Example sentences of "be [adj] than a " 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | It would be easier than a password if you need to check out changing the |
| 6 | Most characters are simply sketched types rather than carefully constructed characters : the beautiful young wife , either licentious or honest but nearly always cunning ; the prostitute ; the husband , more often foolish than wise ; the lover , more likely to be clever than a husband is . |
| 7 | Although my hand may be bigger than a lot of people 's , it 's still a hand — it 's not a block of wood . |
| 8 | Finally , when you are hanging the mirror , do remember to use some extra-sturdy hooks and nylon picture cord , as it will be heavier than a normal mirror , and you do n't want to ruin your carefully constructed design , as well as incur seven years ' bad luck , by watching the whole thing smash on to the floor ! |
| 9 | A calm horse is more likely to be cooperative than an angry or fearful horse . |
| 10 | What could be nicer than a summer picnic ( preferably involving a bicycle ride ) of fresh baguette , ripe Brie or Camembert and a bottle of vin de table ? |
| 11 | Anna turned all American , What can be nicer than a young couple with their way to make , and what was she for ? |
| 12 | A moorland parish will obviously be larger than a parish in a fertile area that was densely settled in early times ; a church that was an Anglo-Saxon missionary centre will usually have a larger parish than one that was founded later . |
| 13 | how long the employment was going to last in the absence of sickness ( a short-term contract is more likely to be frustrated than a job expected to last for the foreseeable future ) ; |
| 14 | Because what could be braver than a lion ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ But they realise that a partnership government would be better than a Labour government , and much better than a minority government of either party . ’ |
| 16 | Even for a paedophile , life in Russia might be better than a cell in Long Lartin prison . |
| 17 | All these considerations apart , and what could be better than a democratic choice by a democratic sovereign , Napoleon III was in love with Eugénie . |
| 18 | As an early morning reviver , or a welcome mid-morning break what could be better than a cup of your favourite coffee ? |
| 19 | And what could be better than a guitar which is guaranteed to be one of a limited number produced this year ? |
| 20 | After all , what could be better than a get-together with local musicians , listening to your favourite gear played how it should be played , and the all-important bottle of Carlsberg ! |
| 21 | What could be better than a captive ( and captured ) audience ! |
| 22 | Sometimes a ‘ bottom-up ’ approach may be better than a ‘ top-down ’ one . |
| 23 | By definition , a scheme of that size must be better than a scheme that is based on an individual privatised subsidiary or on one privatised company on its own . |
| 24 | He had been so sure before — and anything would be better than a decision that he might later come to regret . |
| 25 | Colin McRae says that when the gear box is working properly , it should be better than a manual change because a driver can make mistakes . |
| 26 | Granules , seed treatment , bait sprays or selective placement may be better than an overall spray . |
| 27 | The condition of the original internal structures and existing buildings was so bad that cost studies showed that , as well as offering higher standards of fire and sound insulation , the provision of an entirely new structure within the retained shell of the building would be cheaper than a process of repairing and upgrading the surviving framing . |
| 28 | The planned nuclear station at Hinkley Point in Somerset is unlikely to be cheaper than a coal-fired one at any realistic rate of return . |
| 29 | A 20th century solution would be cheaper than a replication of what was there before . |
| 30 | The interest rate is fixed at drawdown and related to Money Market rates so can be cheaper than an overdraft . |