Example sentences of "[noun sg] than for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Better for a horse than for a man , ’ said Mrs Yaxlee with relish . |
| 2 | However , this is more surely an argument for adequate preparation than for a refusal to appear . |
| 3 | It is easier for a husband to be found for a thin , and therefore supposedly beautiful , girl than for a plump one . |
| 4 | In fact , even in the lower key , the tessitura of the part is much more comfortable for a countertenor than for a soprano . |
| 5 | The risk of infection and disease is greater for an old person than for a normal , healthy adult , as warnings on food safety show . |
| 6 | It looked more suitable for a multinational corporation than for a great Department of State . |
| 7 | Is the experience of higher education more or less rewarding , for example , for a female physics student than for a female English student ? |
| 8 | Reaching 50 caused Claire Gallois to turn against this way of conducting things and against the world in which ageing is much more cruel for a woman than for a man . |
| 9 | For many of those who do take the text seriously however , Christian teaching on the subject of wealth is summed up either by one of the easily remembered phrases from the Gospels such as ‘ Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor , and you will have treasure in heaven ’ ( Luke 18:22 ) or ‘ You can not serve God and Mammon ’ ( Luke 16:13 ) or that ‘ It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God ’ ( Luke 18:25 ) or by the way in which the members of the Jerusalem Church as recorded in Acts of the Apostles shared their wealth according to the principle ‘ From each according to his ability , to each according to his need ’ . |
| 10 | And he followed it up by that shrewd observation ‘ It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God ’ ( Mark 10:25 ) . |
| 11 | One would generally expect to pay less for a private company than for a similar public company . |
| 12 | It may be easier for an authoritarian regime than for a democratic one to carry out economic restructuring ; Chile did it , Peru hopes to . |