下に挙げた文例を見ると、than, asなどの比較級の後には本来なら文章が来るのがわかる。だから、I'm taller than you. などは I'm taller than you are tall. の省略形であるといえる。
1:21 she's definitely bigger than the sub is long. このサメは間違いなくこの潜水艦よりも長いぜ。
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0:07 the length of the vessel, nearly as long as the Empire State Building is tall. 空母セオドア・ルーズベルトの長さはエンパイアステートビルの高さに匹敵する。
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0:47 you're as big around as you're tall. well now, it's worse. I'm wider than I am tall now. 以前は背の高さと腹回りがどっこいだったが、今は腹回りの方が背丈よりも大きくなってしまった。
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1:00 they were about as long as he is tall. 彼の爪の長さは彼自身の背丈ほどもあった。
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2:16 at 348 feet tall, the BFR is taller than the Statue of Liberty (is tall). 106メートルの高さのBFRは自由の女神よりも高い。
2:31 with a 30-ft diameter, it's as wide as a London bus is long. 直径9メートルのBFRの幅はロンドンのバスよりも長い。
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0;30 the Mariana Trench is deeper than Mount Everest is tall. マリアナ海溝の深さはエベレスト山の高さをしのぐ。
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a-9896 deeper than the Mount Everest is high
