Example sentences of "[is] younger than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vera is younger than Ladislav , slim , cheerful and vivacious . |
| 2 | only the novel is younger than writing and the book : it alone is organically receptive to new forms of mute reception , that is , to reading … |
| 3 | We have already seen earlier in this chapter that the black population is younger than the white and this will in itself depress wages . |
| 4 | The record industry 's response to this situation was not particularly systematic but by now some trends are obvious : the average age of the pop market ( and especially the pop single-buying market ) is younger than it was ; record companies devote more attention to building big mainstream stars than to servicing a variety of musical tastes ; stars are now conceived and sold as multi-media performers ; there has been a steady decline in the significance of live music making except as a promotional device . |
| 5 | He is younger than Howard expected , with crisp curly hair , full smooth cheeks which are just about to smile , at his own jokes , but never quite do , and thick horn-rimmed spectacles through which his magnified eyes watch carefully to estimate audience reaction . |
| 6 | Thus , most of the lunar surface is extremely old : probably only about 1% of the surface is younger than 3000 Ma , whereas less than 1% of the Earth 's surface is older than this . |
| 7 | Smooth plains material is younger than most of Mercury 's craters , but is not as lightly cratered as the lunar maria . |
| 8 | Well Liz is younger than me , Liz is only twenty one I mean |
| 9 | 'E 's younger than Bill . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , but he 's younger than I am , ’ said Ianthe , and then found herself flushing with annoyance at having taken Miss Grimes 's joke seriously . |
| 11 | and she 's got arthritis , well in her knees , same as I have but not quite so bad because er , well up to now , but then again she 's younger than I am er several years younger than me and , but she 's getting on and so is Jack you see and er , and er so erm I 've had a , as I say , I 've had , I 've had a wonderful life really . |
| 12 | ‘ Only that he 's living with his stepmother who 's younger than he is . |
| 13 | I feel I know her like a sister now — she 's younger than I am — but she never told me about the twins . |
| 14 | She 's , she 's younger than me . |
| 15 | He 's younger than John |
| 16 | She 's younger than me . |
| 17 | She 's younger than you is n't she mum ? |
| 18 | No , this feller that she likes , she 's she 's younger than me , Jackie ! |
| 19 | He 's younger than you are . |
| 20 | She 's younger than you is she ? |