Example sentences of "[adj] than it [vb mod] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | As ever , the men look more impressive than the women , but the difference is less marked than it used to be . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | Responding to the work in her 1927 show , he noted : ‘ The work is more frankly decorative than it used to be … |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's much more important than it used to be , ’ concedes Martin Hawtree , Secretary of the British Association of Golf Course Architects ( BAGCA ) . |
| 11 | ‘ Because of boundary changes Darlington is far less marginal than it used to be . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ) . |