Example sentences of "than they [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , by the time tax is calculated and paid , rates could be considerably lower than they might be next week . |
| 2 | If one or two of your shots are less sharp than they might be , it may be because the conditions did not suit your particular autofocus ( AF ) system . |
| 3 | The wrecks are less exposed to the weather than they might be , lying in the lee of a hill called , improbably , Mount Sutlej . |
| 4 | The children 's ideas are more powerful collectively than they might be individually . |
| 5 | Water changes , with high nitrates in your tap water , are therefore less effective than they might be . |
| 6 | But Ms Maeve Sherlock , NUS president , said students could lose far more in welfare benefits than they would be able to borrow — around £523 per term for every claimant in London and up to £900 a term for mature students in the capital . |
| 7 | The traditional nature of religion in Ulster meant that such compartments were less water tight than they would be in , for example , America , but the very structure of Ulster society , economy , and polity meant that changes in one sphere would have repercussions in the others . |
| 8 | In what way will children be better off for having been to school than they would be if they had stayed at home ? |
| 9 | There may be economies in using higher educational facilities as locations for events and academics as consultants ; and some of these resources may be cheaper than they would be if the company had to provide them as a call on the payload . |
| 10 | Overheads ( rent , rates etc ) are usually lower than they would be in a town centre , where sites are expensive |
| 11 | Goods are bought in bulk ; and prices are often lower than they would be in a department store or High Street shop . |
| 12 | It can of course be no more than speculation to consider whether this total concern with instalment size makes people less likely to keep up conscientiously with the payments than they would be if they had a clear idea of their total commitment . |
| 13 | Credit costs are lower than they would be if they had to provide for more bad or difficult debts . |
| 14 | In the absence of keen pricing from the Japanese , the competitive element in the UK market is reduced and therefore car prices are generally higher than they would be if market forces were allowed to operate freely . |
| 15 | And now that they 've retired on half pension , they 're a damn sight better off than they would be in Sydney or Auckland , let alone London . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Inevitably , the care staff helping them are supervised to a much lesser degree than they would be in a residential establishment . ’ |
| 17 | The failure to equalise men and women 's earnings leaves households headed by women poorer than they would be if the breadwinner were a man : In Sheffield I met an assistant in a hospital clinic . |
| 18 | It will tend to mean retailers will keep prices lower than they would be in the absence of rivals . |
| 19 | Even once a predator has found a school , the prey fish are better off in the school than they would be alone , as has been proved by the following experiment . |
| 20 | They can be more selfless , more public spirited , more erm idealistic than they would be on their own , because the super ego can presumably erm influence the ego in both directions , it can make the ego erm transcend itself as it were to higher ideals and like someone sometimes sees this in , in group behaviour , but equally of course it can erm debase the ego by setting lower standards than the ego would normally accepted itself . |
| 21 | The government rejects this approach , however , both on the grounds of cost , and of the danger of exhausting the aquifers faster than they would be replenished . |
| 22 | They also mean that lending rates , due to the higher cost must be higher and deposit rates must be lower than they would be in the Euromarkets . |
| 23 | These courses attract both couples and single people , and a holiday atmosphere prevails , as the lectures are less intensive than they must be in the shorter courses . |
| 24 | Ever since we entered the training video market , competitors have claimed the only way we can offer training videos for less than they can is because we do not bear the full cost of production , by sourcing products from broadcast programmes . |
| 25 | Industry preparing for the Government legislation is luring inspectors away faster than they can be recruited to enforce it . |
| 26 | Some LEAs are in the process of major reorganization themselves , so that heads can be on the receiving end of a stream of directives and initiatives that contradict and countermand each other quicker than they can be assimilated . |
| 27 | Duties are changing and accumulating at a faster rate than they can be successfully discharged . |
| 28 | Because the characters can be transmitted much faster than they can be printed they are stored , in the printer , in a block of memory known as a buffer . |
| 29 | Following the visit of our hon. Friend the Member for Enfield , North ( Mr. Eggar ) to Basildon last Friday , will my right hon. and learned Friend endorse our hon. Friend 's statement that the independence that we are offering colleges of further education and sixth-form colleges such as Basildon 's will enable them to be more effective , efficient and flexible than they can be at present ? |
| 30 | Yes , so that until they drop out of the system erm , erm , a year from when that stage one decision was making , the teams over the sub teams overall stage one times are likely to be erm considerably higher than they will be in the month immediately after that er multiple has dropped out . |