Example sentences of "be [adj] than a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such an order has inheritance tax advantages ( if dissolution of the marriage has taken place ) , a saving in the HM Land Registry fees is available ( see Chapter 3 and generally ) and , as any financial provision can be expressed in the order to be in full and final settlement of the wife 's claims ( see Chapter 11 ) , it is less likely to be upset than an agreement between the parties not carried into a " consent order " ( see for instance Dinch v Dinch [ 1987 ] 1 WLR 252 where the court refused to make a further order on the grounds that the consent order had conclusively determined the rights of the parties in the matrimonial home ) . |
| 2 | A court that tries to decide as Parliament would have wished is more likely to be right than a court that follows the words believing it was not what Parliament intended . |
| 3 | It would be easier than a password if you need to check out changing the |
| 4 | Most characters are simply sketched types rather than carefully constructed characters : the beautiful young wife , either licentious or honest but nearly always cunning ; the prostitute ; the husband , more often foolish than wise ; the lover , more likely to be clever than a husband is . |
| 5 | Although my hand may be bigger than a lot of people 's , it 's still a hand — it 's not a block of wood . |
| 6 | What could be nicer than a summer picnic ( preferably involving a bicycle ride ) of fresh baguette , ripe Brie or Camembert and a bottle of vin de table ? |
| 7 | A moorland parish will obviously be larger than a parish in a fertile area that was densely settled in early times ; a church that was an Anglo-Saxon missionary centre will usually have a larger parish than one that was founded later . |
| 8 | how long the employment was going to last in the absence of sickness ( a short-term contract is more likely to be frustrated than a job expected to last for the foreseeable future ) ; |
| 9 | Because what could be braver than a lion ? ’ |
| 10 | What could be better than a captive ( and captured ) audience ! |
| 11 | After all , what could be better than a get-together with local musicians , listening to your favourite gear played how it should be played , and the all-important bottle of Carlsberg ! |
| 12 | And what could be better than a guitar which is guaranteed to be one of a limited number produced this year ? |
| 13 | By definition , a scheme of that size must be better than a scheme that is based on an individual privatised subsidiary or on one privatised company on its own . |
| 14 | He had been so sure before — and anything would be better than a decision that he might later come to regret . |
| 15 | Even for a paedophile , life in Russia might be better than a cell in Long Lartin prison . |
| 16 | As an early morning reviver , or a welcome mid-morning break what could be better than a cup of your favourite coffee ? |
| 17 | A 20th century solution would be cheaper than a replication of what was there before . |
| 18 | The condition of the original internal structures and existing buildings was so bad that cost studies showed that , as well as offering higher standards of fire and sound insulation , the provision of an entirely new structure within the retained shell of the building would be cheaper than a process of repairing and upgrading the surviving framing . |
| 19 | The interest rate is fixed at drawdown and related to Money Market rates so can be cheaper than an overdraft . |
| 20 | In any other times , it can be less than a week . |
| 21 | Climbing has to be more than a race for E points , pumping away on raddled lumps of overhanging bolt-protected , sweaty limestone , or cavorting on plywood Towers of Babel , studded with artificial holds , floodlit for a ‘ quick-fox ’ titillation of the idle masses . |
| 22 | But he 'll never be more than a pawn in their game . |
| 23 | Smack in the middle of Milton Keynes the £1m building sets out to be more than a church . |
| 24 | A growing number of people believe this may be more than a fantasy . |
| 25 | Speechreading should be more than a communication aid ; it should enrich your quality of life , perhaps assisting you to become a more observant person , more aware , more alive , with the flexibility to adapt and adjust to new circumstances and with the courage and confidence to persist . |
| 26 | It may be more than a fortnight — I do n't really know how long . " |
| 27 | Secondly , though such a society may exhibit the tension , already described , between those who accept the rules and those who reject the rules except where fear of social pressure induces them to conform , it is plain that the latter can not be more than a minority , if so loosely organized a society of persons , approximately equal in physical strength , is to endure : for otherwise those who reject the rules would have too little social pressure to fear … |
| 28 | ‘ But as you are , I can never be more than a friend to you . ’ |
| 29 | Putting patients first must be more than a slogan |
| 30 | The sign contains sufficient of the content of the thing signified to be more than a symbol . |