Example sentences of "[num] be a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Still , the new 911 is a better car than the old one , as you 'd expect . |
2 | Secondly , I believe the method of selection that my Right Honourable Friend the Home Secretary has proposed in Amendment twenty-seven is a broader method of selection than that proposed elsewhere . |
3 | Underlying the Unionist acceptance of coalition in 1918 was a darker attitude to the future than appeared in the coalition programme . |
4 | 1992 was a better year for waterway birds in the UK , according to the annual survey by members of the British Trust for Ornithology . |
5 | The Ohka 33 was a larger version of the Model 22 special attack aircraft to have been powered by the Neβ20 turbojet . |
6 | The fifties was a fuller-figured look , but the sixties , that was Twiggy β she 's got a lot to answer for . |
7 | The traditional tale of Earl Warrenne founding the custom in 1209 was a later attempt by establishment writers and the Christian Church to play down the early pagan origin of the custom . |
8 | Erm , and we had a a little meeting Margaret , Joan and I , just to go through the agenda for today , and we thought that , we th perhaps five was a better number , erm , because we thought Maisie would be on as she does the bookings , but we would n't expect you to do anything else , Maisie , yeah . |
9 | β William Whiteley Ltd. v. The King ( 1909 ) 101 L.T. 741 is a further case where a claimant was held not to be entitled to recover payments which were not legally due . |
10 | The contrast between these two is a further reason for the popularity of dual systems . |