Example sentences of "have [be] [adj] than [verb] " in BNC.

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1	The take-up has been better than indicated by the survey we would support the views expressed regarding changes and in particular point thirteen .
2	Although the take up in some areas has been poorer than expected in the programme , which is now into its second year , research into changes in working practices and attitudes has been assessed .
3	Each territory would have been a complete business organisation in its own area , but because no territory would have been large enough to run a complete main line a great deal more co-operation would have been necessary than existed between the regions , and on a much more formal basis .
4	With the benefit of experience , the authors feel that a more sensitive , qualitative approach , possibly incorporating a few standardised items , would have been better than using standardised scales for the difficult task of assessing depression and dementia in elderly people .
5	It would have been better than staying at home but I did not want to wear a school uniform .
6	Whoever had worked on the case in the laboratory would have been smarter than to leave any traces of the implant visible .
7	The first morning we spent weaving with every other needle , laying the wool across by hand ! this put me off right away , because we were using punchcard machines , so nothing would have been easier than to slip in Card 1 and go ahead with our weaving without any trouble .
8	Though the problem of radiation embrittlement has been recognised since the outset of the civil Magnox programme in the early 1960s , the inspectorate called for more evidence of the safety of Magnox plants in 1990 after it found the rate of embrittlement may have been faster than predicted .
9	Work on the Glenburrell Bridge had been slower than hoped for as there had been some discussion with the County Council as to ownership .
10	It had been easier than coming home to fighting and arguing .

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