Example sentences of "[be] [adj -er] than [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the Midland had expected that its reserves would be lower than either Barclays or NatWest , both newly merged , it was horrified to learn that the true capital of Lloyds , a bank it had always looked down on , was £266m , £73m higher than its own . |
| 2 | It was n't a question of social security payments being too high , it was a question of wages being lower than even government estimates of subsistence ! |
| 3 | This is lower than both types of silicon-based cell , but the thin-film cell is much cheaper to make . |
| 4 | Comparative studies in volunteers have shown that activated charcoal is better than either syrup of ipecacuanha or gastric lavage in reducing drug absorption . |
| 5 | When it is not , it is better than both clergy and congregation resort to speech . |
| 6 | Thus contempt is wider than simply breach of any of Parliament 's privileges but can consist of any conduct which interferes with the workings of Parliament or is likely to bring Parliament or its members into disrepute . |
| 7 | But he added that the county 's tourism and leisure industries would grow in importance because the local economic base was wider than simply manufacturing . |