Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [adj -er] [conj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The examples at Kaupanger ( Sognfjord ) , built c. 1200 but rebuilt in 1862 , and at Fantoft , near Bergen are simpler but also of considerable interest . |
| 2 | And hands up anyone who thinks Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer are funnier than Terry Collier and Bob Ferris . |
| 3 | The education of the deaf in the United States being higher than that in this country , it is a standing proof of the great need for more deaf teachers . |
| 4 | ‘ Aldius is larger than Romula and smaller than Ikatus 3 , ’ said Jason , ‘ and it 's very near to Centram . |
| 5 | It is completely ‘ straight ’ and tempos strike one as just right ; Stokowski is steadier than Reiner both in the scherzo and the finale , and every bit as intense , if not more so , in the opening Largo . |
| 6 | Pete Waterman is larger than life . |
| 7 | Far left : St Benoit Brie is softer and mildly less creamy with a slightly runny centre . |
| 8 | Indeed for some the distance between their home and Plymouth is longer than the journey from London to Bristol . |
| 9 | As a broad generalisation I 'd say Luba Edlina is darker and more probing with the music , making it sound more serious and perhaps less mercurial than usual . |
| 10 | In each case the teacher tried to encourage the use also of ‘ opposites ’ ; Steven is taller than Linda — Linda is shorter than Steven . |
| 11 | Steven is taller than Linda . |
| 12 | Steven is older than Linda . |
| 13 | But the character of Plas-yn-Rhiw is subtler than that , drawing its mood from the Welsh landscape and blending its colours with those of the wildflowers with are freely admitted through the gates . |
| 14 | What essentially what you need to do how to do is if you wan na be able to work Saturdays we need to be able to prove that in fact pound per , per item of post on a Saturday is cheaper than because the productivity in the week will be lower therefore and even at time and a half , the cost of doing an hour 's overtime for the work you get out in the week is , is less productive than doing double time with what you get out on a Saturday . |
| 15 | Johnny is stronger than the other doctors , the brothers , the sisters . |
| 16 | Maize pollen is not so resilient as its phytoliths , but New Mexico is drier than Panama , and pollen survives well there . |
| 17 | When Linda stands on a chair Linda is higher than Steven . |
| 18 | Although Linda is older than many first time buyers , there are still plenty of options open to her . |
| 19 | In each case the teacher tried to encourage the use also of ‘ opposites ’ ; Steven is taller than Linda — Linda is shorter than Steven . |
| 20 | These are shrewd , calm , humorous , balanced people and Mugabe is luckier than he seems to know . |
| 21 | Zelah was older than her husband ; she had straight , short , grey hair and a small , thin face which was never in repose . |
| 22 | Life without Eleanor was quieter but less fun . |
| 23 | In Rochester and Buffalo , although the loads per vehicle were approximately the same , productivity in Buffalo was higher than in Rochester . |
| 24 | Joe was still behind her , but Lucy was smaller and she was fast . |
| 25 | When Edith had met Joss Campbell a few years later he had been so glad for her , because Joss was older than Edith and was more than a match for Nancy . |
| 26 | For example , in 1851 just after the railway came , Macclesfield was larger than Coventry , Halifax or York , having had a 160 per cent increase in population in the previous forty years . |
| 27 | When railway travelling commenced , Mr Wright was wiser than many other coach operators . |
| 28 | Wu Tsai was taller than Fei Yen , her face , like her body , longer and somehow grosser , her nose broader , her lips fuller , her cheekbones less refined , her neck stronger , her breasts more prominent beneath the silk of her jacket . |
| 29 | Labour 's employment spokesman , Henry McLeish , was startled to find that male unemployment in London marginals like Streatham , Hornsey , Lewisham West and Dulwich was worse than in his own Fife seat and in some of the grimmer parts of Glasgow . |
| 30 | Not-Flaubert was smaller than me , about the same size as Princess Jeeta . |