Example sentences of "[adj -er] than [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seen from above in flight , primaries appear paler than rest of wing . |
| 2 | The tiny lady in purple looking after the money , 78 years old and no bigger than twopennorth of copper , was Jess Wilson who turned out to have been a British clay pigeon champion many years ago . |
| 3 | But even though he strives to protect his privacy , Craig 's still larger than life at work , always joking , teasing and larking about . |
| 4 | Control of interest rates loomed far larger than control of money supply . |
| 5 | This process analysed by Hindess runs deeper than disagreement over policy . |
| 6 | ‘ Good sense about trivialities ’ , he once wrote , ‘ is better than nonsense about things that matter . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Rosyth is hands-down better than Devonport for safety , development and everything else . |
| 8 | Heater probe treatment of bleeding ulcer may be better than sclerosis with alcohol for stopping acute haemorrhage . |
| 9 | Prohibition of drugs , they say , works no better than prohibition of alcohol did in the United States . |
| 10 | In general terms it is suggested that determination by expert is quicker and cheaper than determination by arbitrator . |
| 11 | It 's cheaper than diesel at present ! |
| 12 | It is even worse than heroin in terms of the dependency and hopelessness it creates . |
| 13 | ‘ The first was for saving you from a fate worse than death with Doreen — but what was the second reason ? ’ |
| 14 | said it was the most , said it was worse than Body of Evidence . |
| 15 | The silver inlays show up as pale areas because they are denser than brass to X-rays . |
| 16 | Water from Lambeth was much safer than water from Southwark further downstream . |
| 17 | Is it safer than energy from coal or oil ? |
| 18 | Similar reasoning occurs in the criminal law ; for example , liability for death is much stricter than liability for theft . |