Example sentences of "[noun] [be] a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ROBERT FLECK aims to gun down table-topping old boys Norwich today insisting : ‘ Chelsea are a better bet for trophies . ’ |
| 2 | But these reactions are a later development when anger has begun to take the system over and commandeer all its ways of expressing displeasure . |
| 3 | United should have killed York off then … they had more of the ball and the best of the chances … even York manager reckons that Hereford are a better team than their league position suggests and he was happy with a draw … the equaliser came after 33 minutes a header from John Borthwick … one all … what now for United … |
| 4 | 7 The fact is that Spurs are a better team than Arsenal . |
| 5 | His eyes are a brighter green than they seem . |
| 6 | The job losses are a further milestone in the decline of County Durham 's textile industry which has suffered severely during the current economic recession . |
| 7 | Affinitive relationships are a further type of connection between index terms , and thus may be codified by a similar statement to that encountered in respect of hierarchical relationships : A is permitted , but consider using B or C or , … , |
| 8 | The burden of Nordhaus 's model is to suggest that a democratic economy will exhibit an inflationary bias with the gains from exploiting a ‘ fooled ’ electorate being a higher rate of inflation at point 3 than at point 5 . |
| 9 | High level gene expression may then result from this protein being a stronger trans-activator than NF1 allowing it to direct a higher level of gene activation even following displacement of NF1 . |
| 10 | ‘ The Comrades Club in Crosby is a better location and I think people can see from some of the names that we are looking towards the top acts . ’ |
| 11 | The actual skirt , the skirt 's a blueyer green . |
| 12 | Waterman et al. 's ( 1981 ) alternative to structural change in isolation is a broader change agenda encompassing , strategy , structure , systems , style , staff , skills and superordinate goals . |
| 13 | The 20–25 litre drum discharging through a controlled dispenser is a better option . |
| 14 | You trainer is a nicer guy who can advise you about the next fight . |
| 15 | However , now that it has been decided that a Sunday game of 50 overs per side is a better idea ‘ for cricket ’ , many are already beginning to rue the demise of the 40-overs game . |
| 16 | If the increase in a Government 's spending outstrips the increase in the country 's income , the result is a bigger tax burden , a heavier debt burden — or both . |
| 17 | But a second more ominous result is a larger amount of plastic scrap , mashed up with car seats , brake fluids , coolants and oil . |
| 18 | The result is a lighter weight fabric , but one which still shows off the yarn . |
| 19 | The result is a straighter shot with a higher trajectory and greater distance . |
| 20 | The Pride of Kent is currently being ‘ stretched ’ ; Pride of Bruges is a smaller ship . |
| 21 | We hope that as your Medau News — with its views , information and diary of events — comes through your letter box this September , you will agree that by receiving it by direct mail is a better system than sharing a few copies round from class member to class member . |
| 22 | This question will be approached in two stages : this chapter develops the conceptualisation of social collectivities and the relations between these and political forces , and attempts an historical outline of the development of these relations in Britain since 1945 , while the following chapter is a fuller essay in the analysis of the specific relationships between economic class structure , social collectivities and political forces in the period of emergence of Thatcherism and of Thatcher 's government 1979–1982 . |
| 23 | Frivolity is a better marketing strategy for the bottled-water industry than actually telling consumers about its products . |
| 24 | What might arise with practice is a better routine for coping with jet-lag , and this is the aim of the next chapter . |
| 25 | Because the car is a bigger killer than violent crime . |
| 26 | The usual illustration is a car dealer stating that one car is a better runner than another . |
| 27 | And the second effect is a further reduction in real competence , so that jobs take longer to do , require more resources to do them , and are done increasingly shoddily . |
| 28 | In general he is close to Adam Smith 's 1s 6d ( 7½p ) as the " common price " per day of labour in London in 1776 , although Smith 's 8d ( 3p ) for country labour is a wider differential . |
| 29 | What is needed in the long term is a larger worship area which can be adapted for other uses . |
| 30 | Personally I think Rocky 's a better player than White . |