Example sentences of "[adj -er] [conj] [pers pn] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could n't get fatter than he was in gold , and he wanted to give it all away to the revolution ; he was Malatesta 's friend , and Malatesta parted him from his money , sweet and easy does it -all they got for their pains was years of exile and prison , and a few dead policemen . ’ |
| 2 | The International Atomic Energy Agency 's marine environment laboratory says that parts of the Gulf are cleaner than they were before the war , although there are still heavily contaminated spots . |
| 3 | But there are those for whom the task is easier than it is for most . |
| 4 | If the elderly relative is your own mother , frank discussion of problems is usually ( but not always ) easier than it is with an in-law . |
| 5 | His back and neck injuries , for instance , have left him three-quarters of an inch shorter than he was at 21 . |
| 6 | Gestation is slightly shorter than it is for human mothers . |
| 7 | The difference is that , with the invention of new techniques , the gap between postulating an entity and identifying it physically is much shorter than it was in Mendel 's case . |
| 8 | It 's easier if it 's on the level ah side up cos it should I 've never had mine on the floor . |
| 9 | I know it 'll be easier when you 're in Fulham , blah , blah , blah , but erm pressure ! |
| 10 | With the yield on 30-year Treasury bonds at 8.25% and that on three-month bills at 6.6% , long- and short-term interest rates are now lower than they were at the end of the two previous deep recessions , in 1981 and 1973 . |
| 11 | Complaints are likely to rise , even though the sound levels may be lower than they were during the relative ‘ boom ’ days before the recession . |
| 12 | However , the experience in New South Wales so far suggests that sentences under the new dispensation are certainly no lower than they were under the old regime . |
| 13 | Despite recent improvements , unemployment is more than 20% , and real wages are lower than they were in the early 1980s . |
| 14 | Marketing margins in the USA showed some signs of recovery but are still lower than they were in the late 1980s . |
| 15 | But this full equilibrium position , at C , is inferior to the one at which inflation is zero and unemployment is equal to its natural rate , point B. This is clear from the fact that both have the same unemployment rate , but point C has a higher inflation rate ; it is also indicated by the fact that at point C the popularity of the government is lower than it is at point B. We therefore have the odd result that the position which is optimal , point B , is not feasible , whereas the position that is feasible is sub-optimal . |
| 16 | People often say that a certain noise gets louder at night , even though its measured level does not alter ; this is because , at night , the level of the background noise is generally lower than it is during the day , During the recession , people near once noisy factories started to appreciate the quiet . |
| 17 | It 's er what this means it means is that the guaranteed price in this country is a lot lower than it is in other European countries . |
| 18 | In spite of the recent very regrettable rises in unemployment , in his constituency and in Sheffield as a whole unemployment remains a quarter lower than it was at the last election and a third below its peak in 1986 . |
| 19 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that in many parts of the Yorkshire and Humberside region unemployment is significantly lower than it was at the time of the previous election , and that what the regional CBI fears above all else is the havoc that would be caused by a Labour Government , with their commitment to a statutory minimum wage , which would wipe out so many jobs , and to the European Community social chapter , which would make British industry uncompetitive in world terms ? |
| 20 | UK consumption is around a third lower than it was at the beginning of this century . |
| 21 | Within half a century , 12 feet of the post was exposed , and in 1957 a new post was sunk to reveal the continuing story of the sinking surface level , which is now about 14 feet lower than it was in 1848 . |
| 22 | In the short period of Post-glacial time the ice sheets have not completely melted with the result that present sea level is probably lower than it was in some of the interglacial periods . |
| 23 | At least we are much nearer than we were in the era your rose-coloured glasses have alighted upon . |
| 24 | The suspension settings are stiffer than they are on the Tercel , and with the option of Toyota 's TEMS electronic damping the spec sounds good . |
| 25 | With a number of solids the interatomic forces are stronger and stiffer than they are in common liquids and so the surface energies are higher , often ten or twenty times the values for ordinary liquids . |
| 26 | It 'd be much nicer if we were in the position where we could write love songs . |
| 27 | Your mother presumably , who forced you to do that , was happier than you were about it happening , and that 's what made you sad . |
| 28 | Such a time seems happier than it was in recollection , for anxiety , its chief torment , is over . |
| 29 | The light source must therefore be immensely brighter if it is to be used as a headlight to illuminate the path , than if it is to be used as a signal to others . |
| 30 | When children are in care they are usually happier if they are in touch with their parents . |