Example sentences of "than [pron] have [been] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am much slimmer and a better shape than I have been for some time ( or for months , years , etc. ) and I am going to get even slimmer and achieve an even better figure — a figure I never thought I could have . |
| 2 | In September of the following year he made a trip to Furness Abbey to sketch , and recorded , ‘ I was treated in a more kind and liberal manner than I have been by any people in the North of Lancashire and Westmorland , by Mr. Atkinson , his mother and sisters ’ ! |
| 3 | Because of the repayments that were made of borrowing during that period , in the midst of a recession we are now in a better position to borrow prudently — than we have been at any stage in the past : to borrow prudently and to maintain our commitment to a balanced budget in the medium term . |
| 4 | What is for sure , we need to be more active than we have been in this area if tennis is to flourish in this country . |
| 5 | Maybe they 're more cauti cautious than we have been in this country about the effect of Chernobyl . |
| 6 | There have been more judgments against Britain at the European Court of Human Rights than there have been against any other country . |
| 7 | These will be concerns for his successor as David will take his leave of the Education Department at the end of July and his immediate plans are more leisurely now than they have been for many years . |
| 8 | ‘ House repossessions are at no higher rate than they have been for many years , ’ he says . |
| 9 | ‘ Present values are lower than they have been for some time , and are sticking . |
| 10 | Supporters of gun control are in a stronger position now than they have been at any time since 1968 , after the shootings of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy . |