Example sentences of "[adj -er] [noun] than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a right would give a monopoly in the program , thus protecting the underlying ideas more effectively than copyright , but the right would last for a shorter period than a patent , say 5 or 7 years maximum . |
| 2 | A commission is an easier business than a tyde waiter or a land waiter ’ . |
| 3 | erm There 's a kind of assumption that if something , if somebody does something on a Sunday afternoon , for lack of better , something better to do or because it 's raining and golf is therefore , therefore off , that he therefore does it in a truer , sincerer way than a man who might be doing it as his career , for his income , to keep his family alive and so on . |
| 4 | When I was about ten years old , a trip to the village from the South end was a bigger thrill than a trip to a big city would be to a present day child , later working in the village as a teenager , the dances every Saturday and Monday night was enjoyment never to be forgot . |
| 5 | It will be no nearer drama than a debate — although the participants and their teacher may deceive themselves quite happily . |
| 6 | We also noticed that the reconstituted wild-type enzyme had a 5-fold lower affinity than a preparation of native enzyme taking into account the fraction of active enzymes . |
| 7 | ‘ It is not possible to get a better debut than a game against the world champions , ’ he said . |
| 8 | Seething at the thought that acne-ridden new savers were getting a better deal than a man of his maturity and substance , he retired like a wounded beast to its lair to ponder the problem . |
| 9 | At the same time , an experienced solicitor may well be able to give a better legal opinion and be a far better advocate than a beginner at the Bar . |
| 10 | Come to that , she had much better legs than a man of Gav 's mental age deserved . |
| 11 | I glanced over , thinking that she had much better legs than a woman of her age deserved . |
| 12 | ‘ Camels go on and on and on until they die ; and then one has the option of eating them , altogether far better tasting than a Michelin tyre , ’ writes Rene Dee in The Traveller 's Handbook . |
| 13 | Also , company 1 , by focusing on decreasing margins through time , rather than the fact that it is still earning better margins than a rival , may be ‘ bearish ’ and let company 2 get established in the market too easily . |
| 14 | A better tool than a wire coat hanger has yet to be developed . |
| 15 | If he , Paul Arkwright , could make his own name again in this way it might lead to even better things than a University chair . |
| 16 | So you make a better door than a window ? |
| 17 | Since it always ends up being drawn back to Europe , a presence that can be swiftly reinforced makes better sense than a withdrawal followed by a panicky rush back when some new danger arises . |
| 18 | Good health resides in areas under more direct personal control , and those with time to investigate such matters as exercise and nutrition may be in a better position than a doctor to arrive at an accurate understanding . |
| 19 | A recent independent poll on exactly that matter showed that already , within the first year , a significant number of patients of general practitioners recognised that they were getting better services than a year previously . |
| 20 | I am suggesting that within the one is the other — in some respects a Chinese Box would have provided a better diagram than a polarisation continuum , although it would have been difficult to decide which box should be on the outside . |
| 21 | ‘ I suppose a murderer is better company than a ponce . ’ |
| 22 | This is also used on some rival d-i-y machines , and is a cheaper option than a spindle lock , which needs only one tool to be used . |
| 23 | What better time than a birthday year to persuade all these people to become active and long term supporters of the Save The Children . |
| 24 | As a woodwork teacher for many years I consider this design to be dangerous because power drills run at a much higher speed than a brace and consequently the feed is too fast for accurate control . |
| 25 | I had not intended to intrude on my hon. Friend 's speech , but does he consider that a schoolteacher , whose salary is fixed through national wage agreements by the independent pay review body for teachers and who lives in my hon. Friend 's or my constituency in the south-east , is better able to afford the council tax on a higher band than a teacher who lives in Darlington or elsewhere in the north ? |
| 26 | is a safer place than a poet 's slow , appalling , ticking night ; |
| 27 | For instance , a work of scholarship devoted to an esoteric subject will sell for a significantly higher price than a novel of approximately the same length and format by a popular writer . |
| 28 | Even with 64 levels of grey scanned at 300dpi and printed at 600dpi the reproduction , when printed , will be of worse quality than a newspaper photograph . |
| 29 | Note also that the test is also sensitive to the standard deviation — a wide ’ spread ’ of scores ( as demonstrated by the results for music ) will produce a lower z-score than a domain with the same percentage correct but a narrow spread of scores ( e.g. estate agents ) . |
| 30 | It might seem strange that rapes such as these carry a lower penalty than a Category 2 case in which the defendant threatens violence against one party with the aim of securing intercourse with another , but where no violence is perpetrated and sexual intercourse does not in fact take place . |