Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [conj] it had [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outside Europe the struggle in the sugar islands was less destructive than it had been 50 or 60 years earlier . |
| 2 | Although the influence of Cubism on the German painters was less direct than it had been in the development of Futurism ( the work of Delaunay which the Germans most admired , for instance , was no longer really Cubist at all ) , unlike the Italians the Germans made no attempt to disguise their interest in the movement , and several of the artists of the Blaue Reiter actually thought of themselves as Cubist painters . |
| 3 | Her step was much lighter than it had been the previous day , but when she saw that her inquisitor was n't the Obersturmfuhrer , her heart sank . |
| 4 | Secondly , the raising of the school leaving age in 1947 meant that the difference between types of secondary schooling was not so marked as it had been . |
| 5 | John Stevenson feels that this urban migration was important in restructuring the population of Britain , although Glynn and Oxborrow argue that this internal migration was less marked than it had been in the nineteenth century — being about one third of its former level . |
| 6 | Bedford was the only new earl created by Edward III after his family settlement in 1362 , and his patronage of the nobility was markedly less generous than it had been in the first two decades of his reign . |
| 7 | — Edwardian working-class sport as a whole was less violent than it had been a half-century before . |
| 8 | I would not have minded the motion tonight quite so much if it had been given an honest title , such as the General Election ( Clearing the Decks ) Motion , or whatever title the Leader of the House wanted to give it . |
| 9 | The decor , like the dress of those outside , was simpler — the design of chairs and table less extravagant than it had been . |
| 10 | It was , he noticed , distinctly less warm than it had been , with an east wind blowing as they turned into the Parade . |
| 11 | It was all much as it had been the first time , only evening instead of morning ; and Emily stood by herself as before , and now he knew why , wearing his ring on another finger . |
| 12 | The scene that greeted her at the top was already less frightening than it had been when Phoebe arrived . |
| 13 | The garden is so large because it had been a ‘ deese ’ , meaning , in Sussex parlance , a drying ground for herring ; dried they became bloaters for which Rye is famed . |
| 14 | Mick was less fortunate , and when I awoke in the depressing gloom of dawn , he reported that the weather was very much better than it had been for a long time . |
| 15 | any income chargeable to income tax by deduction or otherwise ( first limb ) ; and 2. any income which would have been so chargeable if it had been received in the United Kingdom by a person domiciled , resident and ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom ( second limb ) . |
| 16 | It was piercingly cold , too — much colder than it had been in Kent . |
| 17 | The demesne plantation was now very much smaller than it had been when Alec was a boy . |
| 18 | Migration may have been a factor in the 1920s , though the level of net migration from Britain was somewhat less than it had been in the previous two decades . |
| 19 | The ground fire was much worse than it had been that morning . |
| 20 | It was sad coming back alone to an empty house , Ianthe thought , but how much worse if it had been a single furnished room , like poor Miss Grimes . |
| 21 | ‘ Leith , ’ he said , but his look was no warmer , no less arrogant than it had been all morning , ‘ you do n't … ’ he went on , and seemed slightly stuck for words . |
| 22 | Feeling in Congress was less critical than it had been and Senator William F. Knowland ( Republican , California ) , a lively critic of the administration , supported it over Korean aid while castigating the administration for the serious economic plight in which the Koreans found themselves . |
| 23 | Under his aegis , the gulf in personal resources between rich and poor became very much wider than it had been in the period 1945–79 . |
| 24 | The net result was that much of the energy from the Sun was reflected back out into space , so that the surface of the Earth became much cooler than it had been before . |
| 25 | The work was less skilled than it had been formerly since no women made up a whole garment , but rather worked on one fragment of the process , for instance sewing up side-seams all day , every day . |
| 26 | This action was endorsed by the National Association of Unions in the Textile Trade ( NAUTT ) and the matter was put to the employers who responded by suggesting that British industry was less competitive than it had been before the return to the gold standard and the reflation of the pound , and suggested that wages should be reduced by 8 per cent . |
| 27 | Its autonomy was , however , short-lived , and although it was probably no less active than it had been under Henry VII , Wolsey 's domineering conduct thrust it into subservience . |
| 28 | Instead , the whole coating would have to be repainted much sooner that if it had been touched up periodically ! |
| 29 | She remembered the needle going into flesh , but she was not sure that it had been her own . |
| 30 | In Wilson 's eyes the condition of the British seaman was scarcely better than it had been half a century earlier . |