Example sentences of "[subord] be [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , young female offenders are more likely to be placed in protective and custodial institutions than are boys whose delinquent or criminal behaviour is similar . |
| 2 | Back-bench Members of Parliament whether of government or opposition parties are far more removed from questions of policy and administration than are councillors who discuss these matters through a series of committees and subcommittees . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , it is fair to say that he was far more conscious of the reductionist tendencies in logical positivism than were others who passed through this particular school of thought . |
| 4 | Much of the mercury that escapes in to the soil and the air and in to the water , finishes up here in the rivers , and there it reacts with naturally occurring compounds to form a compound called methyl mercury which is far more dangerous to man than is mercury itself . |
| 5 | Objectively , he was little more attractive to the Conservatives who were hostile to MacDonaldite mush than was MacDonald himself . |
| 6 | Plain tiles , often with a simple border frame , are also popular , as are tiles which create a frieze effect when laid alongside one another . |
| 7 | About the exchange of bird species between closely adjacent islands Wallace noted : ‘ Birds offer us one of the best means of determining the law of distribution ; for though at first sight it would appear that the watery boundaries that kept out the land quadrupeds could be easily passed over by birds , yet practically it is not so ; for if we leave out the aquatic tribes ( seabirds ) which are preeminently wanderers , it is found that the others ( and especially the passeres , or perching birds , which form the vast majority ) are often as strictly limited by straits and arms of the sea as are quadrupeds themselves . ’ |
| 8 | People who have a ‘ knack ’ for things are often empiricists , as are people who do things that Granny did because they work . |
| 9 | Each of these is regarded as part of the family , as are people who originated in the same village . |
| 10 | With his law of primitive socialist accumulation Preobrazhensky saw it essentially as being conditions which were imposed upon the Soviet economy ; either the state sector will grow or it will succumb to the private sector , but the ‘ law ’ itself is only manifested by a series of conditions which were conscious acts upon the part of the Soviet state , since it involved plans and planning . |
| 11 | Words which proved to be unreliable as stimuli for eliciting particular consonants were excluded , as were children who failed to respond to 15 per cent or more of the items . |
| 12 | No they 've been banned from taking them in in case they clobbered anyone with them you see oh they were banned some time ago , as were flags they used to carry flags at one time and rattles , but er they do n't let you take anything in . |
| 13 | Religious writing must be ongoing , as is life itself , and subject to constant revision . |
| 14 | our defence is among the best in world ( 3 goals conceded in 8 world cup qualifiers so far ) and our midfield ( 5 players ) is also quite good — a good blend of techies — Bohinen and Mykland has to be two of the best ever technical players to emerge from norw. futba , Flo is ‘ quite ’ good up in the air , Halle is stable as is Rekdal who also got a powerful shot ( as shown on Wembley : - ) ) . |
| 15 | For that a settled ethical character is as necessary as is intelligence itself . |
| 16 | The Montreal into which Leonard was born was deeply segmented , as is Canada itself in its famous ‘ two solitudes ’ , the legacy of its Franco-British history ; a difficult dimension for those outside its rivalries to understand . |
| 17 | He was as addicted to its Chiltern charms as was Baldwin himself . |
| 18 | Diodorus ' sources were less interested in it than in Sicily , as was Diodorus himself : he gives the Roman consuls and even some episodes of Roman history like the Decemvirate , but does not help much with the Greek cities which are our present concern . |
| 19 | As was Grimm ; as was Jaq himself . |
| 20 | The Court then decided that the Tribunal 's decision was perverse , because there was no material from which to conclude that the hypothetical man guilty of misconduct would not have been dismissed in the same way as was S. Her appeal was dismissed and leave to appeal to the House of Lords was refused . |
| 21 | She was as thin as was Theda herself , with a scrawny look about the neck and chest , which were encased in a plum-coloured poplin gown that looked far from new , in spite of the now fashionable high waist , and a woollen shawl huddled about the shoulders . |