Example sentences of "[noun sg] than it [is] now " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the aim of palaeoclimate modelling is to ‘ recreate ’ past climates , the geological evidence must be given more weight than it is now . |
| 2 | Until relatively recently ( some two or three generations ago ) it could be said that death was a much more common experience than it is now . |
| 3 | Over the next decade and beyond land use and access will become an even more central issue than it is now . |
| 4 | It was also much further south than it is now — just 20 degrees north of the equator . |
| 5 | This supposition conflicts with the conclusions of students of the geomorphology of the lands , who usually regard sea level as being much higher in that period than it is now . |
| 6 | At that time it was very much more of a family firm than it is now . |
| 7 | I do n't know , maybe the time was better for making music than it is now , there was less touring , not this hysterical feeling that everyone needs to jump from one place to another , or the lure of too many good orchestras — maybe it 's true that there are now more good orchestras than good conductors . |
| 8 | west London ; much less important in the nineteenth century than it is now , Oxford Street runs east-west , dividing Mayfair to the south from Marylebone to the north . |
| 9 | A source close to Saatchi insists that there is ‘ absolutely no intention of dispersing the collection ’ and is equally adamant that ‘ the collection will be greater in five or 10 years time than it is now . ’ |
| 10 | We shall see that there are other indications that the Belfast /a/ system was formerly more inclined to the front than it is now , and as we have noted above , the EModE front-raising rule may have affected some dialects later than others . |