Example sentences of "than [pron] [vb -s] been for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Elisabeth , Rosalind Plowright sounded more secure than she has been for some time on British stages and sang her last aria with true Verdian pathos and passion . |
| 2 | There 's been more praise for Brian Clough , at the bottom of the League with Forest , than there has been for Norwich manager Mike Walker at the top . |
| 3 | And although entitlement caps are not easy to implement , there is more interest in them in Congress than there has been for years , and the interest is being communicated to the administration . |
| 4 | Broadly , we may say that industry will have to be far less rigid ; indeed much more flexible in adapting itself to change than it has been for the past twenty years . |
| 5 | Although annual rail investment , at more than £1bn , is currently higher than it has been for three decades , that results from decisions taken two to three years ago . |
| 6 | This temperature increase may appear to be small , but in reality the earth would then be warmer than it has been for the past 125,000 years ( the peak of the last interglacial ) and possibly even warmer than it has been for the past two million years ( the duration of the Quaternary period of fluctuation glacials and interglacials ) . |
| 7 | This temperature increase may appear to be small , but in reality the earth would then be warmer than it has been for the past 125,000 years ( the peak of the last interglacial ) and possibly even warmer than it has been for the past two million years ( the duration of the Quaternary period of fluctuation glacials and interglacials ) . |
| 8 | The Heart of Wales Line is now under greater threat than it has been for many years , because of financial pressures from British Rail in general and Regional Railways in particular . |
| 9 | The Commonwealth came closer together than it has been for a long time . |
| 10 | However , the truth of the matter is that the Scottish economy is in a better state now than it has been for many years and is continuing to thrive . |
| 11 | And in fact housing is more affordable now , than it has been for twenty five or thirty years . |
| 12 | Greg Downs says the club is in a better position than it 's been for eight or nine years and if they can play as well as last year they 've got a good chance |
| 13 | It 's also a relaxed , romantic ad for Bill S , more alive here than he has been for decades . |
| 14 | Since you came here he has laughed more and been amused more than he has been for the past two years . |