Example sentences of "[be] [adj -er] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You Tony could be cleaner the bus shelter . |
| 2 | It 's got to be better the scrap metal , or journalism . |
| 3 | ‘ That 's nearer the truth . ’ |
| 4 | Although our cost-benefit figure differs from that of Meshkinpour et al by a factor of 10 , it is nearer the finding of Owen et al who estimated a cost of £427.00 per change in diagnosis . |
| 5 | Quote with mild disapproval his gallant remark to a self-conscious girl : ‘ When the chest is flat , one is nearer the heart . ’ |
| 6 | I considered I had had a sheltered upbringing — perhaps ‘ genteel ’ is nearer the mark — but she came from the world of country weekends , day and night nurseries , nannies , and never having to worry about where next week 's housekeeping money was coming from , or having to do the washing up . |
| 7 | You will not be told how much he earns ; but you will be told that the reports of £1 million a year are exaggerated and distorted ( half that is nearer the mark ) ; you will be told , too , that in his fourth year at the Bar he was earning less than a Manchester bus driver — without overtime . |
| 8 | The second movement is certainly menacing , but in a peculiarly lumbering way ; it times at 4′20″ , whereas Karajan on DG is nearer the mark at 4'05 ’ , Mravinsky takes 3′59″ , and the composer himself ( in the four-hand version now on Le Chant du Monde ) scampers home in 3′40″ , a feat matched among orchestral recordings only by Ančerl and the Czech Philharmonic ( DG , 9/56 — nla ) . |
| 9 | Stephen Brearley 's suggestion that the medical profession has tolerated poor working conditions because of high job satisfaction is , we believe , an understatement ; professional dedication is nearer the mark . |
| 10 | Maybe hubris is nearer the mark . |
| 11 | Mr Ozberk has now been moved to Pentonville Prison which is nearer the airport . |
| 12 | If he is being moved onto a chair with fixed arms , the chair is placed at an angle of about 45° to the bed , and the patient 's foot which is nearer the chair is placed slightly forwards relative to the other . |
| 13 | I feel such a sham — coward is nearer the truth . |
| 14 | Indeed , the opposite is nearer the truth as private shareholders own less and less of British industry and the institutions own more and more . |
| 15 | Again , in my own household , the following , though also a stereotype , is nearer the truth . |
| 16 | but nevertheless it 's better the devil you know ! |
| 17 | Well I think it 's much better once things are served I think it 's better the jury know that they 're being shown everything of relevance . |
| 18 | If , however , the market demands this type of product , then someone must supply it and it is better the consumer buys a product made from organic ingredients in the hope that they will eventually progress onto the unadulterated whole milk yoghurt . |
| 19 | If the cooling rate is slower the supercooling persists to lower temperatures and the transition Tg2 occurs at a lower temperature than Tg1 . |
| 20 | In practice this process may be considered broken , for not only will it never interact with the outside world , but what is worse the environment can never detect this fact . |
| 21 | Where productivity is higher the carpet thickens and becomes peaty ; Allen and Heal ( 1970 ) reported moss peat up to 2 m thick , overlying rather than mixing with the mineral soil beneath . |
| 22 | ‘ I think this room was better the way it was before . |
| 23 | It was better the week before when they had erm Henry Cooper . |
| 24 | ‘ Mind , it was funnier the way Lewis told it . ’ |