Example sentences of "higher than it [vb -s] " in BNC.

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1 It corresponds , in the woodwind department , to the double basses in the string group and , like theirs , its part is written an octave higher than it sounds .
2 Its part is written a perfect fifth higher than it plays and as long as its notes are on the stave it sounds well .
3 Since there are more carp and more carp fisheries around today , and so many anglers fishing for carp , it is inevitable that the number caught is higher than it has ever been .
4 Although annual rail investment , at more than £1bn , is currently higher than it has been for three decades , that results from decisions taken two to three years ago .
5 Welsh Wales , in Wales and in the Lake District they found that the er level of nuclear activity on the surface of , of the field as it were and therefore reached the animals is higher than it has been , how would they manage to do that ?
6 In socialist France , it is now higher than it has ever been in that country 's history .
7 First , safety expenditure under the Government and British Rail is higher than it has ever been in British Rail 's history — it has gone up from £140 million to £200 million .
8 In socialist France , unemployment is now higher than it has ever been in that country 's history .
9 With a ruthless new breed of killers taking over the leadership reigns , the threat to the Roman Catholic community is now higher than it has ever been .
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