Example sentences of "[noun sg] than have " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is an overwhelming body of evidence that British employers are more aware of the importance of training for their future than has ever been the case in the past . |
| 2 | There can be nothing worse for those employed in any industry than to have their incomes drastically reduced for two years on the trot and then be left twirling their thumbs wondering whether at the end of the next year they will still be in business — whether they can continue to be farmers and produce the food that Britain can use . |
| 3 | Korpi concludes that workplace bargaining is not more under the control of the central union organs in Swedish manufacturing industry than has been the case with its British counterpart . |
| 4 | Dr Allan said the two men were bearing up well and were in better condition than had been expected after making the longest unsupported polar trip and the first unsupported crossing of the Antarctic landmass . |
| 5 | But it is clear that if , as we have said , death from suicide is relatively common in Britain and most funeral services take place within the Christian context , then it would seem that the church needs to look at this whole subject again with a great deal more openness than has been possible up to now . |
| 6 | ‘ Mass media ’ can then start to seem an even more incoherent term than has already been suggested . |
| 7 | Most financial intermediaries are thus involved in a process known as maturity transformation whereby deposits generally have a shorter term than have their loans . |
| 8 | However , the conferences turned out to carry less political weight than had been expected . |
| 9 | I am impressed tonight to see how much we agree about the position there and on the need for much stronger action than has been taken so far . |
| 10 | She had , only the other day , seen a policeman and -woman exerting more force than had seemed strictly necessary on a man in the street : at the time she had assumed that he had offered fierce resistance until she had turned the corner , at which moment he had been subdued . |
| 11 | A Stravinsky versus Strauss controversy also surrounded Newman 's head , with supporters of the Russian composer challenging his views by suggesting that Stravinsky had penetrated more deeply into the human mind than had Strauss . |
| 12 | Nothing could be more enslaving and therefore less worthy of the human mind than to have it chained to the mechanics of the patterns of the language rather than free to dwell on the message conveyed through the language . |
| 13 | It is not surprising , therefore , that cultural influences from Italy have , until comparatively recently , had a greater effect than have those emanating from the Balkans . |
| 14 | I can think of nothing more damaging to law and order in the metropolis than having the hon. Gentleman as chairman of such an authority . |
| 15 | Then he served on several Government committees of enquiry or review as well as engaging in a little more political manoeuvring than had been his habit . |
| 16 | In general , the sale was characterised by more trade bidding than has been evident over the past year , while competitive bidding between private collectors was responsible for the morning 's most surprising result : £21,000 ( $31,500 ; est. £6,000–8,000 ) for Joe Tilson 's ‘ Ziggurat 1967 ’ ( lot 79 ) |
| 17 | However , assuming the properties are significant assets , a full investigation of title is to be preferred to either reliance upon a certificate from the vendor 's solicitors that the vendor has a good and marketable title ( since certificates of title are qualified and their benefit depends upon the status of the firm of solicitors providing them ) or reliance upon warranties and indemnities alone since the purchaser would rather have problems disclosed before the purchase than have to rely upon a right to sue under warranties which will be subject to general limitations . |
| 18 | I shouted to Steve ‘ Hey Steve , would n't you rather have failed on this route than have succeeded on the Japanese Route ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It 's more important to be the best surfer at St Agnes on a Sunday afternoon than to have the right T-shirt . ’ |
| 20 | It became evident that the Tory success of the '50s had owed more to the ‘ conjuncture ’ of that decade and less to an irreversible shift in class/political alignment than had been thought earlier by political commentators such as Abrams . |
| 21 | This is a much greater incidence of penetration of limited liability than has occurred elsewhere in western Europe . |
| 22 | One unit lost over £50 , 000 when the scheme was introduced , because it was found to be doing much less teaching than had been estimated . |
| 23 | The shock caused by Balfour 's going thus did something to steady the party and it certainly produced a real determination to settle the affairs of the party with less friction than had been fashionable of late . |
| 24 | And while they charge the teacher with more responsibility than has sometimes been customary in the past , they also bring corresponding rewards in the way of job satisfaction and self-esteem . |
| 25 | Mercedes explains that the biggest problem in developing the five-speed unit is the necessity to reduce mechanical and hydraulic losses to a lower level than had been achieved previously . |
| 26 | Nothing is guaranteed to make an expert less sympathetic to your case than having an argument about when they are likely to be paid . |
| 27 | Even here the practice altered , for there was much fuller consultation about the preparation of the 1983 manifesto than had previously been the case . |
| 28 | This splitting has occurred on 24.4 per cent of the teeth , which is a higher percentage than has been found in any of the pellet assemblages ( Table 3.10 ) . |
| 29 | In March it was learned that there is in existence a French organisation which has been working towards the provision of a water supply to the village of Atea and the construction of a better quality road to the village than had previously existed . |
| 30 | Legislation had been tried before , from the late fourteenth century onwards , but more effort was made to enforce the 1651 Act than had been done in the past . |