Example sentences of "[noun sg] than had previously be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even here the practice altered , for there was much fuller consultation about the preparation of the 1983 manifesto than had previously been the case . |
| 2 | More recent histopathological and microvascular studies suggest that vascular involvement may occur at an earlier stage and play a more important role in the disease process than had previously been supposed . |
| 3 | A recent land survey of Boiotia reveals a much higher density of settlement and population than had previously been suspected , cp. below p. 84 for this ; why not help ourselves , the Athenians must have said , to some of that good soil — cheaper and less dangerous than planting colonies in Thrace where they might be and sometimes were overwhelmed by the natives . |
| 4 | Recent research has shown that even in the thirteenth century the peasantry were participating much more actively in the monied economy than had previously been supposed . |
| 5 | These two pursued a much more interventionist policy than had previously been the case , using government-directed investment policy , as well as certain spending controls and tax increases , to tackle unemployment , reduce the budget deficit and restore economic growth . |
| 6 | Wonderfully bizarre , compared to the local species , they seemed to symbolize a sudden awakening from the drab monotones of medieval Christianity to a much richer world than had previously been imagined . |
| 7 | We found indications that homophonic phrases were more of a problem than had previously been thought . |
| 8 | One of the most exciting suggestions to emerge from the research of the Schools Council History project , and in later research into primary history teaching methods , has been the idea that certain , concept-based methods of History teaching can lead to pupils reaching certain levels of historical understanding at a rather earlier stage than had previously been thought possible . |