Example sentences of "than at any [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Some studies suggest that more energy will be devoted to a career at this stage than at any other as the race to achieve really takes off .
2 But now , with hopes of success in both Guineas races in two weeks ' time , and the renaissance of Manton under his trainer Peter Chapple-Hyam , the leading British owner-breeder is better placed than at any period in the past decade .
3 Instead , they had a forty-five-minute audience , which Diana was extremely nervous about — more so than at any meeting with any leader before or since .
4 In other words , they felt more confident about their capacity to deal with the tsar than at any point since the end of the 1820s .
5 In Joffre 's own words , that night ‘ I wished more than at any time of my life that I had the gift of omnipresence . ’
6 It was ironic that 1989 saw the centenary celebration of the Fabian Essays of Webb , Shaw , and their comrades ; this came at a time when Britain seemed in more complete reaction against the imperatives of Fabian rationalism than at any time for a century .
7 It proved to be too little , too late , however , and Labour emerged from the election with fewer MPs than at any time for 50 years .
8 ‘ According to the CBI , manufacturers are more optimistic now than at any time for almost five years .
9 Mr Lamont said : ‘ The key to an improved trade performance lies in the competitiveness of our products — and the signs are encouraging : earnings are now growing more slowly than at any time for 25 years ; labour productivity has been rising rapidly , and while unit wage costs in manufacturing have been rising in Japan and Germany , here they showed no increase at all during 1992 .
10 This is significant , given that many commentators in 1983 thought that the policies of the Conservative and Labour parties were further apart than at any time over the previous thirty years .
11 … because the economic situation is now more serious than at any time over the last 25 years , the Government decided that resources must be released for investment and improving the balance of payments …
12 Total business declined in the first quarter , although at a slower rate than at any time over the past year .
13 The Lord Chancellor 's Department and social services departments were involved in the training of 140,000 social service staff last year , when the social service standard spending assessment increased more than at any time over the past 15 years .
14 This is particularly true today : even in the recession-hit 1990s , brewers are spending increasing amounts on pub refurbishment — more on pubs , indeed , than at any time since the 1930s .
15 Britain 's productive capacity was falling more rapidly than at any time since the dawn of the industrial age .
16 BRITAIN 'S shopkeepers are gloomier than at any time since the early 1980s , according to a survey published yesterday .
17 BRITAIN 'S shopkeepers are gloomier than at any time since the early 1980s , according to a survey published yesterday .
18 During the rest of the 1990s the number of youngsters entering the workforce each year will be smaller than at any time since the second world war ; but two-fifths will be from minorities , mostly Hispanics and blacks .
19 But even if the old partnership of Christian Democrats , Socialists and Liberals gets a working majority , the serious opposition parties have made their point more effectively than at any time since 1948 .
20 In spite of the vastly increased volume of traffic , fewer people are now killed on our roads than at any time since 1948 .
21 In the past decade Leapor 's work has received more attention than at any time since the 1750s .
22 Husayn proceeded in the belief that he could discard the PLO , which was in a weaker condition than at any time since 1967 .
23 In the annual review ( July 1984 ) of the members of the International Energy Agency , ( which was the body established to co-ordinate the response of the industrialised , non-Communist countries to the 1974 oil shock ) it was stated that , ‘ long-term prospects for meeting energy requirements and maintaining energy security are now better than at any time since 1973 .
24 The seas around California are today warmer than at any time since 1957 and there are record high tides .
25 ‘ Young people ca n't fail to realise that house prices are cheaper in real terms than at any time since 1970 and interest rates are ridiculously low .
26 Indeed , under Labour governments professional economists experienced — and probably enjoyed — more political limelight than at any time since the Second World War .
27 Firms ' financing needs are greater than at any time since the 1974 oil shock .
28 Indeed , the Married Man 's Tax Allowance has recently been re-confirmed despite strong criticism of it ( for example , Equal Opportunities Commission , 1982b ) : in the March 1984 budget the allowance went up so that in real terms it is now higher than at any time since the war ( Financial Times , 14 March 1984 ) .
29 Arguably it 's easier now for a British composer to get an opera on to the stage than at any time since 1945 .
30 The days lost in strikes rapidly fell to a much lower level than at any time since 1918 .
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