Example sentences of "it was [adj -er] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it had been only to say some things about her son which it was better that a boy of eleven should n't catch ( 8 ) . |
| 2 | A similar processing difficulty is caused by relative and comparative clauses in which the introductory word ( who , which , than , etc ) has an embedded syntactic function ; for example in ( 8 ) : " some things about her son [ which it was better that a boy of eleven should n't catch ] " . |
| 3 | It was better than a cockfight , and even better than the Battle . |
| 4 | It was better than a pantomime , but with one big difference . |
| 5 | It 's annoying and yet it was better than a p |
| 6 | Well , it had n't changed much , except that it was bigger and a lot of schoolboys were apparently prancing round the sacred portals of Pierremont House . |
| 7 | It was blacker than a coal heaver 's codpiece in a Blitz blackout . |
| 8 | It was worse than a balls-up . |
| 9 | It was worse than a mountain — it was a maze ; and how intricate its twists I soon discovered . |
| 10 | It was taller than a man , and big enough to accommodate four or five people inside . |
| 11 | It was smaller than a man 's thumb nail and Nicholson held it between the thumb and finger of his right hand with surprising delicacy . |
| 12 | Because it was easier than a bra and panties she had donned an ivory , gossamer-light teddy . |
| 13 | Although its size is not yet known , suggestions have been made that it was larger than a normal auxiliary fort and may have accommodated either a vexillation , possibly of Legio IX , whose tile-works may have been situated some 8 km ( 5 miles ) south of Carlisle at Scalesceugh , ( though the stamped tiles from there may belong to a slightly later period ) , or the Ala Petriana before its transfer to Stanwix over the river . |