Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] a [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But these reactions are a later development when anger has begun to take the system over and commandeer all its ways of expressing displeasure . |
| 2 | 7 The fact is that Spurs are a better team than Arsenal . |
| 3 | British equities account for more than half of the assets of British funds ; foreign equities are a further 20% . |
| 4 | His eyes are a brighter green than they seem . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 , … , |
| 7 | The number of serious anomalies is a further factor influencing the onset of a crisis . |
| 8 | The existence of the routiers was a further aspect of the same problem . |
| 9 | Under the pavement of the baths was a lower floor upon which were built small piers of tiles about two feet high . |
| 10 | It is arguable that the disappearance of grammar schools was a further factor in the weakening of the English synthesis , in addition to those I have discussed . |
| 11 | Always touch a baby , its hands and its feet and the feet are a better guide to my hands , because babies ' hands can often be cold . |
| 12 | ‘ The country areas are a softer option for them where they know some areas are no-gos for us because of manoeuvrability and the terrain . |
| 13 | The cutting length of the blades on the GTC380 is 380mm ( 15in ) , making the trimmer suitable for small to average hedging tasks , If you own a half-acre garden with hedging , the more labour-saving 500 or 610mm ( 20 or 24in ) cutting capacities of corded models are a better option , or even a petrol powered trimmer . |
| 14 | Despite the ‘ Britain 's ugliest group ’ tag that 's hung around their neck since the start , the Inspirals are a better band to look at than they were a few years back . |
| 15 | Futures salesmen are a tougher breed than share salesmen . |
| 16 | the Conservatives are a better breed of men |
| 17 | This was important at a time when outvoters were a larger group in many constituencies than the size of the majority and when the outvoters were overwhelmingly Unionist . |
| 18 | Erm now okay I accept that erm what you 're getting now or starting to get through in some areas is a higher degree of expectation , but if we 're not achieving that then I think it 's something to do with what we 're , the way in which we 're , we 're operating rather than the fact that it is n't achievable . |
| 19 | The discovery of sign suffix effects is a further part of the jigsaw of sign processing effects . |
| 20 | But the best answer to the unwarranted interpretations wrested from these texts is a closer look at the very biblical passages in question . |
| 21 | For feminists , the marginality of young and old women 's lives is a greater focus of concern . |
| 22 | To most people coming forward to be a Christian priest , the moment when they became deacons was a bigger turning-point in the life , and more emotional , than the moment when they became priests . |
| 23 | Our response to their lives was a greater part disbelief than compassion . |
| 24 | Natural fruit juices are a healthier alternative to fruit squashes and fizzy drinks . |
| 25 | Sconvols are Sardinian and Sardinians are a calmer model of Italian , less fiery than Neapolitans , less classy than the Milanese . |
| 26 | But , when you consider that seeds of F1 geraniums cost 20-30p each and they need to be sown in a heated greenhouse in January or early February , plants are a better buy . |
| 27 | His other forte is in Believe-It-Or-Not items of Russian paranoia : ‘ just as Soviet railroad tracks are a wider gauge than foreign ones to prevent an invasion by train , Soviet VCR 's took a larger tape to prevent an influx of foreign pornography . ’ |
| 28 | Although people 's institutional knowledge of the comparative costliness of different types of credit is fairly accurate ( in terms , say , of knowing that banks are a cheaper source of loans than HP firms ) , they have little idea of the actual cost of credit , and of how this varies from type to type or firm to firm . |
| 29 | In the north , the question of naturalization was not so black-tinted : Egyptian , Tunisian and Moroccan immigrant workers were a higher proportion of the labour force ; and Libyans did not fear many American or European employees would apply for Libyan nationality — petroleum and foreign companies were in any case outside the scope of legislation . |
| 30 | But in a primitive way the view that the upper classes were a higher type of humanity , developing its superiority by endogamy , and threatened by mixture with the lower orders and even more by the more rapid increase of the inferior , was widely held . |