Example sentences of "[adv] be [adj] than " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But , he warned , ‘ when we recover from the present recession , we had better be aware than another one lurks on the horizon ’ . |
| 2 | Better be dead than do that . |
| 3 | This new level about which the price oscillates during these years of exceptionally great demand , will obviously be higher than before . |
| 4 | A moorland parish will obviously be larger than a parish in a fertile area that was densely settled in early times ; a church that was an Anglo-Saxon missionary centre will usually have a larger parish than one that was founded later . |
| 5 | Further on in the above entry he admits he can only be less than himself in company . |
| 6 | It is difficult to believe that the ordinary courts ' particular interpretation of all of these terms will necessarily be better than that of the tribunal . |
| 7 | There are several areas in which the continued health of the Course depends upon a collaborative response which must necessarily be more than the aggregate of views of individual fields and departments . |
| 8 | Recall that in a group of families with above-average measured incomes , Y > Y p — this means that the measured apc ( = C/ Y ) will necessarily be less than the long-run apc ( = C/ Y p ) . |
| 9 | It may nevertheless be better than even a reasonable harmonium or American organ . |
| 10 | On the face of it , such high commissions suggest a lack of price competitiveness , but as noted above , large institutional buyers are able to force distributors to share all or part of the selling concession , and prices may thus be lower than they appear . |
| 11 | Chantler , their economic adviser , told the new Minister frankly that the Conservatives had over-estimated the reality of controls , and most of his colleagues shared his view that any new system of control could scarcely be worse than the one they were attempting to use . |
| 12 | The views of the CBI could scarcely be clearer than they have been on the subject of the minimum wage . |
| 13 | Oil revenues were state revenues , and in Libya — depending on the price of oil — the petroleum industry created between 50 per cent and 80 per cent of gross domestic product : budgets for the distribution of this wealth could scarcely be other than central budgets . |
| 14 | In some cases he may be able to obtain an injunction to restrain the breach and in any case he will be adequately compensated by his remedy in damages for breach of contract as his damage can scarcely be other than financial . |
| 15 | The general standards of safety , hygiene , fire precautions etc will generally be lower than in the UK . |
| 16 | ( If , as on the Earth , there are outer ‘ shells ’ of oceans and atmosphere then tides will appear in these too and they will generally be greater than in the rest of the planet thus producing variations in oceanic and atmospheric thickness around the planet . ) |
| 17 | However , unlike TL dates , radiocarbon results have to be calibrated and the size of the resulting age range depends on the form of the calibration curve in that period ( fig. 7.8 ) , although the radiocarbon age range will generally be smaller than the corresponding TL one . |
| 18 | The estimated asking price will generally be given as a range of values , which will normally be wider than those associated with the valuation since account will need to be taken of the expectations of buyers and sellers of price reductions during the bargaining process . |
| 19 | Thus if one fund was a net lender ( of 1m ) and another was a net borrower ( of 2m ) it would normally be inefficient for the 1m to be lent externally and the 2m to be borrowed externally : borrowing rates of interest would normally be higher than lending rates . |
| 20 | If people come to expect that interest rates will normally be higher than they used to be , then any given interest rate will seem lower relative to the ‘ normal ’ rate than it used to be . |
| 21 | The payments on a lease will normally be lower than on a contract allowing for the purchase of the asset , although sometimes the difference is small and then a rebate is made when the term of the contract finishes and the plane is sold . |
| 22 | In the same way a temple which was situated at the top of a flight of steps might be shown on top of steps , though the number of steps on the coin would normally be fewer than in reality . |
| 23 | This means that it must not be wider than is reasonably necessary for the protection of the employer 's business ; it must not place an unreasonable restraint on the employee 's freedom to earn his or her living ; and it must not be too wide from the public viewpoint . |
| 24 | The cash value of scientific observations in this context must therefore be based upon subjective experience and can not be greater than the cash value of the latter ; for it is subjective experience that , ultimately , validates our objective scales of energy intensity . |
| 25 | The accuracy of the feedback need not be greater than the discrimination ability of the trainee but equally its value will diminish if it is too approximate . |
| 26 | For these reasons our test formula — x must not be greater than 2y — is here not wholly reliable . |
| 27 | One place lower would be 6 and of course 6 can not be greater than 6 . |
| 28 | [ If a range of prices is offered this range should not be greater than [ £500,000 ] ; |
| 29 | The number of troops and the amount of equipment of all non-German armed forces stationed in Berlin will not be greater than at the time of signature of the present treaty . |
| 30 | The intrinsic value of an option can not be greater than the premium itself as this situation would provide investors with an instant arbitrage profit . |