Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] [pron] used to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This attitude has changed somewhat over the years and there are now fewer homes than there used to be . |
| 2 | Is it more , or less distinct from other subjects than it used to be ? ) produced some interesting answers : |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Even Japan has given up the fight in some market areas where they used to be world leaders : And even the new industrial nations , in their turn , will eventually be undercut and have to move on : To what ? |
| 5 | The centre is One , the outer fringe is Six ; zones where there used to be neighbourhoods . |
| 6 | ‘ As a result it is better protected against cold winds than it used to be . ’ |
| 7 | It seems much more exciting these days than it used to be . |
| 8 | We 're more conscious of these things than we used to be , before . |
| 9 | The risk , they argued , was judging South Africa 's rugby resources as they used to be , not what they might become . |
| 10 | And , and , and lets remember that the first big shock that British sportsmen got , the first shaking of the earth which intimated that we were n't so hot at these things as we used to be was in professional sport , it was in football , it was when the Hungarians beat England in nineteen-fifty-six , and the Hungarian army officer Elista Pushkas became erm a world figure because he 'd led the team that had humbled British football might . |
| 11 | There 's more violence on the buses than there used to be . |
| 12 | Nurses were more highly educated and accountable for their actions as professionals than they used to be . |
| 13 | Yet ( while there are more lifers than there used to be ) most of them have a great deal to lose . |
| 14 | There used to be some nice serials for They used to be thrilling you know , er I can remember I wish they 'd show them now They used to be what we used to call , The voice on the wire and then there was another serial called , Peggo the Ring . |