Example sentences of "be [adj] than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such an order has inheritance tax advantages ( if dissolution of the marriage has taken place ) , a saving in the HM Land Registry fees is available ( see Chapter 3 and generally ) and , as any financial provision can be expressed in the order to be in full and final settlement of the wife 's claims ( see Chapter 11 ) , it is less likely to be upset than an agreement between the parties not carried into a " consent order " ( see for instance Dinch v Dinch [ 1987 ] 1 WLR 252 where the court refused to make a further order on the grounds that the consent order had conclusively determined the rights of the parties in the matrimonial home ) . |
| 2 | A court that tries to decide as Parliament would have wished is more likely to be right than a court that follows the words believing it was not what Parliament intended . |
| 3 | Long clones such as yeast artificial chromosomes — YACs ( 6 ) and P1s ( 7 ) will require fewer hybridisations than cosmid clones to link them , but the resulting map will be coarser than a cosmid map would be . |
| 4 | But the price raised by an estate agent desperate for his commission is now all too likely to be lower than the original mortgage taken out by the borrower . |
| 5 | If this is satisfactory then no further action is required , as the fasting cholesterol will be lower than the random determination . |
| 6 | We might expect this to be lower than the effect of being in the service class . |
| 7 | It may be lower than the original investment . |
| 8 | And if they did n't , the bill would probably still be lower than the price of the service charge . |
| 9 | If investors assume that the expected level of demand will be lower than the so-called equilibrium position ( the position that yields what economists term ‘ warranted growth ’ ) then the level of savings in the economy will exceed investment , and therefore demand will be lower than expected . |
| 10 | I would n't put it into a company where the profit record was likely to be poor , because the last thing you want is for the share price to be lower than the option exercise price ’ . |
| 11 | Emulex Corp , Costa Mesa , California will be taking a charge against its third quarter figures for the period to March 28 that could result in a loss for the period : operating profit will be lower than the $2.6m reported in the second quarter because of lower revenues in the Network Systems Division ; the unspecified restructuring charge stems both from costs associated with the further consolidation of manufacturing operations to Puerto Rico from Costa Mesa , and from some lay-offs in the sales administration sector ; the charge will be less than $1.0m . |
| 12 | If the spot price is not expected to change over time , then in contracts with a positive basis the futures price in the contracts with nearby delivery dates will be lower than the futures price in the contracts with distant delivery dates ( a situation known as normal contango ) . |
| 13 | She was in love with a man who considered her to be lower than the lowest form of human life , yet even that was n't enough to change her feelings for him . |
| 14 | In the example quoted , where higher rates of interest were available in sterling , compared with the US$ , then the forward rate would be lower than the spot on the day the contracts were entered into . |
| 15 | What could be simpler than the ball carrier going in , turning and setting with the support player going in low and hard and stripping the ball as he turns ? |
| 16 | The truth turned out to be stranger than the legend , and it throws light on the qualities of character which John inherited . |
| 17 | The Tottenham manager had said that his team would be tougher than the ones that were overturned by Port Vale and Bradford in notorious FA Cup defeats , and better than the one that struggled against Southend in an earlier round of this competition . |
| 18 | ‘ They have to be tougher than the average kid , I do n't like losers , but once they 're into boxing it takes them off the streets , away from the drugs and alcohol , ’ said Lol , 57 . |
| 19 | However , it may be said to be fairer than the Community Charge in that the tax does , at least , rise with the value of the house and it is reasonable to assume that those living in more expensive houses have higher incomes than those living in less expensive dwellings . |
| 20 | I have no doubt that , when the time comes and we push our tax through , it will be seen to be fairer than the Labour alternative . |
| 21 | Proportional representation ( PR ) , it was argued , would be fairer than the existing electoral system , ensuring that a party received the share of parliamentary seats equivalent to its national vote . |
| 22 | Thus , if one wants to get to London , it is irrational to take a train which one should have known not to be going to London or which one wrongly calculated to be quicker than the bus . |
| 23 | In the future we need to be quicker than the competition and totally focused on customer satisfaction and production requirements . |
| 24 | Also [ WEA branch members ] have the reputation in official circles of being so ‘ dreadfully earnest ’ — more an indication of the frivolous attitude that all education must be made palatable to be consumable than a valid criticism of their activities . |
| 25 | As there are fewer than fifty such hospitals in the whole country , with long waiting lists and high proportions of permanent inmates , the ‘ 6 to 8 months ’ average waiting time reported by Guha ( quoted in Baxi 1982 ) for a gaol in Assam may be shorter than the national average . |
| 26 | Because of the demands of the Church 's calendar , especially at Christmas and Easter , cathedral choir school holidays tend to be shorter than the norm . |
| 27 | This will prevent the seam from tightening up with the result that it could be shorter than the surrounding fabric . |
| 28 | It would be easier than a password if you need to check out changing the |
| 29 | But it was murder for Francis , who said : ‘ I thought a European tie would be easier than the Premier League — but I miscalculated . |
| 30 | The " pence in the pound " format recommended above by Cockcroft is known , from the APU data , to be easier than the equivalent format using percentages . |