Example sentences of "[be] [adj] than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Make sure that the dumb-bell bars are lower than the top of your chest . |
| 2 | Publishers ' discounts are lower than the normal 35% off , and copies sold in the shops or to libraries are usually at the suggested published price . |
| 3 | These values are lower than the 2–3% reflectance predicted from heating experiments in which the maturity of the sample is estimated after heating ( Snowdon , 1979 ) . |
| 4 | As Ian Jones at the National Institute for Economic and Social Research has pointed out , benefits in the first year of operation are lower than the figures for net effective cost imply . |
| 5 | In fact , £3,976 should be debited to deferred tax , as the accounting profits are lower than the taxable profits . |
| 6 | For both Lothian and Scotland the 1991 totals are lower than the 1981–85 base but higher than the 1991 ‘ interim ’ target . |
| 7 | Since 1940 the average yield , which should in theory have been lower than the official limit but in practice was not always so , has steadily increased : |
| 8 | One option would be to raise the duty on petrol : Britain 's fuel prices have long been lower than the EC average , and petrol duties have provided a static share of tax revenues in spite of the rapid growth in road use . |
| 9 | The objects and phenomena that a physics book describes are simpler than a single cell in the body of its author . |
| 10 | The waters around the Sullom Voe oil terminal are cleaner than the Forth and many other British estuaries , a conference on environmental monitoring was told last month . |
| 11 | What about the form United have never been further than the 4th round . |
| 12 | Natural highways they may be , but while some ridges are broader than a motorway , others resemble a tricky combination of obstacle course and tightrope walk . |
| 13 | ‘ Ask away , oh anxious one , for you are lovelier than an aardvark and I can deny you nothing , ’ said the seal , whisking the waves into a fountain with her mighty tail . |
| 14 | Will my hon. Friend join me in paying tribute to the imaginative experiment that the Lord Mayor of London is supporting this year , in which young people go into schools to help pupils with learning difficulties and those who are quicker than the rest of the class ? |
| 15 | I dare say I 've been luckier than a good many . |
| 16 | The AP1-88 's air-cooled truck diesels that provide both lift and propulsion are heavier than the converted aero engine that powers the SR.N6 , but they burn less fuel and cost only one-fifth as much . |
| 17 | I 'm just saying these chips are nicer than the Bottley chips . |
| 18 | It is a shame that the players feel they can put sponsors to ransom like this and that they are bigger than the sport . ’ |
| 19 | Can you see any pieces that are bigger than the quarter ? |
| 20 | ‘ The Soup Dragons are bigger than The Charlatans over here , ’ says Tim . |
| 21 | ‘ The Soup Dragons are bigger than The Charlatans over here , ’ says Tim . |
| 22 | I was reading the things and I said it was a bigger upstairs is , are bigger than the downstairs . |
| 23 | Sockets are bigger than the chips normally so |
| 24 | There are people out there who 've got problems that are bigger than the average household can deal with and erm I think , therefore , we 're looking for more institutionalized forms of help and folks like this particular character — I almost said his name — almost need to be made to accept that kind of help . |
| 25 | Sessions 's show endorses Petherbridge 's point as forcefully as possible , reminding us that , in 20th century drama , the big stars have always been bigger than the big roles . |
| 26 | Linde 's idea of a slow breaking of symmetry was very good , but I later realized that his bubbles would have to have been bigger than the size of the universe at the time ! |
| 27 | The gap between the different measures of GDP has widened , for example , while the balancing item in the balance of payments has actually been bigger than the current-account deficit itself . |
| 28 | The attitude they have towards you is terrible , like you 're lower than the dirt they tread on . |
| 29 | Yeah well they 're different than the other policemen . |
| 30 | Now all I can say about that is it seems to me you 're braver than the rest of us but we try to keep out of it . |