Example sentences of "be [adj] [subord] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Get talking to people over a few drinks ; you 're better than me at that sort of thing . ’ |
| 2 | But they ca n't keep us down forever 'cause we 're going to show whites that we 're better than them at their own game . |
| 3 | However , USL has recently claimed that it will configure Destiny to run applications of all persuasions — including Solaris — ( UX No 380 ) , Zander says ‘ if they can do that they 're better than anyone in the world . ’ |
| 4 | Okay so , income elasticities are less than one for agriculture , whereas they 're greater than one for manufacturing er , much less scope to differentiate in agricultural products , much more scope to differentiate in manufactured goods . |
| 5 | I am better than them at other things . |
| 6 | Two heads are better than one for Bruce Campbell . |
| 7 | They are better than me at some things . |
| 8 | Small steps are better than none at all . |
| 9 | We are better than other countries in some things and they are better than us in others . |
| 10 | You can probably stay at places that are older than anything in Australia — older than Australia itself . |
| 11 | They claim to be nearer than us to the European consensus , but they are as far from reality as they ever were . |
| 12 | take it from me that I have n't seen one and if there is one I 'd be grateful if somebody on your site would point it out , but to my knowledge no such document has been disclosed . |
| 13 | By the way , it would be interesting if anyone of you in the Leeds area could give some info about the reserves ( and juniors ) once in a while ( new players , spectacular goals , hat-tricks , comebacks from injuries etc … ) |
| 14 | By the way , it would be interesting if anyone of you in the Leeds area could give some info about the reserves ( and juniors ) once in a while ( new players , spectacular goals , hat-tricks , comebacks from injuries etc … ) |
| 15 | ‘ Well , it might be interesting if someone like you were to nose around INCUBUS headquarters in Helsinki , ask some questions . |
| 16 | There 's plenty of room , as you can see , and I 'm certain that two hands must be better than one in a veterinary practice . |
| 17 | In the story , I was the nicer one and would go on to be better than him in the end . |
| 18 | It would be better than nothing for the pheasants . |
| 19 | If anyone is going to break it they are going to have to be better than me over the first fifty metres , so it 's going to be difficult . |
| 20 | Half a love surely had to be better than none at all ? |
| 21 | ‘ Which would be good for none of us , ’ said Tom Tedder . |
| 22 | he or she does not need to look ponderously at each piece on the board to be sure whether it as a pawn or a king . |
| 23 | Further on in the above entry he admits he can only be less than himself in company . |
| 24 | And you know something , I 'm older than you by two and a half months . ’ |
| 25 | He 'd be faster than me at long distance , by a long way . |
| 26 | Can I say that I hope Mr or or whoever writes for the County Council would n't use the form of words , but erm although I am instructed by my clients that they would be satisfied with the change to a single triangle , erm I do n't think that they would be satisfied if you in making that change , you accompanied by a form of words which said the County Council are still committed to building an outer . |
| 27 | Her view must in consequence be truer than his to the actualities of her time . |
| 28 | In book three of his Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells , he wrote : ‘ Guidebooks that are inaccurate and unreliable are worse than none at all … |
| 29 | They know that their children are stronger than them in many ways and it is hard for them to come to terms with that and still keep their dignity and self-respect . |
| 30 | ‘ In terms of general plant , Piper was bigger than us , while we were larger than them as crane operators , ’ he said . |