Example sentences of "[noun pl] than it [modal v] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it more , or less distinct from other subjects than it used to be ? ) produced some interesting answers : |
| 2 | The composer does not specify when this change is to be made ; it is entirely the player 's affair , but it does mean that it is safer to write high notes than it used to be . |
| 3 | ‘ As a result it is better protected against cold winds than it used to be . ’ |
| 4 | It seems much more exciting these days than it used to be . |
| 5 | I will be arguing in this address that we have been as guilty as many other sections of our community in treating it too lightly , or in putting it lower down in our order of priorities than it ought to be ; but it has never been entirely absent from Christian thought or theology . |