Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] than it [is] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 a lot bigger than it is now
2 By comparison , the mean global temperature during the last ice age is estimated to have been 4 ° C colder than it is today .
3 right , er I mean coffee , is bet to be honest instant coffee in France is a lot better than it is here
4 Oh a lot better than it is now
5 Well it 's always been an awful lot worse than it is now .
6 This would mean the world being 1 ° C warmer than it is today by 2025 and 3 ° C warmer by the end of the century .
7 Most researchers expect global temperatures to have experienced about half the predicted equilibrium temperature by the 2030s , that is , 1–2 C warmer than it is now .
8 do n't know any more information other than it 's mesmerisingly brilliant and will damage a few shoe leathers .
9 According to ‘ The Sunday Times ’ and ‘ The Design Business Group ’ the design industry is the fastest growing industry in the United Kingdom and by 1992 it will be 40% larger than it is today .
10 Then the Sun 's angular diameter was about two thirds of a second of arc greater than it is today .
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