Example sentences of "they [be] [adj -er] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The droplets thus formed — of dilute sulphuric acid — are smaller than normal water vapour droplets and therefore clouds containing them are brighter than normal . |
| 4 | They are higher than ear-shot , |
| 5 | They are better than me . |
| 6 | They are better than me at some things . |
| 7 | been organized , in many instances , on the same principles as the factory or office production line , and ’ … staffed by serried ranks of detail workers whose pay scales , if they are better than those of factory operatives or clerical workers , are perhaps not so good as those of craftsmen , and who dispose of little more working independence and authority than the production worker . |
| 8 | They are better than no cheques . |
| 9 | And half of all women think they are BETTER than men at money matters , says a survey of 1,000 women by Good Housekeeping magazine with American Express . |
| 10 | " For their particular work , they are better than men , probably . |
| 11 | Society tells them they 're rubbish , because they ca n't find jobs , but it also tells them that they are better than the blacks . |
| 12 | Well I think men really do believe that they are better than women . |
| 13 | There is something very sweet about strolling through the streets of London with a fellow-countryman , and in the privacy afforded by their shining armour of courtesy and concern , to frankly recognize the difficult truth : that they are better than the people around them . |
| 14 | ‘ I just hope they are better than tonight 's . ’ |
| 15 | That means BP Oil 's assets need to be improved so that they are better than those of competitors . |
| 16 | We are better than other countries in some things and they are better than us in others . |
| 17 | Of course they are better than the chip , chip shop are n't they ? |
| 18 | They are better cos you |
| 19 | They are luckier than , say , Merseyside , which can mobilise in defence of the equally or more hard-hit local interest only the memory of the Beatles , of generations of Scouse comedians and the proud tradition of its rival football teams , while taking care to keep away from anything that reminds its inhabitants too obviously of the divisive colours Orange and Green . |
| 20 | It may be unfair to picture the horrors of Texas as if they are worse than the horrors of industrial Britain . |
| 21 | Indeed , they are worse than scares , they are threats . |
| 22 | ‘ I tell you , Shelley , they are worse than my Lina was , and Pablo ! |
| 23 | These speeds are lower than in traditional streets , but they are greater than walking pace and are regarded as still being too high by elderly people and parents of young children . |
| 24 | As for the institutional pillars , they still stand , but they are shakier than they were . |
| 25 | They are cheaper than wooden coffins , lighter than coffins of lead , and as safe as the most expensive contrivance . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Our car parks still represent good value for money and they are cheaper than most car parking facilities in the private sector . ’ |
| 27 | Erm you do n't know you know because the more our college prices keep going up and up , B H S on it , they are cheaper than our corned beef . |
| 28 | The silver inlays show up as pale areas because they are denser than brass to X-rays . |
| 29 | ‘ Nick , they are richer than your wettest dreams , and like all the very rich they think they are above the law . ’ |
| 30 | Manufacturers say they are safer because they use UVA rays and block the harmful UVB burning rays . |