Example sentences of "less [adj] [conj] it [verb] [been] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outside Europe the struggle in the sugar islands was less destructive than it had been 50 or 60 years earlier . |
| 2 | Although the influence of Cubism on the German painters was less direct than it had been in the development of Futurism ( the work of Delaunay which the Germans most admired , for instance , was no longer really Cubist at all ) , unlike the Italians the Germans made no attempt to disguise their interest in the movement , and several of the artists of the Blaue Reiter actually thought of themselves as Cubist painters . |
| 3 | John Stevenson feels that this urban migration was important in restructuring the population of Britain , although Glynn and Oxborrow argue that this internal migration was less marked than it had been in the nineteenth century — being about one third of its former level . |
| 4 | Bedford was the only new earl created by Edward III after his family settlement in 1362 , and his patronage of the nobility was markedly less generous than it had been in the first two decades of his reign . |
| 5 | — Edwardian working-class sport as a whole was less violent than it had been a half-century before . |
| 6 | The decor , like the dress of those outside , was simpler — the design of chairs and table less extravagant than it had been . |
| 7 | It was , he noticed , distinctly less warm than it had been , with an east wind blowing as they turned into the Parade . |
| 8 | The scene that greeted her at the top was already less frightening than it had been when Phoebe arrived . |
| 9 | ‘ Leith , ’ he said , but his look was no warmer , no less arrogant than it had been all morning , ‘ you do n't … ’ he went on , and seemed slightly stuck for words . |
| 10 | Feeling in Congress was less critical than it had been and Senator William F. Knowland ( Republican , California ) , a lively critic of the administration , supported it over Korean aid while castigating the administration for the serious economic plight in which the Koreans found themselves . |
| 11 | The work was less skilled than it had been formerly since no women made up a whole garment , but rather worked on one fragment of the process , for instance sewing up side-seams all day , every day . |
| 12 | This action was endorsed by the National Association of Unions in the Textile Trade ( NAUTT ) and the matter was put to the employers who responded by suggesting that British industry was less competitive than it had been before the return to the gold standard and the reflation of the pound , and suggested that wages should be reduced by 8 per cent . |
| 13 | Its autonomy was , however , short-lived , and although it was probably no less active than it had been under Henry VII , Wolsey 's domineering conduct thrust it into subservience . |