Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adj -er] than it have [be] " in BNC.

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1 The flask was a deal emptier than it had been before the dinner break .
2 ‘ Be ready at eleven tomorrow morning ! ’ rapped a voice she would know anywhere , his tone not one whit pleasanter than it had been when he 'd left her flat last night .
3 Still , she kept the place tidier than it had been for months and she did n't mistreat Springsteen , or if she did he did n't complain about it .
4 An international panel of climate experts , chaired by Dr John Houghton , director of the Meteorological Office , have warned that global temperatures will rise by 0.3C each decade , making the planet warmer than it has been in the past 10,000 years .
5 It was clear that he made her life happier than it had been , but she still had to put up with the desperately uncomfortable conditions and go out on her terrifying foraging expeditions .
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