Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] than it had " in BNC.
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| 1 | The production industry was much less active during the war than it had been before , producing an average of only 69 films annually , and as few as 46 in 1942 . |
| 2 | Within two years the volume of travel was higher practically everywhere in the world than it had been before the war . |
| 3 | Her remarks were recorded before events in Tianamen Square and it was clear by the end of the programme that the proper function of current affairs television was less of a live debate inside the country than it had been . |
| 4 | The habit of this dominant Quaker in the BFASS of arranging deputations to ministers and approaching kings and emperors brought even less of a result than it had in earlier generations . |
| 5 | With the advent of ‘ Laura Ashley ’ , this sleepy village was to see more changes in a decade than it had in centuries . |