Example sentences of "[unc] [noun pl] be [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Swivel/lockable Wheels are easier to manoeuvre in a busy shopping area while fixed wheels are probably more comfortable over bumpy ground . |
| 2 | ‘ Today 's fatigues are lighter but warmer , showerproof and give a limited protection against flames also . |
| 3 | For this reason there were no candidates ' addresses , no attempts to persuade the voters that one candidate 's policies were better than another 's . |
| 4 | And I am convinced that your wonderful husband 's views are better than old Parson Clare 's . |
| 5 | It was a common joke on the Project that Spatz 's offices were larger — and cost more in upkeep — than the rest of the Project put together . |
| 6 | Roger 's eyes were darker than the Airedale 's , but their expression was very much the same . |
| 7 | This year 's attractions are bigger and better than ever , with events running from Tuesday to Saturday . |
| 8 | Although Iraq 's losses are harder to assess , there is no doubt that the American-led coalition has dumped a huge tonnage of bombs inside both Iraq and Kuwait . |
| 9 | Julie ( 4.6 ) : My doll 's legs are longer than Susan 's . |
| 10 | Similarly , on swings towards optimism about the state of the economy , the difference between Guardian and Telegraph/Times readers was greater than between Mirror and Sun/Star readers . |
| 11 | BRITAIN 'S shopkeepers are gloomier than at any time since the early 1980s , according to a survey published yesterday . |
| 12 | BRITAIN 'S shopkeepers are gloomier than at any time since the early 1980s , according to a survey published yesterday . |
| 13 | He claimed that there were places in the past where ‘ men 's lives were longer , when plain homely diet and bodily labour were much used , and shorter when more civiliz 'd times delighted in idleness , and wanton luxury ’ . |
| 14 | Oates 's feet were worse every day . |
| 15 | Alexander 's emotions were simpler . |
| 16 | Some of Laplace 's rings were thicker than others , thus attracting by gravity more of the material , to ultimately solidify into planets . |
| 17 | Roland 's xeroxes were cleaner and clearer than the faded coppery-grey script of the originals ; indeed the copy-ink had a black and gleaming freshness , the machine 's rollers must have been newly inked . |
| 18 | On the following day , Fidelity 's directors announced that the company 's profits were lower than had earlier been predicted . |
| 19 | Indeed , Thomson suggests that , in relative terms , today 's pensions are lower in value than support for the elderly through the mid-nineteenth century Poor Law . |
| 20 | In their response to the Houghton Report which preceded the Act in 1972 , BASW argued that the law should not allow parental responsibilities to be removed ( under Section 2 of the 1948 Act ) unless there were good reason to suppose that the local authority 's judgment of the child 's interests was better than the parents ' . |
| 21 | They want to know whether today 's men are better fathers , whether men will ever open up at the breakfast table , whether male impotence is on the rise , whether men suffer from their own form of menopause , whether men will cultivate any interest in pastimes more enlightened than football and snooker . |
| 22 | Scott 's men were slower than Amundsen 's ; it took them twenty-four days to get to 80° South . |
| 23 | I had many good , strong men in my army , but Earl Moray 's men were stronger . |
| 24 | Last year 's results were lower because of the national postal strike and because of the pay increases , the Post Office said . |
| 25 | To begin with , they were of a similar age : Jane 's children were older because she had started to breed younger . |
| 26 | Ms Harman said the gap between men and women 's wages is wider in Britain than elsewhere in Europe because of the lack of a minimum wage . |
| 27 | Joseph Massie 's well-known survey of 1759 emphasised two main differentials : that craftsmen 's wages were higher than those of common labourers , while in both categories wages were higher in London than in the provinces . |
| 28 | Bewick 's swans are smaller than the mute swans we see in Britain all year round . |
| 29 | He could be shrewd in analysis , as when he told Eden that if war came ‘ the country will want [ Churchill ] to lead them ’ , but that Eden 's chances were better in peace . |
| 30 | Similarly , Pfeffer has identified ‘ dependence ’ as crucial to a group 's power , when the importance of a unit 's tasks are greater than any other 's : ‘ Power derives from having something that someone else wants or needs , and being in control of the performance or resource so that there are few alternative sources , or no alternative sources , for obtaining what is desired ’ ( Pfeffer 1981 , p. 99 ) . |