Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [adj] than [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In such an extreme climate , these cave dwellings have the distinct advantage of being cooler than surface structures in summer , and warmer in winter . |
| 2 | It 's got ta be better than work . ’ |
| 3 | RETIX PROFITS LIKELY TO BE LOWER THAN ANALYST EXPECTATIONS |
| 4 | The High Court in Edinburgh heard that an investment analyst with the stockbrokers Bell Lawrie White had received information from the chairman of the waste management and construction group , Shanks&McEwan , that profits were going to be lower than City expectations . |
| 5 | Scientists from the British Association have stated that they have found no evidence showing organic food to be safer than food produced under conventional farming methods . |
| 6 | In general , when they do use credit they are more likely than others to use types carrying a high rate of charge , though they are also relatively heavy users of mail order ( which carries no rate of charge for credit , though at the cost of prices which have tended to be higher than shop prices ) . |
| 7 | So lessees can generally expect the rental on operating leases to be higher than finance leases . |
| 8 | Bureaucratic co-operations probably more likely to be available than money in the next few years ! |
| 9 | Rincewind turned to run , but the air suddenly seemed to be thicker than treacle . |
| 10 | Even more sharply , it is impossible for the majority of people to be other than black in South Africa as it became impossible to be other than Jewish for Jews in Nazi Germany . |
| 11 | Whilst ambulatory surgical care has been shown to be cheaper than hospital care in Cali , Colombia , such evidence can not be taken as a general rule . |
| 12 | Ministers said they were encouraged by reports from candidates that the party 's vote was holding up and appeared to be firmer than Labour 's . |
| 13 | Subterfuge was thought to be better than violence . ’ |
| 14 | This probe had been shown to be better than actin as a control for the amount and quality of total ribonucleic acid loaded . |
| 15 | Nevertheless there is a problem about the status of many of his theories and propositions if , and when , they claim to be more than speculation . |
| 16 | Finally , in respect of the Wandjina , it appears to be more than chance that the word ‘ Wandjina ’ — sometimes spelled ‘ Wondjina ’ — can be formed from two Sanskrit words , ‘ Vand ’ and ‘ Jina ’ . |
| 17 | Curiously , in being less than art , the new ‘ cutting-edge ’ art has turned out to be more than art . |
| 18 | Basically Goldman thinks Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT and Intel Corp 's Pentium are going to be more than Sun can handle , hurting Sun 's ability to improve earnings on a sustained basis over the next year or so and impeding its gains in market share . |
| 19 | Both Salomon Brothers Inc and more importantly Goldman Sachs & Co have moved Sun Microsystems Inc shares off their recommended buy lists : basically Goldman thinks Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT and Intel Corp 's Pentium are going to be more than Sun can handle , hurting its ability to improve earnings on a sustained basis over the next year or so and impeding its gains in market share ; Goldman believes Sun 's financial model may need to change more quickly than the company can realise ; the long-term judgment is based on Goldman 's view of Sun 's business as 80% to 85% client side where it thinks Windows , especially NT , will dominate in client-server systems , even where high-performance client products are needed . |
| 20 | The action has to be more than complaint and exhortation . |
| 21 | Vapona make ‘ Moth Killer' which tends to be sweeter-smelling than moth balls . |
| 22 | Any savings to be made by switching to the new system are now likely to be less than forecast . |
| 23 | Income elasticities of demand for food tend to be less than unity , can we differentiate agricultural products ? |
| 24 | Moreover , in the light of the Committee 's comment that consensual oral sex is extremely serious and more likely to be disturbing to a young girl than sexual intercourse , it would seem to follow that non-consensual oral sex is extremely serious and more likely to be disturbing than rape . |
| 25 | Chill Pads , which maintain chilled products at temperature , are claimed to be longer-lasting than ice and more effective than eutectic plates . |
| 26 | When the stumps only come up to your knees you have to be larger than life . |
| 27 | YOU may consider Les Dawson to be larger than life … but try his teddy bear George for size ! |
| 28 | ( 2 ) In the epistemic sense of ‘ appears ’ it makes no sense to say that the sea appears to be blue to someone but he does not know it , or that line AB appears to him to be shorter than line BC but he does not know it , or that the young lady/old woman figure appears to him to be a drawing of a young lady but he does not know it . |