Example sentences of "is [adj] than [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Senator Inouye was sterner : he realized that ordinary citizens thought Hakim 's testimony ‘ fascinating and exotic ’ , and chuckled at it , but he himself found it ‘ rather sad … to say it is stranger than fiction is an understatement . ’ |
| 2 | The story may be embroidered but Ince Castle , for many years the home of the Killigrew family , stood ( until a disastrous fire in 1988 ) isolated on its peninsular , its oblong castellated building with its four identical towers , one on each corner , perhaps bearing silent witness to a story that is stranger than fiction . |
| 3 | I have known for many years , through long observation , that truth IS stranger than fiction . |
| 4 | Sometimes their life stories are so unusual that truth is stranger than fiction . |
| 5 | You might say reality is stranger than fiction . |
| 6 | ‘ In my job , old boy , I 've learned that truth is stranger than fiction by a long way . ’ |
| 7 | The net profit margin is lower than forecast due to the increase in interest rates and certain items of expenditure not anticipated at the time of the forecast . |
| 8 | Equally , the figure is lower than figure derived by Hughes for her single chemistry thesis , where she found elements of the thesis research in five subsequent papers . |
| 9 | Reprocessing does nothing to help manage waste from modern reactors ; plutonium fuel is dearer than uranium , and is likely to stay that way . |
| 10 | Ageism , so defined , is broader than age discrimination . |
| 11 | The preventive duty is broader than Section I of the 1980 Child Care Act , but it is owed to a restricted group of children ( Masson , 1990 ) . |
| 12 | In the office , more and more is being sent by fax , because it is quicker than postage . |
| 13 | Since file sending is quicker than fax sending , it 's also possible for two Ultrafax equipped machines to fax between themselves quicker , and therefore more cheaply , using this file send facility . |
| 14 | Dialogue , most writers find , is easier than description . |
| 15 | But even though justification by hindsight is easier than discovery , some people are still not rationally able to see the truth of the Gospels for themselves ; even though the Bible does point the way to moral knowledge , most people ‘ can not know , and therefore they must believe ’ . |
| 16 | Everything we do in the Christian life is easier than prayer . ’ |
| 17 | Prevention is easier than cure . |
| 18 | This fat — invariably in the form of ( — is lighter than water , and so improves buoyancy ; and also ensures that planktonic creatures , as a group , tend to be highly nutritious . |
| 19 | The result , because the gas is lighter than water , is that the fish floats — often in obscure positions . |
| 20 | Firstly , gas is lighter than air and leakages dissipate in the atmosphere rather than forming a local hazard . |
| 21 | A second reason why dieting makes you fat is that fat is lighter than muscle … |
| 22 | As plastic is lighter than glass , fuel consumption in transport is reduced . |
| 23 | Amazing combination : an executive who is tougher than titanium , has highly focused ambitions , yet is laid back . |
| 24 | Even so , flesh and cartilage is heavier than water and to remain above the sea floor , the sharks have to keep swimming . |
| 25 | Because once the ship come up that 's still a certain amount of water in the hold which that must be , cos then once you heave your door up then of course you load your ship again and then cos your ship was going down the more mud you put in , course mud is heavier than water |
| 26 | that 's why I reckon we , we got a river bed because erm they say mud is heavier than water . |
| 27 | Daddy is bigger than mummy are n't you ? |
| 28 | Steel is stiffer than aluminium and both are much stiffer than plastics . |
| 29 | Dittany when dried is greyer than malotira , although the leaves are similarly furry like so much of the vegetation , which needs to conserve moisture in the hot atmosphere , and the tea made from it has a muskier , more soothing quality . |
| 30 | That rivalry , however , is deeper than Stock Exchange battles . |