Example sentences of "[noun pl] than [pron] [vb mod] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This attitude has changed somewhat over the years and there are now fewer homes than there used to be . |
| 2 | Is it more , or less distinct from other subjects than it used to be ? ) produced some interesting answers : |
| 3 | The composer does not specify when this change is to be made ; it is entirely the player 's affair , but it does mean that it is safer to write high notes than it used to be . |
| 4 | ‘ As a result it is better protected against cold winds than it used to be . ’ |
| 5 | It seems much more exciting these days than it used to be . |
| 6 | I will be arguing in this address that we have been as guilty as many other sections of our community in treating it too lightly , or in putting it lower down in our order of priorities than it ought to be ; but it has never been entirely absent from Christian thought or theology . |
| 7 | We 're more conscious of these things than we used to be , before . |
| 8 | There 's more violence on the buses than there used to be . |
| 9 | Nurses were more highly educated and accountable for their actions as professionals than they used to be . |
| 10 | Yet ( while there are more lifers than there used to be ) most of them have a great deal to lose . |