Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [subord] [pron] [modal v] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is obviously less discreet than he used to be . ’ |
| 2 | We are not so sensible as we ought to be of the Providence which hourly sustains us . |
| 3 | There had been a lot of boys after that , and some women , but he found them less exciting than he used to . |
| 4 | As ever , the men look more impressive than the women , but the difference is less marked than it used to be . |
| 5 | The scientists who man the climatological observation posts are less cautious than they used to be now that the general theory of climate change has become common property ; government servants are more confident and outspoken ; and , while scepticism remains , no cabinet minister is likely to denounce the theory and the accompanying evidence as hysterical . |
| 6 | It 's so sad because she used to be such a lively and outgoing person . |
| 7 | The use of eye and brow liners is now more refined and less obvious than it used to be , but is nevertheless emerging as an important element in even the most natural looks . |
| 8 | However , this is much less widespread than it used to be and two surgeons from Guys Hospital in London and Withington Hospital in Manchester believe this is a mistake . |
| 9 | Because our lord the king had great zeal and desire to redress the state of the realm in such things as required amendment for the common profit of Holy Church and of the realm ; and because the state of Holy Church had been evil kept and the prelates and religious persons of the land grieved many ways , and the people otherwise entreated than they ought to be , and the peace less kept , and the laws less used , and the offenders less punished than they ought to be . |
| 10 | The political limitations of the approach , in particular its inability to deal with differences between women , have made it less powerful than it used to be . |
| 11 | Is the Minister aware that there is a feeling among farmers that the Ministry is being less helpful than it used to be in dealing with compensation claims arising from low flying by jets or helicopters ? |
| 12 | Each of these three events involved the legal process or changes in the law , and as such inevitably make the censorship issue in libraries less localized than it used to be even after the Obscene Publications Act of 1959 . |
| 13 | ‘ Because of boundary changes Darlington is far less marginal than it used to be . |
| 14 | Chancroid is generally less common than it used to be , and is very rarely seen in Northern Europe , although it still poses problems in Asia and parts of Africa . |
| 15 | Perceived obstacles included the alleged complexity of on-line systems , especially when using several different sources ( although this is far less true than it used to be ) and the complexity of rate cards and billing ( and this , alas , is still very true of some service providers ) . |
| 16 | If religion is less significant than it used to be in modern societies , it may be that the emotional issues are resolved too , or that they have found other modes of expression , in the arts and entertainments , and in political movements . |
| 17 | The lady did n't come alone , and I 'm not sure whether we ought to be doing anything about it . |
| 18 | My hon. Friend 's suggestion is tempting , but I have not heard the record and I am not sure whether it ought to be released . |
| 19 | where did I , I 'm not sure whether I ought to be getting into this but I will . |
| 20 | I think that we should accept th that this island in which we live is in effect becoming smaller day-by-day , as it is becoming more and more open er we should accept that its population is becoming perhaps with the assistance of a little advice from myself from time-to-time , rather more mobile than it used to be and I must say that we should I think all accept and I 'm sure we do that criminals do not have any particular respect for local authority boundaries er indeed the existence of the motorway system er despite the M25 does encourage mobility of crime and criminals to a very great extent . |
| 21 | I was already aware that Ian had recently lost an argument with a South Uist bend resulting in a change in vehicle and I can impart to all past and future travellers to the Uists who depend on Ian for transport that journeys are now much more sedate than they used to be . |
| 22 | ‘ You 're much more sensible than you used to be , but your mum ca n't see it , and my mum still thinks I 'm three and a half . ’ |
| 23 | The columnists on the op-ed pages are more bloody-minded than they used to be , but in its editorials the Times remains the voice of American public policy . |
| 24 | Now some have — and foreign investors , less credulous anyway , are more needed than they used to be . |
| 25 | She was more relaxed than she used to be but still , in Dexter 's view , judged herself too harshly . |
| 26 | She was more tired than she used to be , that was all . |
| 27 | In consequence , European collaboration is fraught and costly : operational requirements are made more complex than they ought to be by the need for compromise ; sharing development leads to mismatches of components that have to be corrected late on in programmes ; and divided production and assembly increases overheads and puts up costs . |
| 28 | I do not think it can be said that the manner of death is any more horrific than it used to be ( although it may well be different ) but it may be that the way of reporting someone 's death has radically changed and that this has brought its own problems . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's much more important than it used to be , ’ concedes Martin Hawtree , Secretary of the British Association of Golf Course Architects ( BAGCA ) . |
| 30 | Even more concerned than we ought to be |