Example sentences of "[be] [adj] than [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Old ladies with thick stockings holding veins like knots of worms , and men whose eyes are duller than clay alleys dream other dreams and watched the numbered screen , killing time , hoping for a win . |
| 2 | They are bigger than protein molecules but smaller than bacteria . |
| 3 | They 're better than lamp posts and that , cos trees grow out of the ground , so they 're extra special like . |
| 4 | Cartridge circuit fuses are larger than plug fuses , and are marked ‘ Made to BS1361 ’ . |
| 5 | However , while these dollar values are better than dinar values for the years up to 1983 , they are still not satisfactory , both for the reason given above and because the real value of the dollar has fluctuated considerably during the past ten years . |
| 6 | Synthetic strings are cheaper than gut strings and last longer . |
| 7 | One common feature of professions is the claim that their services are more than business transactions and that this aspect of the delivery of professional services justifies in the public interest monopolies that would not be acceptable in the ordinary industrial and commercial arena . |
| 8 | ‘ I though we had already established that Steve and I are more than business partners . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | RETIX PROFITS LIKELY TO BE LOWER THAN ANALYST EXPECTATIONS |
| 11 | So lessees can generally expect the rental on operating leases to be higher than finance leases . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | According to a study Unix International commissioned from Dataquest comparing OS/2 and SVR4.2 , OS/2 Unix shipments will be higher than Unix shipments on the PC platform , if for no other reason than IBM is bundling it . |
| 14 | Vapona make ‘ Moth Killer' which tends to be sweeter-smelling than moth balls . |
| 15 | … cul-de-sac streets are safer than loop streets and of course safer than ordinary through-streets ; |
| 16 | The animals ' cages were smaller than Government guidelines and contained no bedding or playthings . |
| 17 | These were safer than petrol engines , more suitable because they could be run more slowly and could be connected directly to the propeller . |
| 18 | In such an extreme climate , these cave dwellings have the distinct advantage of being cooler than surface structures in summer , and warmer in winter . |
| 19 | Dune sands also had positive skewness but were finer than beach sands . |
| 20 | Moreover , according to Barry Graham of IBM research group Xephon Plc , the mainframe is not a dinosaur , and is cheaper than Unix systems and personal computers linked by local area networks at those sites with more than 200 users . |
| 21 | Fortunately he is now fully recovered and will take all the beating as he is better than form figures indicate . |
| 22 | You 'll walk sand and grit into the room by the shoeload ; keep it out of the bed ( it 's worse than biscuit crumbs ) and do n't curse the landlady for not sweeping more often . |
| 23 | But BRIDE Angela 's mum Gladys Smith took one look at the sandwiches and canapes and sniffed : ‘ It 's worse than school dinners . ’ |
| 24 | Your eggs are fresher than shop eggs . |
| 25 | BBC Radio news scored 5.0 and Commercial Radio news 4.4. party leaflets came bottom with 4.0 while conversations with family , friends , and acquaintances scored 4.8 , which was better than party leaflets or Commercial Radio but worse than the press or television . |
| 26 | It was worse than soccer hooligans . |