Example sentences of "[adj -er] than [pron] [vb base] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , the tempi in the original Bruckner scores are much simpler than they come to be in some editions . |
| 2 | Our new plan will mean you will feel better than you have in years — and help you lose weight |
| 3 | Fine , I 'm better than I deserve to be . |
| 4 | He has words of praise for the RSNO Chorus , which he says has ‘ sounded better than I remember in a long time ’ in the initial rehearsals of a work new to all concerned . |
| 5 | erm I 'd like to be able to present something in front of me which prompts me a bit better than I do at the moment I tend to get lost in what 's in front of me . |
| 6 | And the reason that rents in Cambridge are higher than in those in surrounding areas , or the eight that the councillor is talking about is because the rent levels which er the government require us to raise to are historically based on right to buy values and as he knows as well as I do , house prices in Cambridge have been relatively consistently higher than they have in surrounding areas . |
| 7 | For example , you will receive a voucher enabling you to hire an Avis car one grade higher than you pay for — and you can book the car with as little as 4 hours notice yet be assured of your reservation . |
| 8 | It is harder than you think to actually stir yourself and make the effort to put a good idea into practice . |
| 9 | Rosenthal comments that ‘ the history of science generally , and the history of psychology more specifically , suggest that more of us are wrong longer than we need to be because we hold our theories not quite lightly enough . ’ |