Example sentences of "they be [adj] [adv] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had a close look at the table last night — what really — ehh — scares me is Scum 's away form — in fact they are better away than at Old Scumford — even so they are just as good away as we are at HQ … yes they are vulnerable — but as they got points from the games vs us , Newcastle , Blacburn and Scousers recently i ca n't see what ( who ) is gon na crack them ? |
| 2 | Do you say ‘ Hands up all those that feel that they are better today than they were yesterday , or do you apply some perhaps more objective criteria of describing that ? |
| 3 | Many of the dynamics that attend times of doubt and change are collective ones : they are sociological rather than psychological . |
| 4 | They are acceptable rather than optimal . |
| 5 | They are nostalgic rather than expectant , thinking only in terms of God doing a ‘ repeat performance ’ rather than a new thing . |
| 6 | Although the maker and even country of origin of these pieces surprisingly remains unknown , one view holding that they are German rather than French , this uncertainty did not matter to the bidders as it sold to an anonymous private collector for $1,700,000 ( £944,400 ) . |
| 7 | At present they are commercial rather than educational . |
| 8 | Actually they 're better today than ever . |
| 9 | ‘ They 're negative more than positive . ’ |
| 10 | They 're closer now than they ever have been . |
| 11 | Well I would n't actually say nobody 's excited about it I mean I think that the way these things happen is that they they 're gradual rather than er |
| 12 | Perhaps they 're cheaper here than in the States . ’ |
| 13 | They were all less than four years old . |
| 14 | And they were nicer then than now . |
| 15 | Richard and Beth were hers at last , the family she had been cruelly denied ; because of love , and guilt and shame , they were closer now than they had ever been . |
| 16 | They were interesting rather than entertaining and yet , to this day , remain Morrissey 's favourite band . |
| 17 | This survival reflects the extent to which the daily papers ' contents and appeal tied in with these various alternatives : they were complementary more than competitive . |