Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [adj] [noun pl] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difference was partly generational ; this man must be ten years older than Hutton . |
| 2 | Inside the temperature must be forty degrees higher , at least , Tweed reckoned . |
| 3 | There are over 55,000 reported case of food poisoning each year , but because many cases go unreported , experts believe the real figure could be 100 times greater . |
| 4 | Two Californian importers have already ordered 800 Wisdom systems by February 1992 and say that orders for the following year could be 10 times greater . |
| 5 | In a later experiment , Albin found that brain injury could be five times greater when the damage was accompanied by a blood alcohol level of 200 micrograms per decilitre , twice the legal limit in the US . |
| 6 | His writing 's more grown-up well , he 'd be two years older now — but I 'd know it anywhere . ’ |
| 7 | Well if I had that out the chimney breast out , my room 'd be ten times bigger . |
| 8 | The farmers argued the correct size would be six times bigger . |
| 9 | When fully immersed , the effective weight of the lower tank is only 60 tons ; this means that relative to the lower tank , the weight of the upper tank will be 180 tons greater . |
| 10 | It 's minus 20 in the shed ; it will be three times worse at the North Pole . |
| 11 | The U N H C R says the aid effort it needs will be ten times greater than that mounted for Sarajevo last year . |
| 12 | Kerr includes a table of estimates in which it is clear that the ceilings of servants will be several feet lower , the cost of their rooms a mere quarter , and their floor space — despite their larger numbers — less than two-thirds of that allowed to the family . |
| 13 | Brownsea can be several degrees warmer than the mainland . |