Example sentences of "are [adv] [adj -er] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as output is concerned , some do particularly badly — producing outputs completely in the wrong ballpark ; some , however , are rather better and a few are really quite good . |
| 2 | Also I did n't have much money , and barn owls are much cheaper than a lot of birds of prey . |
| 3 | Legalised exports of waste from rich countries to poorer ones are much better than a black market . |
| 4 | Introduction of the new machines with a more relaxed attitude toward third party hardware has meant that adding large screens in no longer a problem although the prices are still higher than a corresponding PC-based device . |
| 5 | Moreover , the RAC 's own research has shown that cars in the UK are now dirtier than a year ago , despite tougher controls on emissions . |
| 6 | Free-spending Mexicans are now rarer than a tamale in Lapland . |
| 7 | Telephone message forms are even better than a pad as they prevent you from forgetting to ask relevant questions . |
| 8 | In many cases they are actually simpler since a complete instruction is executed in a single machine cycle unlike a microprocessor which may make several memory access when executing a single instruction . |