Example sentences of "be [adj -er] [subord] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ask away , oh anxious one , for you are lovelier than an aardvark and I can deny you nothing , ’ said the seal , whisking the waves into a fountain with her mighty tail . |
| 2 | Granules , seed treatment , bait sprays or selective placement may be better than an overall spray . |
| 3 | The interest rate is fixed at drawdown and related to Money Market rates so can be cheaper than an overdraft . |
| 4 | As Harrison comments : ‘ Smaller investors get a good deal on commission , as it will be cheaper than an hourly fee . ’ |
| 5 | The length of a sequential retrieval run will be slower than an equivalent run using a sequentially organized file for the following reasons : |
| 6 | If the prevailing rate of interest were greater than an individual 's conception of the normal rate , that individual would expect the rate of interest to fall in the near future . |
| 7 | The sky is further than an eye . |
| 8 | ‘ You 'd think , ’ she said to herself , ‘ that the larger the tree , the larger the seed , like eggs — but a chestnut is larger than an acorn. , |
| 9 | Ultimately , the literature on community interventions and organizing suggests that having control is larger than an individual phenomenon , but includes an interaction with life 's social and political systems . |
| 10 | In the case of a severe burn , that is one that is larger than an inch in diameter , the rule is the same : cool first , cover later , and in this instance start to cool as quickly as possible to prevent the burn spreading into the surrounding tissue . |
| 11 | I do n't know why it does n't crop up because it 's cheaper than an ordinary one , so why it does n't |
| 12 | If you are uncertain about whether or not you can get back with a reasonable margin of safety , make a safe landing while you can ; a planned approach into a poor field is better than an out-of-wind crash into a good field ! |
| 13 | ‘ The Peavey has the graphic too , ’ explains John , ‘ but with shelving controls low and high , which is better than an actual tone control . |
| 14 | Democracy might not be much , in his view , but everything else is worse ; and a robber-baron , as he once remarked to the Marxist scientist J. B. S. Haldane , is better than an inquisitor , since greed sleeps easier than dogmatic certainty : ‘ where Mammon vacates the throne , how if Moloch takes his place ? ’ |
| 15 | For example , a loose-leaf binder is better than an exercise book because you can shuffle and re-classify your notes for tutorials , essay-writing and later exam revision . |
| 16 | The speculum , which is warmed before use , is smaller than an erect penis and does not normally produce any pain or discomfort when used . |
| 17 | This is slower than an audio cassette recording . |
| 18 | As Paul states in 1 Timothy 5:8 , ‘ If anyone does not provide for his relatives , and especially for his immediate family , he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever . ’ |
| 19 | Donnellan ( 1966 ) began by noting a distinction between two usages of definite descriptions ( inter alia , noun phrases in English with the determiner the ) : ( 18 ) The man drinking champagne is Lord Godolphin ( 19 ) The man who can lift this stone is stronger than an ox The first would most naturally have a referential use , where the description might in fact be wrong ( e.g. the man is actually drinking lemonade ) but the reference succeed in any case ; the second would most naturally have an attributive use where the speaker would not have any particular individual in mind ( we could paraphrase ( 19 ) as " whoever can lift this stone is stronger than an ox " ) . |
| 20 | Donnellan ( 1966 ) began by noting a distinction between two usages of definite descriptions ( inter alia , noun phrases in English with the determiner the ) : ( 18 ) The man drinking champagne is Lord Godolphin ( 19 ) The man who can lift this stone is stronger than an ox The first would most naturally have a referential use , where the description might in fact be wrong ( e.g. the man is actually drinking lemonade ) but the reference succeed in any case ; the second would most naturally have an attributive use where the speaker would not have any particular individual in mind ( we could paraphrase ( 19 ) as " whoever can lift this stone is stronger than an ox " ) . |
| 21 | Sure , the scrambled images and snappy messages vomited forth by the touring technology are a visual blast from the present , but take away the Trabants , the self-mockery and the TV sets and the musical fabric is thinner than an anorexic aardvark . |
| 22 | Commodore have been quieter than an Orc in a dog-food factory regarding their plans for the C64 . |
| 23 | The Barman 's voice was lower than an ankle bracelet on a flat-footed pygmy . |
| 24 | A physical description was easier than an emotional assessment . |
| 25 | It was better than an analgesic in her blood . |
| 26 | ‘ And this was cheaper than an aeroplane . |