Example sentences of "[adj] than the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Marginally lighter than the other two fabric boots reviewed , the Lady GT comes in a very attractive blue and purple with a pink collar . |
2 | Well they , I had to go to Road police station , London , it was quite good , the detective took , took me around that little area and er then when I got ready to collect to take him to Liverpool Street Station , I saw him for the first time , man about sixty one and he 'd got two suitcases , one lighter than the other , and while I was signing for him and his property I said to him , you take that light one and I 'll take the bigger one with the view to getting on the bus to get to Liverpool Street st but the inspector there was very good , he said I 'm not going to oh and I said to you take the light case I 'll take the high one , he said I ca n't carry anything , I got a rupture . |
3 | Although smaller and lighter than the 7.62 Self Loading Rifles which we had used in the Territorial Army , its strength lay in its high velocity rounds and accuracy . |
4 | yet the gear change itself is quicker and lighter than the long throw , rubbery device that spoils the Vauxhall . |
5 | What happens in the blast furnace is that the slag is lighter than the molten iron and it collects on top of the molten iron and by some means that I s |
6 | Fitting the PT6As requires major surgery to the fuselage because they are much lighter than the R-1830s and would radically alter the DC-3's centre of gravity . |
7 | For the purists a bag without a zip is going to be the most efficient at keeping warmth in and will always be lighter than the same bag with a zip . |
8 | She had already been measured and weighed , and found smaller and lighter than the pied or spotted flycatchers . |
9 | 9.6 volt cordless drills are generally lighter than the 12 volt types , making overhead work easy |
10 | Yeah well they 're different than the other policemen . |
11 | Now you were saying just then that erm parts of the were different than the other parts . |
12 | The hon. Gentleman was far more brave than the hon. Member for Torridge and Devon , West ( Miss Nicholson ) who has adopted the role of reading out central office briefs in the House to apologise for the Conservative party . |
13 | But we do n't mind hearing about a few ‘ weeds ’ — they are often more vigorous and more interesting than the cultivated varieties . |
14 | These ladies deserve careful listening , but there are patches , as on Nocturne , where the music is far less interesting than the well-written and atmospheric lyrics . |
15 | Perhaps more interesting than the individual entries is the way in which they are cross-referenced to so many other entries in the encyclopedia . |
16 | SOMETIMES you find the footnotes in a history book rather more interesting than the heavy stuff upstairs . |
17 | More interesting than the vertical connections are the horizontal connections ( indicated by dotted lines ) . |
18 | ‘ Do not judge these industrial towns by their faces ; they are the most alive places in England ; they are more interesting than the little dead country towns which we so like to look at : think of Manchester , Birmingham with their concerts , theatres , parks and art galleries … |
19 | — This trend to professional academic specialization is confirmed by G. B. Harrison , writing in 1940 on the Review 's first fifteen years : " It will hardly be denied by anyone who looks through the files of the Review that the earlier numbers were more interesting than the later " , which he put down to the " increasing specialization in English , as in all forms of study " . |
20 | A more obvious underlying meaning , pointed out by the programme notes , is to see the ‘ round-dance ’ as a metaphor for the transmission of VD or , more topically , AIDS ; but this seems to me less interesting than the social satire whose delicate emotional nuances ( preserved in co-director Ceri Sherlock 's modernised adaptation ) give the play its wider significance and melancholy humour . |
21 | But the new grassland is less environmentally interesting than the previous permanent pasture , and the money wasted on the whole ten-year cycle of grass-grain-grass has been very considerable . |
22 | He looked greener than the proverbial grass to her . |
23 | Mike , who 'd gone greener than the minted melon balls provided for pudding , and Perdita , who was lighting one cigarette from another , could n't eat a thing . |
24 | These records involve a total of about 120 individuals and the species is now much scarcer than the Slavonian Grebe , although des Forges and Harber recorded approximately equal numbers of each species . |
25 | Few reports about this species are received annually , but these suggest that it is some three to four times scarcer than the Common Partridge . |
26 | In many ways this moment was infinitely more exciting than the actual race itself because these qualifying laps asked so much from car and driver . |
27 | Nothing can be more exciting than the first time that you are given some flowers , and particularly red roses . |
28 | If the purpose of sex is to have children , then , is there a special sort of casual , slightly illicit sex with near-strangers which has nothing to do with procreation and is also more exciting than the other steady sort ? |
29 | For , to the romantic , the bird of paradise is much more exciting than the humble house sparrow . |
30 | Now , does n't that sound a whole lot more exciting than the next Prodigy video ? |