Example sentences of "[adv] than it [modal v] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Medical treatment for hay fever is now much better than it used to be . |
| 2 | The only problem is that it is messy and somewhat smelly , though much less so than it used to be . |
| 3 | The industry is also getting a lot more respect from outside than it used to , Mr Hirst believes . |
| 4 | But JPL is still associated with Caltech , and acceptance of classified research at US universities is much less ready now than it used to be . |
| 5 | now than it used to be , or is it just about the same ? |
| 6 | Well they , they had to do the , it had n't used to have very good drainage and far more of a slope , it , it 's far more level today than it used to be , it used to have a great slope towards the long end which was considered an advantage to Walsall and the water used to gather , but I believe the improved the drainage and had pipes put under which it , it does n't seem to gather water so much now down at the railway end . |
| 7 | You definitely feel all the time that it could go faster than it ought to — it 's a jet fighter rather than an airbus . ’ |
| 8 | The information will become known a bit faster than it used to be . |