Example sentences of "is [adj] than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Income from a UK unit trust invested in foreign shares is lower than a locally based one because of UK corporation tax . |
| 2 | Psychological empowerment is broader than a pure intrapsychic variable because it measures individual change within one 's social setting , such as one 's belief in one 's ability to act for community change , and one 's belief in the value of group action ( Chavis and Wandersman , 1990 ; Zimmerman , 1990 ) . |
| 3 | For me , this job is easier than a game of croquet … |
| 4 | In some ways a reaching start is easier than a beating one , but there are still pitfalls for the unwary . |
| 5 | They are then encouraged to notice and talk about what happens , e.g. a plastic boat floats , but if filled with water , it sinks ; or paper is lighter than a stone , but when it is wet through , it sinks . |
| 6 | This version is lighter than a traditional Christmas pudding but it has all the flavour . |
| 7 | The sky is further than an eye . |
| 8 | At 3.9m long it is shorter than a slalom kayak but has all the features of the original Kiwi , making it ideal for family and disabled use . |
| 9 | But most of the length is taken up by the cabin and since the Twingo is taller than a Sierra its packaging prowess is , perhaps , easier to appreciate . |
| 10 | If hesitating between a peach and a pear you languidly inspect sniff and fondle the fruit before deciding for the pear , and eat it slowly with a look of bliss , no one who has left behind the absolutism of childhood ( ‘ Anyone can see that a peach is nicer than a pear ’ ) will doubt that you made the best possible choice between the flavours ; the rightness of the choice , and the objective fact that in the fullest awareness of the two flavours you were spontaneously moved to take the pear , are two sides of the same coin . |
| 11 | If a work is bigger than a man , he wrote , it can mean either that it is trying to surpass man or that it is not afraid of being looked at . |
| 12 | When fully grown , a lion is bigger than a lioness . |
| 13 | Advantage : the closet is larger than a pit and therefore lasts longer also it is easy to empty . |
| 14 | If you want to en try and ensure that you 're going to have a self sustained community , one hundred percent , you make sure that presumably you 've got a show case cinema with fifteen screens there , er a B and Q , erm a whole range of of facilities that nobody ever needs leave , erm erm erm er that new settlement , the reality of the real world of course is that all settlements to a greater or lesser degree , er have a relationship with other er larger scale settlements , now then let's look at the new settlement , fourteen hundred dwellings , we estimate that that is going to be of the order of around three thousand three hundred people , now that is sizeable , it is not small , it is larger than a number of the small market towns er in North Yorkshire , like Boroughbridge , Settle , it is a significant development erm erm and within it erm there will be a requirement er be a requirement for a a a primary school , it justifies that . |
| 15 | ‘ 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. , |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | She is cruelly twisted with arthritis but her spirit is livelier than a young lass 's , more concerned for an old friend in Lamlash who has the same complaint — that dread West Coast damp — and is quite unable to move . |
| 19 | What stopped me in my tracks was a sentence reading , ‘ The dung beetle program really can not be justified on the grounds that it is cheaper than a horse ’ . |
| 20 | A bill of exchange is a less secure means of payment , but is cheaper than a documentary credit . |
| 21 | The reference centre policy also assumes that the average cost ( ie , per patient seen ) of hospital care is greater than the cost at a health centre , and that a reference centre is cheaper than a hospital . |
| 22 | ‘ This is better than a ceilidh . ’ |
| 23 | A record is better than a cassette . |
| 24 | But even Labour v Tories is better than a party-political system which depends on religion , and an accident of birth . |
| 25 | Half a life , apparently , is better than a full one . |
| 26 | Women are less likely to examine data , whereas analysing somebody else 's balance sheet and profit and loss account is better than a good whodunit as far as top businessmen are concerned . |
| 27 | It is always interesting to find reasons why a masterpiece is better than a merely ‘ good ’ piece . |
| 28 | My message therefore , boring but always to be heeded , is ‘ watch your credit control , say NO more often , ask for increased payments more often , use the reference bureaux more often , if in doubt say no — cash in the company is better than a lazy or non repaying loan . ' |
| 29 | The fact of being ‘ family ’ is no guarantee that people can live together happily on a long-term basis , and almost any other good ‘ care ’ arrangement that can be made for an elderly person is better than a cat-and-dog life with relatives , where there is no common ground for agreement , and constant quarrels make home life a misery . |
| 30 | By the way , my new slogan is : ‘ Sometimes one day is better than a whole year ! ’ |