Example sentences of "[det] [be] [adj] than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were of three different heights so in conversation with Julian I asked if they were all the same height or if some were taller than the others . |
| 2 | ‘ This is better than a ceilidh . ’ |
| 3 | This is better than a night at the Follies . |
| 4 | This is lower than the steady 3 points per move that both players can amass in a run of mutual cooperation ( and , by the way , this is the reason for the ‘ additional condition ’ left unexplained on page 204 ) . |
| 5 | This is lower than the daily minimum temperature observed in the polar vortex in March for the years 1964–89 ( ref. 28 ) . |
| 6 | In 1971 the census-defined unemployment rate for the project area was high at 13% , but this is lower than the national average as defined much less inclusively in 1988 . |
| 7 | This is slower than an audio cassette recording . |
| 8 | The intensity of the enhanced bands also varies in a time dependent fashion , but surprisingly this is slower than the disappearance of the footprint , so that some enhanced products are still evident even after 30 minutes . |
| 9 | An important aspect of the teacher 's job is the size of the class he or she is expected to teach ( on average , this is greater than the pupil/teacher ratio , as calculations of the latter include staff who do little or no classroom teaching ) . |
| 10 | This is wider than the scope of present UK law . |
| 11 | The lunar ‘ year ’ normally comprised twelve months , but this is less than the solar year . |
| 12 | Note that this is less than the D4 wounds inflicted by a single shot due to the reduced effectiveness of a multiple shot . |
| 13 | This is less than the 90 per cent level of acceptances required for a compulsory sale of minority interests under CA 1985 , s429 following a takeover offer . |
| 14 | This is drier than the original primary growth and hence more susceptible to fire . |
| 15 | This is larger than the frequently used value of , which would put the pulsar at 2.5kpc . |
| 16 | As this is more than a fair reflection of Sri Lanka 's strengths and weaknesses , it was all very accommodating . |
| 17 | This is more than a book about a rear gunner , however ; it is a factual account of a bomber crew , and , written with an unpretentious style , it is both easy to read and hard to put down . |
| 18 | Under the Audit Act 1983 this is more than a traditional audit . |
| 19 | This is more than a mere measure of the offensive character in question . |
| 20 | This is more than a summary of the descriptions of each tax introduced above : rather , an economic picture captured by econometric estimation . |
| 21 | Given the potential of the design for illustrating the Bacchus theme , this is more than a little surprising . |
| 22 | This is more than a mere breach of the implied condition that goods should comply with the contract description . |
| 23 | This is more than the change that inner London received , and I think it 's quite unbelievable that York 's population , base population is actually starting of from the figure of er a hundred and three , a hundred and four thousand , and I think York City Council will agree with that in any case , erm , the new major estimates for nineteen ninety two would already suggest that that population 's declined by a further thousand , which I think emphasizes that these major estimates are estimates , and because of the differ the difficulties within the census for nineteen ninety one , with under enumeration , some problems may have occurred . |
| 24 | And this is more than the ambition with which I began , and more than my son 's inheritance . |
| 25 | This is more than the note I intended . |
| 26 | Gooch 's story is also a complex one , with the South African affair and its long-running repercussions , the perennial dilemma between touring and fulfilling family commitments , and the traumas and triumphs of his captaincy of Essex and England ; this is more than an account of his Trojan feats on the field . |
| 27 | This is longer than the lifetime predicted by the simplest grand unified theory , but there are more elaborate theories in which the predicted lifetimes are longer . |
| 28 | As this was higher than the average rate over such a period that had been experienced at any historical time , something had to be done . |
| 29 | This was better than the label on the bottle of Camp coffee . |
| 30 | This was better than the book of the same name . |