description . |
| 26 | ‘ M ’ is more than a mere dressmaker , she 's an artist : a fairy godmother sewing with enchanted thread , bringing , life to each John Peacock creation . |
| 27 | The fact is , however , that Leonce and Lena is more than a fizzled-out digression into comedy by the creator of Woyzeck . |
| 28 | In this blithe seaside comedy , Depardieu reminds us that a great star is more than a great actor ; he is a creature people ca n't stop watching . ’ |
| 29 | The Bible , however , is more than a great storehouse of myths , of unfocussed divine truths , for it also reveals God in full-focus . |
| 30 | Sometimes Japan is more than a Western mind can take . |