Example sentences of "[is] [adj -er] [conj] a " in BNC.
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1 | Income from a UK unit trust invested in foreign shares is lower than a locally based one because of UK corporation tax . |
2 | Psychological empowerment is broader than a pure intrapsychic variable because it measures individual change within one 's social setting , such as one 's belief in one 's ability to act for community change , and one 's belief in the value of group action ( Chavis and Wandersman , 1990 ; Zimmerman , 1990 ) . |
3 | For me , this job is easier than a game of croquet … |
4 | In some ways a reaching start is easier than a beating one , but there are still pitfalls for the unwary . |
5 | They are then encouraged to notice and talk about what happens , e.g. a plastic boat floats , but if filled with water , it sinks ; or paper is lighter than a stone , but when it is wet through , it sinks . |
6 | This version is lighter than a traditional Christmas pudding but it has all the flavour . |
7 | At 3.9m long it is shorter than a slalom kayak but has all the features of the original Kiwi , making it ideal for family and disabled use . |
8 | And that mud wagon 's lighter than a Concord . " |
9 | It 's nicer than a satsuma really . |
10 | But most of the length is taken up by the cabin and since the Twingo is taller than a Sierra its packaging prowess is , perhaps , easier to appreciate . |
11 | If hesitating between a peach and a pear you languidly inspect sniff and fondle the fruit before deciding for the pear , and eat it slowly with a look of bliss , no one who has left behind the absolutism of childhood ( ‘ Anyone can see that a peach is nicer than a pear ’ ) will doubt that you made the best possible choice between the flavours ; the rightness of the choice , and the objective fact that in the fullest awareness of the two flavours you were spontaneously moved to take the pear , are two sides of the same coin . |
12 | If a work is bigger than a man , he wrote , it can mean either that it is trying to surpass man or that it is not afraid of being looked at . |
13 | When fully grown , a lion is bigger than a lioness . |
14 | Advantage : the closet is larger than a pit and therefore lasts longer also it is easy to empty . |
15 | If you want to en try and ensure that you 're going to have a self sustained community , one hundred percent , you make sure that presumably you 've got a show case cinema with fifteen screens there , er a B and Q , erm a whole range of of facilities that nobody ever needs leave , erm erm erm er that new settlement , the reality of the real world of course is that all settlements to a greater or lesser degree , er have a relationship with other er larger scale settlements , now then let's look at the new settlement , fourteen hundred dwellings , we estimate that that is going to be of the order of around three thousand three hundred people , now that is sizeable , it is not small , it is larger than a number of the small market towns er in North Yorkshire , like Boroughbridge , Settle , it is a significant development erm erm and within it erm there will be a requirement er be a requirement for a a a primary school , it justifies that . |
16 | She is cruelly twisted with arthritis but her spirit is livelier than a young lass 's , more concerned for an old friend in Lamlash who has the same complaint — that dread West Coast damp — and is quite unable to move . |
17 | What stopped me in my tracks was a sentence reading , ‘ The dung beetle program really can not be justified on the grounds that it is cheaper than a horse ’ . |
18 | A bill of exchange is a less secure means of payment , but is cheaper than a documentary credit . |
19 | The reference centre policy also assumes that the average cost ( ie , per patient seen ) of hospital care is greater than the cost at a health centre , and that a reference centre is cheaper than a hospital . |
20 | Incidentally , it 's better than a railway hut , and perfect for a party . ’ |
21 | A grand view of Horse Guards Parade — oh well it 's better than a view of John and Norma Major . |
22 | London chain Zoo is amongst those now promoting a scalp pummelling from trained specialists — it sets you back £20 , but it 's better than a flat top |
23 | Expect to hear lots more about Iris in the next year , 'cause she 's better than a million of those smug Nashville fat-cats . |
24 | It 's better than a letter to hear her voice . ’ |
25 | That only cost sixty pound , I said only , well it 's better than a hundred pounds she said . |
26 | Well it 's better than a kick in the teeth is n't it ? |
27 | I think moving 's better than a week of I V P . |
28 | You have to admit , she 's better than a kick in the wot-nots ! |
29 | ‘ This is better than a ceilidh . ’ |
30 | A record is better than a cassette . |