Example sentences of "than there [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this book , that means more analytical and less narrative material than there would have been in a book written half a century ago . |
| 2 | They erm there 's , there 's less , there 's less a feeling of community in there than there would be on the average street . |
| 3 | As for the levels of owner occupation , there are 3.5 million more owner-occupiers today than there were in 1979 and no doubt 3.5 million more than there would have been had the right hon. Gentleman been in government . |
| 4 | Er the only difference between the situation now and the situation when I was a teacher is that there are a lot of Christians in this room per square metre than there would have been in a school where I taught and that applies to where I work now er because er the number of Christians who are around me in in the workplace are actually even smaller I guess and er that may be something that er you will need to recognise is an unusual feature of your school life and that er as you leave school so you 're going to go into very different environments where people behave very differently . |
| 5 | ‘ Hmmnn , more bruising than there ought to be . |
| 6 | The magic solution has lost its power — although if you want another performance just re-heat and re-cool the beaker … to be supersaturated means to have more dissolved than there ought to be … the cold supersaturated solution almost literally did not know what to do . |
| 7 | Initial reports from dealers seem to indicate there will be a lot more potential takers than there will be cars . |
| 8 | For many years to come , there will be greater dependence on a good interchange than there can be on the prospect of direct services between Scotland , the north of England and Wales , and the channel tunnel and beyond . |
| 9 | This means that at a time of crisis , such as death , there are fewer people to turn to than there used to be when it was the norm to live much nearer to kinfolk . |
| 10 | There were more of them than there used to be , he was sure of it . |
| 11 | Yet ( while there are more lifers than there used to be ) most of them have a great deal to lose . |
| 12 | This attitude has changed somewhat over the years and there are now fewer homes than there used to be . |
| 13 | Although further London spine points have been introduced and the amount of extra pay given to people working in London has therefore increased , there is more flexibility in the system than there used to be . |
| 14 | At a time when the school curriculum is becoming increasingly prescriptive , when there seems less flexibility than there used to be , it might seem difficult to set up collaborative teaching projects . |
| 15 | There 's more violence on the buses than there used to be . |
| 16 | Yes , I think that 's true , but at the same time there is a debate going on as to whether in fact there 's more violence now than there used to be , some people say there is more violence , other people say that , that erm that 's not the case . |
| 17 | There are fewer jobs in chemistry than there used to be . |
| 18 | It is always possible , though unlikely , that a random sample will , by chance , include a higher proportion of one group of people than there should be for it to be truly representative . |
| 19 | When I actually got to court there was more charges than there should have been . |
| 20 | There were more than there should have been . |