Example sentences of "[adj -er] [subord] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | yet the gear change itself is quicker and lighter than the long throw , rubbery device that spoils the Vauxhall . |
| 2 | What happens in the blast furnace is that the slag is lighter than the molten iron and it collects on top of the molten iron and by some means that I s |
| 3 | He looked greener than the proverbial grass to her . |
| 4 | Mike , who 'd gone greener than the minted melon balls provided for pudding , and Perdita , who was lighting one cigarette from another , could n't eat a thing . |
| 5 | Her fluency resulted in almost 100 books ; Flaubert 's entire output fits one volume no fatter than the average airport blockbuster . |
| 6 | Cleaner than the bloody Post Office anyway . |
| 7 | Thus , the eastern shore is saltier than the western shore . |
| 8 | Running 26.2 miles is further than the average person achieves in a lifetime and you 've done it in around four hours or less writes . |
| 9 | I have no doubt that , when the time comes and we push our tax through , it will be seen to be fairer than the Labour alternative . |
| 10 | make the council tax far fairer than the old rates , certainly fairer than the poll tax , and much fairer than the Labour party 's proposals . |
| 11 | Two er requirements for the future that er seem to be er er desirable are stealth and what could be stealthier than the present generation of aircraft and secondly to prevent you having to go over your target you 're likely to be shot down so that you need a stand up weapon capability , er if the payload is somewhat limited can it still carry stand off weapons that are effective ? |
| 12 | The " pence in the pound " format recommended above by Cockcroft is known , from the APU data , to be easier than the equivalent format using percentages . |
| 13 | But it was murder for Francis , who said : ‘ I thought a European tie would be easier than the Premier League — but I miscalculated . |
| 14 | One is , however , fairly constant : the pain and discomfort of illness is frequently easier than the other kind of pain and hurt in our unconscious memories . |
| 15 | But by the time their financial worries were over their political options seemed to be over too ; starting new relationships looked easier than the tortuous process of political realignment . |
| 16 | Mute , drunken dislike was easier than the cold hatred of the last few weeks . |
| 17 | ‘ They have to be tougher than the average kid , I do n't like losers , but once they 're into boxing it takes them off the streets , away from the drugs and alcohol , ’ said Lol , 57 . |
| 18 | During a month-long survey , Lyme Regis passed the EC 's guideline for faecal coliforms which is 20 times tougher than the basic standard . |
| 19 | However , paradoxically , and as Griffith pointed out , as long as the crack is shorter than the critical length , nothing will happen — however high the stress at the tip may be . |
| 20 | The taller of the pair was chewing on a chicken leg and leaning on a sword that was only marginally shorter than the average man . |
| 21 | The thin plastic flange in the centre of the connectors must be removed with a pair of pliers , to enable it to slide completely over the new , smaller piece of pipe , which should be cut 10 to 20mm shorter than the measured gap . |
| 22 | The Islamic calendar is one of the few remaining purely lunar calendars , the year being just over ten days shorter than the tropical year , or year of the seasons . |
| 23 | The shop at fault was clearly shown on the chart as its horizontal line was much shorter than the similar line above it showing the progress of earlier operations in its manufacture , and as soon as the supply reverted to normal again , the red flag was removed . |
| 24 | The dates of the parallel drawings exhibition are six weeks shorter than the main show : Wallraf-Richartz Museum , Cologne , until 18 October ; Musée Royal des Beaux-Arts , Antwerp , 12 December 1992 – 24 January 1993 ; Kunsthistorisches Museum , Vienna , 2 April to 16 May 1993 . |
| 25 | The wind comes off the sea so predictably that the first nine , which is played into the wind , was deliberately designed 300 yards shorter than the downwind second nine . |
| 26 | As there are fewer than fifty such hospitals in the whole country , with long waiting lists and high proportions of permanent inmates , the ‘ 6 to 8 months ’ average waiting time reported by Guha ( quoted in Baxi 1982 ) for a gaol in Assam may be shorter than the national average . |
| 27 | This will prevent the seam from tightening up with the result that it could be shorter than the surrounding fabric . |
| 28 | It 's also shorter than the original version . |
| 29 | ‘ He was shorter than the fair boy and very fat . |
| 30 | First divide the date on the rug by 33 — the Muslim year is approximately unc ( or 11 days ) shorter than the Gregorian year — and subtract the result from the original date . |