Example sentences of "[adj] than a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told him last week that he looked more like a German than a Frenchman and he became very cross . ’ |
| 2 | Then through the window you could see it-smaller than a Concord and almost completely open with its canvas side-curtains rolled up and fastened-just turning out of the yard , and the next moment the jingling , rattling sound was right out front . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | The fact that there is a difference comes as no surprise , after all , a completely empty , uneventful drive through a junction would be expected to be both less memorable and less risky than an occasion when the junction was full of traffic . |
| 5 | It would be easier than a password if you need to check out changing the |
| 6 | Because it was easier than a bra and panties she had donned an ivory , gossamer-light teddy . |
| 7 | ‘ Working with Tracey is much easier than a group because you would have to stand around in the group and not get a chance of doing things . |
| 8 | For instance , it would surely seem reasonable to suggest that a theory that anticipates and leads to the discovery of new phenomena , in the way Clerk Maxwell 's theory led to the discovery of radio waves , is more worthy of merit and more justifiable than a law or theory devised to account for phenomena already known and not leading to the discovery of new ones . |
| 9 | A court that tries to decide as Parliament would have wished is more likely to be right than a court that follows the words believing it was not what Parliament intended . |
| 10 | ‘ The Disabled ’ is a non-disabled construction , a representational framework no more real than a hologram but which has to contain two properties if it is to have any cathartic meaning for society . |
| 11 | If the money falls in law to be repaid , a direct order for its repayment is more appropriate than a declaration that it should repay it or an order setting aside a refusal to be repaid . |
| 12 | ‘ Most of them have never held anything more dangerous than a knife and fork before but after just nine hours training they are doing really well , ’ he said . |
| 13 | However , he is no more dangerous than a dog that barks but does not bite . |
| 14 | Behind her in the hallway was a grey Rotweiler no bigger than a pony and no fiercer than a cobra with a hangover . |
| 15 | Flight appreciably heavier than a gull but less so than a buzzard , and remarkably agile when chasing other birds ; will pursue even Gannets . |
| 16 | Orcs vary in height and their physical appearance more than humans — some are no taller than a man but most are substantially larger and the biggest Orcs stand well over seven feet tall . |
| 17 | They were huge wheeled galvanised cylinders , each taller than a man and of the kind that could be chained to a garbage wagon and then hoisted and inverted in one great burst of hydraulic power . |
| 18 | As Daniel Rogers warned in 1642 , ‘ No prison can be more irksome than a son or daughter 's house ’ . |
| 19 | Advantage : the closet is larger than a pit and therefore lasts longer also it is easy to empty . |
| 20 | It looked no larger than a pin when it finally hit the surface without a sound , and disappeared . |
| 21 | There was no covert there larger than an acre or two and they had been placed as much for their scenic effect as for their game-preserving role . |
| 22 | Artists who group together for financial reasons may choose a name which is no more explanatory than a number or numbers . |
| 23 | Classroom interaction is even more complex than an interview because of the size of the group and the choices the teacher constantly makes about how to respond to what learners say . |
| 24 | With David Robinson all about how Super Nintendo is better than a Megadrive or Megadrive is better than a Super Nintendo big argument |
| 25 | By definition , a scheme of that size must be better than a scheme that is based on an individual privatised subsidiary or on one privatised company on its own . |
| 26 | He had been so sure before — and anything would be better than a decision that he might later come to regret . |
| 27 | Telephone message forms are even better than a pad as they prevent you from forgetting to ask relevant questions . |
| 28 | A research programme is better than a rival if it is more progressive , the progressive nature of a programme depending on its degree of coherence and the extent to which it has led to successful novel predictions , as discussed in Chapter 7 . |
| 29 | And Molly Malone was right : the gangway was little better than a ladder that clung to the ship 's side with fragile tenacity . |
| 30 | No longer would he have to pin all his hopes on the random burglaries that he 'd carried out in that first couple of days , none of which had turned up anything better than a shotgun or a low-calibre target weapon ; those were useless for his purpose , and he 'd left them where he 'd found them . |