Example sentences of "[adj -er] than [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They claim to be nearer than us to the European consensus , but they are as far from reality as they ever were . |
| 2 | ‘ If anybody in the jury can explain that letter , ’ said Alice ( she was not afraid of anything now , because she was much bigger than everybody in the room ) , ‘ I 'll give him sixpence . |
| 3 | When people ask me about the deeds of some of our very great airmen , and I go right throughout the war on both sides , there are shining examples brighter than anything in the constellation that come to mind ; I think of Cheshire 's 100 sorties and , no less important , Fraser Barron — a little Kiwi not yet 21 with two DSOs , two DFCs and a DFM — Pathfinder squadron commander , killed with his deputy Master Bomber on one of the interdiction targets before the Invasion , and a host of others , I can think of half-a-hundred , but I have never met anyone — In fact I have never walked in the shadow of anyone — braver than Buster . |
| 4 | One rejoinder to this would be to cite cases like : ( 35 ) our new neighbours said they had had their old house painted mauve where it is perfectly possible that the house is much younger than anybody in the family . |
| 5 | They play good football but we were better than them on the day . |
| 6 | In the story , I was the nicer one and would go on to be better than him in the end . |
| 7 | If anyone is going to break it they are going to have to be better than me over the first fifty metres , so it 's going to be difficult . |
| 8 | It would be better than nothing for the pheasants . |
| 9 | ‘ Barnet were the best side I 've seen this season and we have to admit they were better than us on the day but Northampton was one of those things . |
| 10 | ‘ Chelsea worked hard and they were better than us in the second half . ’ |
| 11 | After two years I had discovered many things and I built a scientific machine that was better than anything in the university . |
| 12 | However , USL has recently claimed that it will configure Destiny to run applications of all persuasions — including Solaris — ( UX No 380 ) , Zander says ‘ if they can do that they 're better than anyone in the world . ’ |
| 13 | She had known Connor O'Dell for nearly ten years now — she knew him better than anyone in the world — and tonight , she knew without any shadow of doubt that he was lying to her . |
| 14 | Tour thick skin needs to be in good working order when someone tells you they could get a jumper cheaper than yours at the ‘ Cheap Jack ’ shop in town . |
| 15 | She 's worse than you for the bingo . |
| 16 | This beer is sour , thin , musty , weak and stale , And worse than anything except the ale . |
| 17 | She was in the back row , lifted higher than anybody by the boys on either side of her . |
| 18 | And , although being taller , broader , leaner , fitter than anybody in the whole SE postal district undoubtedly had something to do with it , he seemed to shine with that undefinable , but unmistakable , showbiz sheen . |
| 19 | ‘ Somebody did tell me he thought they might be a tiny bit stronger than us at the moment . |
| 20 | Her view must in consequence be truer than his to the actualities of her time . |