Example sentences of "be [adj] than [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since Germany 's actual and expected rates of inflation are lower than America 's , the gap is even wider in real terms . |
| 2 | Only Chlamydomonas reinhardtii which has been chosen as an out-group is unreliably positioned in the presented tree as the bootstrap values are lower than 80% between the connecting intermediate modes of the three eukaryotic kingdoms of fungi , plant , and animals . |
| 3 | The Brighton-based threesome are duller than Nanette Newman 's dishwater . |
| 4 | Old ladies with thick stockings holding veins like knots of worms , and men whose eyes are duller than clay alleys dream other dreams and watched the numbered screen , killing time , hoping for a win . |
| 5 | So far its trading volumes and liquidity have been lower than LIFFE 's . |
| 6 | ‘ We are nearer than Middlesbrough to London in many ways . |
| 7 | Insofar as the labour process may be dissociated , it may be separated into elements some of which are simpler than others and each of which is simpler than the whole . |
| 8 | Some tasks are simpler than others ( compare the third and second readings for instance ) . |
| 9 | Crookes took up Faraday 's work on the passage of electricity through gases , and was excited by a passage in an early lecture of Faraday 's where he had speculated that there might be a ‘ fourth state of matter ’ simpler than the gaseous , just as gases are simpler than liquids ; they all expand alike when heated , for example . |
| 10 | Around three-quarters of the food we buy is processed in some way but Faith is right in thinking some convenience foods are healthier than others — fishfingers , frozen vegetables , pasta , pizza , baked beans , canned fruit in natural juices and yogurt all fit in neatly with ideas about healthy eating . |
| 11 | And it would also be able to help the environment , the company said , the implication being that ‘ cat ’ equipped petrol cars are cleaner than diesels . |
| 12 | What is the moral of the story ? ( i ) Tamper with infinity at your own peril , and ( ii ) Some ways of solving a problem are easier than others . |
| 13 | That would have been quicker than shoelaces , I was sure . |
| 14 | He 'd travelled half round the world , seen and done things she could only guess at , while she 'd never been further than Kingswood when she 'd been taken to be viewed as apprentice to a nailmaker . |
| 15 | Never been further than London in its life . |
| 16 | ‘ You have n't been in this neck of the woods for years , and I doubt if in all her life she 's been further than Blackpool . ’ |
| 17 | As regards degree courses themselves , some are broader than others , and in effect provide a foundation for subsequent specialized postgraduate education or training ; indeed , it may be more accurate in some cases to see the whole process as a four-year not three-year one , consisting of three foundation years followed by a specialized professional post-graduate year . |
| 18 | Some VGA cards are quicker than others , especially those with fixed function graphics accelerator chips . |
| 19 | Some situations are tougher than others . |
| 20 | Both are lighter than cotton but neither are as durable , nor as watertight . |
| 21 | No heavy shagpiles here , these carpets are lighter than air . |
| 22 | They are lighter than water and consequently float up to the bubble nest . |
| 23 | Of great interest , Mr Raggett says , are sophisticated aluminium metal matrices which are lighter than aluminium yet stronger than steel . |
| 24 | Silt , sand , and rocks are heavier than water . |
| 25 | It carries a bit more weight in its nose ( diesel engines are heavier than petrol ) but the derv-sipping AX is just as agile as its petroleum cousins . |
| 26 | They are heavier than air and |
| 27 | The new product has a drop of 85cm ( 33½ ″ ) so the skirtings can be used on bars and counters which are taller than tables . |
| 28 | I think older men are nicer than boys , myself . |
| 29 | Gerald has been known to coin such memorable one-liners as the following : ‘ If the joy of the Lord is our strength , it 's little wonder that the church in Britain has been so weak and ineffective ’ ; ‘ There 's no virtue in being ten or twenty years behind the times ’ ; ‘ Most Christians are nicer than God himself ’ ; ‘ It is the unshared areas of our lives where Jesus is not Lord ’ ; ‘ One of the reasons the church in Britain has failed to grow is quite simply because it is full of people who are extremely rude ’ ; ‘ Putting the life of God into institutional Christianity is rather like putting the life of a human being into a kangaroo … . ’ 'You are only a leader if someone 's following you' ( Gerald Quotes ) . |
| 30 | SCOTLAND 's objectives in their World Cup qualifying tie against Malta at Ibrox tonight are clearer than Andy Roxburgh 's final team selection . |