Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adj -er] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , at the end of the day they pay the same for them whether directly or through taxation , but if they pay for them directly , in return for service or as private insurance , then their incentives to work for them are greater and the economy benefits . |
| 2 | The distinctions between them are greater and the guarantee of quality is more uncertain , so you have to rely on experience , advice and a decent shop to help . |
| 3 | And although it will grea , greatly help some women , unfortunately some women are unable to tolerate it , the side effects it gi , it gives them are worse than the actually symptoms they 're having in the first place . |
| 4 | My basic feeling is that while it is reasonable to ask that that a council , as a council , as a political grouping , may make the decisions about things , it is an absolute nonsense that many , many councils — some of them are worse than others — will not let their professionals speak out on their you know from using their own expertise , their own knowledge , their own experience , and quite often that that debate , the whole debate is gagged by the fact that you 're employees of the council . |
| 5 | The droplets thus formed — of dilute sulphuric acid — are smaller than normal water vapour droplets and therefore clouds containing them are brighter than normal . |
| 6 | Ann-Marie ( 3.6 ) : I am bigger than her , she not smaller than me . |
| 7 | I am bigger than any of them , but I think the reason they let me through is because I am older : they assume I am crew . |
| 8 | ‘ I am bigger and stronger than you , but I will not start the fight . |
| 9 | I am richer than you are ; all this is an offset to your silver plate and your gold plate . |
| 10 | I am better than them at other things . |
| 11 | My husband says I am calmer and more relaxed and that I have had a much more positive outlook on life ! |
| 12 | After all , I am older than you . |
| 13 | ‘ I am older than the king ; and grief has made me a man . ’ |
| 14 | I said , ‘ I am older than you , sir ( how easily that polite ‘ sir ’ crept in as a mode of address ! ) — old enough to discover that finding out often leads to less pleasurable states of mind than mere ignorance ! ’ |
| 15 | I am older because I have learnt , I am younger because a lot of me consisted of things older people had taught me . |
| 16 | I am older and younger . |
| 17 | I had no doubt then that I had been unfairly judged , but I am older and wiser now and in retrospect I think I was wrong . |
| 18 | Three months later I am fitter and have lost two stone . |
| 19 | ‘ Perhaps I am tougher than I sometimes appear … |
| 20 | I am happier when I have something to compose , for that , after all is my sole delight and passion … |
| 21 | I am older because I have learnt , I am younger because a lot of me consisted of things older people had taught me . |
| 22 | I am sorrier than you will ever understand , Mr Swinton , much , much sorrier . |
| 23 | They will have experienced distance ( ‘ It was a long way to the seaside ’ ) ; time ( ‘ Please can I stay up longer ? ) ; quantity ( ‘ Can I have some more sweets ? ) ; capacity ( ‘ My glass is empty ’ ) and comparison ( ‘ I 'm taller than John ’ ) . |
| 24 | When I 've got them on I 'm taller than my dad ! |
| 25 | Can you believe that , I 'm taller than my dad ! |
| 26 | The height , with your bloody shoes on , cos I was gon na say I 'm five foot and a half inch and I 'm taller than you |
| 27 | In fact I 'm taller than the doors |
| 28 | Even I 'm wider than you ! |
| 29 | I 'm wider than everyone but |
| 30 | I 'm thick , I 'm thicker than Henry 's dad 's . |