Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [be] much [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They all seemed to be much older and better qualified , clutching briefcases full of papers , their minds crammed with intelligent questions designed to draw attention to themselves . |
| 2 | That is to say , the acoustic evidence for the word seemed to be much weaker when the semantic evidence for it was stronger . |
| 3 | The 1989 Act needed to be much firmer , with a time limit imposed , if government is serious about equalising the workforce . |
| 4 | 1989–90 looked like being much worse , with the percentage falling to 8 per cent . |
| 5 | But Spartak proved to be much better than I and , no doubt , Liverpool , imagined and deservedly earned their passage after being the more accomplished side over both legs . |
| 6 | the bare trays ; ( Trays 6 & 7 were slightly larger than the others and proved to be much stronger reflectors . |
| 7 | First , the majority of Wirral users appeared to be much younger . |
| 8 | Back in Britain writing my last newsletter to the Group in Scotland I had loved and brought together , I said that I thought we had to be much bolder , taking an a priori stance on the fact that there could be no discrimination against women . |