Example sentences of "bit [adj] than [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Obviously the City boys are a bit fussier than the country boys about when they play .
2 One leg was a bit shorter than the other , I think .
3 He 's just a bit cleverer than the rest , but willing to take advice with it , and is happy being the writer he always wanted to be .
4 But ones a bit politer than the other that 's all .
5 Bound to be cos litre 's l bit less than a gallon in n it ?
6 An annuity is an arrangement with a financial institution whereby , if you are over retirement age and do not want to leave your property to anyone when you die , they will effectively buy your house from you ( albeit at a bit less than the market price ) , give you guaranteed security of tenure until you die , and turn the money that they pay you for the house into a regular income for life .
7 I 've been doing fair bit more than a lot of them because they
8 Also , I am a bit older than the rest of you , but you can perhaps understand that I do n't want to drop dead without a proper and public recantation .
9 Mars takes a bit longer to revolve on its axis than the Earth , so a Mars afternoon would be a bit longer than an Earth afternoon .
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