Example sentences of "[adv] than it [vb mod] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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1 | Medical treatment for hay fever is now much better than it used to be . |
2 | The only problem is that it is messy and somewhat smelly , though much less so than it used to be . |
3 | But JPL is still associated with Caltech , and acceptance of classified research at US universities is much less ready now than it used to be . |
4 | now than it used to be , or is it just about the same ? |
5 | Well they , they had to do the , it had n't used to have very good drainage and far more of a slope , it , it 's far more level today than it used to be , it used to have a great slope towards the long end which was considered an advantage to Walsall and the water used to gather , but I believe the improved the drainage and had pipes put under which it , it does n't seem to gather water so much now down at the railway end . |
6 | The information will become known a bit faster than it used to be . |