Example sentences of "[vb base] [noun] [be] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say things are better for the bairns now since they brought the hours down to ten , but some of the pigs get over that . |
| 2 | that 's why I reckon we , we got a river bed because erm they say mud is heavier than water . |
| 3 | In Japan , on the other hand , die shops are better at dealing with engineering changes and have a generally cooperative relationship with car manufacturers . |
| 4 | Things that light up and make sounds are easier to respond to . |
| 5 | My mum used to say such thing as like you know bacon 's better from |
| 6 | Alix Bowen was slower in the making . |
| 7 | In an important article , Titmuss suggested that lay people are better advocates than lawyers in certain tribunals and the Consumer Council doubted the wisdom of allowing lawyers to practise in the new small claims courts which it proposed . |
| 8 | Others find things are worse but this is relatively rare . |
| 9 | The threaded portion is ½in BSP ( sink , basin and bidet taps ) or ¾in BSP ( baths ) ; sink taps are taller to allow room for a bucket underneath . |
| 10 | Ordinary pea gravel or spar chippings are easier on the eye and the pocket . |
| 11 | I thought it might hurt the boys ’ feelings if I told them we think Miguelito is better-looking than they are . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , I think love is stronger than such things . |
| 13 | I think life is easier for me than it would be for a lot of working women because of the university creche , which enables me to go to work and sort of see my daughter at lunch time , that sort of thing . |
| 14 | Why we still think men are better than us |
| 15 | why we still think MEN ARE BETTER THAN US ! |
| 16 | But I think fruit was better in them than in these bo cardboard boxes too . |
| 17 | Despite the similarity of risk factors , the prevalence of many of these risk factors was higher in Maori children than in non-Maori children . |
| 18 | ‘ As it happens , I think prevention is better than cure , but in some cases I 've found that safety procedures leave a lot to be desired . ’ |
| 19 | There 's also the point that customising the way your Windows display looks is easier than fiddling with ANSI screen commands , which is exactly where WAGWIN comes in . |
| 20 | We do not know what interest rates were in Israel but we do know that the annual rate of interest in the ancient Near East was very high : in Babylonia and Assyria it was 20–25 per cent for money loans , 33 per cent for loans in kind and frequently more ; in Upper Mesopotamia and Elam rates were higher , reaching 50 per cent for money loans ; in the Ptolemaic period in Egypt rates seem to have been around 12 per cent . |