Example sentences of "[is] [adj -er] than a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For me , this job is easier than a game of croquet … |
| 2 | They are then encouraged to notice and talk about what happens , e.g. a plastic boat floats , but if filled with water , it sinks ; or paper is lighter than a stone , but when it is wet through , it sinks . |
| 3 | At 3.9m long it is shorter than a slalom kayak but has all the features of the original Kiwi , making it ideal for family and disabled use . |
| 4 | And that mud wagon 's lighter than a Concord . " |
| 5 | It 's nicer than a satsuma really . |
| 6 | But most of the length is taken up by the cabin and since the Twingo is taller than a Sierra its packaging prowess is , perhaps , easier to appreciate . |
| 7 | If hesitating between a peach and a pear you languidly inspect sniff and fondle the fruit before deciding for the pear , and eat it slowly with a look of bliss , no one who has left behind the absolutism of childhood ( ‘ Anyone can see that a peach is nicer than a pear ’ ) will doubt that you made the best possible choice between the flavours ; the rightness of the choice , and the objective fact that in the fullest awareness of the two flavours you were spontaneously moved to take the pear , are two sides of the same coin . |
| 8 | If a work is bigger than a man , he wrote , it can mean either that it is trying to surpass man or that it is not afraid of being looked at . |
| 9 | When fully grown , a lion is bigger than a lioness . |
| 10 | Advantage : the closet is larger than a pit and therefore lasts longer also it is easy to empty . |
| 11 | If you want to en try and ensure that you 're going to have a self sustained community , one hundred percent , you make sure that presumably you 've got a show case cinema with fifteen screens there , er a B and Q , erm a whole range of of facilities that nobody ever needs leave , erm erm erm er that new settlement , the reality of the real world of course is that all settlements to a greater or lesser degree , er have a relationship with other er larger scale settlements , now then let's look at the new settlement , fourteen hundred dwellings , we estimate that that is going to be of the order of around three thousand three hundred people , now that is sizeable , it is not small , it is larger than a number of the small market towns er in North Yorkshire , like Boroughbridge , Settle , it is a significant development erm erm and within it erm there will be a requirement er be a requirement for a a a primary school , it justifies that . |
| 12 | A bill of exchange is a less secure means of payment , but is cheaper than a documentary credit . |
| 13 | The reference centre policy also assumes that the average cost ( ie , per patient seen ) of hospital care is greater than the cost at a health centre , and that a reference centre is cheaper than a hospital . |
| 14 | What stopped me in my tracks was a sentence reading , ‘ The dung beetle program really can not be justified on the grounds that it is cheaper than a horse ’ . |
| 15 | Well it 's better than a kick in the teeth is n't it ? |
| 16 | You have to admit , she 's better than a kick in the wot-nots ! |
| 17 | I think moving 's better than a week of I V P . |
| 18 | It 's better than a letter to hear her voice . ’ |
| 19 | A grand view of Horse Guards Parade — oh well it 's better than a view of John and Norma Major . |
| 20 | Incidentally , it 's better than a railway hut , and perfect for a party . ’ |
| 21 | This is better than a night at the Follies . |
| 22 | What is better than a run in the car followed by a good meal in a country inn or a pleasant roadhouse ? |
| 23 | A record is better than a cassette . |
| 24 | It has been a long and winding road for the much-travelled Quinn to achieve fully-fledged Premier League status , even though his career record is better than a goal every two games . |
| 25 | With David Robinson all about how Super Nintendo is better than a Megadrive or Megadrive is better than a Super Nintendo big argument |
| 26 | Failing that , a large room with a high ceiling is better than a cupboard . |
| 27 | ‘ This is better than a ceilidh . ’ |
| 28 | A research programme is better than a rival if it is more progressive , the progressive nature of a programme depending on its degree of coherence and the extent to which it has led to successful novel predictions , as discussed in Chapter 7 . |
| 29 | Kuhn mentions a number of criteria that can be used in assessing whether one theory is better than a rival . |
| 30 | We have considered various analyses of the kind of criteria that enable individuals or groups to judge whether one theory is better than a rival , or whether or not a particular body of knowledge is scientific . |