Example sentences of "may be [adj -er] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Augusta National went for major winners from a burgeoning cast of Aussies who just may be hungrier than any of their contemporaries . |
| 2 | Quick calculation may be worse than none if it is grossly in error . |
| 3 | He told one elderly woman who had not read the story : ‘ It may be worse than you think . ’ |
| 4 | But their new life may be worse than their old as they struggle to repay the $15,000 or more they owe the smuggler . |
| 5 | The cure may be worse than the disease . |
| 6 | Instead she said , ‘ Your bark may be worse than your bite . |
| 7 | Liposomes , which in clinical trials have been shown to be non-toxic and non-immunogenic , may be safer than viral vectors which have the inherent risks of immunogenicity , replication and transmission . |
| 8 | Although the risks of coelocentesis in continuing pregnancies remain to be assessed , the procedure may be safer than early amniocentesis , which involves the removal of a large proportion of amniotic fluid with a potential adverse effect on fetal pulmonary development . |
| 9 | Winner of the Eclipse Stakes when ridden by Michael Kinane and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes , Opera House is heading for the ‘ Horse of the Year ’ award and although the going may be softer than he would like tomorrow he still looks the obvious choice . |
| 10 | Although my hand may be bigger than a lot of people 's , it 's still a hand — it 's not a block of wood . |
| 11 | Net margins on sales may be better than those of their foreign counterparts ( see table ) , but they have to employ more capital to build the new prettily-lit , out-of-town shops that the British want . |
| 12 | Most heads of households within the cities do , on the whole , find employment , and job opportunities for women may be better than elsewhere . |
| 13 | Granules , seed treatment , bait sprays or selective placement may be better than an overall spray . |
| 14 | Other candidates could also be suggested which may be better than those found simply from the pattern recognition and lexical check . |
| 15 | Sometimes a ‘ bottom-up ’ approach may be better than a ‘ top-down ’ one . |
| 16 | To take away false self-reliance is constructive but even self-deception may be better than having nothing to put in its place . |
| 17 | One large motor car factory may be better than two small ones . |
| 18 | Heater probe treatment of bleeding ulcer may be better than sclerosis with alcohol for stopping acute haemorrhage . |
| 19 | The discharge may be thicker than usual , indeed it is sometimes described by the patient as being ‘ curd-like ’ . |
| 20 | And the harm it can do may be greater than anyone realises . |
| 21 | The costs of building refurbishment may be greater than is often assumed . |
| 22 | If the spraying should stop , as can happen with blockages or burst pipes , the freezing effect travels inwards and the damage may be greater than if no precautions had been taken . |
| 23 | Secondly , the demands made by the innovation on the teacher 's repertoire of transactions may be greater than that which the teacher is accustomed to , or in the context of the particular class , is willing to risk trying . |
| 24 | Comparisons between the rugs of certain groups are more difficult because they are produced in such a diverse range of qualities that the gulf between the best and worst pieces may be greater than that between the groups themselves : e.g. , the lowest grade of workshop Kerman may cost slightly less than a good quality Russian Shirvan , but the finest workshop Kermans can be over five times the price . |
| 25 | Carers are likely to be looking after a dying loved one for the first time in their life ; their anxieties may be greater than the patient 's . |
| 26 | In Australia the scope for cost shifting of this nature may be greater than in Britain , but it still goes on here . |
| 27 | I believe that the benefits of the portfolio concept may be greater than Porter sees from his largely industrial-economics perspective . |
| 28 | A trader seeking to buy dollars ( for example ) in the forward market will buy at a forward rate which is less advantageous to him ( that is , if the exchange rate is defined as the sterling price of a dollar , f t may be greater than ) . |
| 29 | When two potentially toxic agents are coadministered the resultant toxicity may be greater than that observed with either agent when given alone . |
| 30 | Answer guide : The cost of employing a scarce resource may be greater than the cost associated with purchasing the resource . |