Example sentences of "be [adj] [adv] than it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | . A group set up not too far away from here in Newark said that the erm , It has been said that the river is worse now than it 's ever been in history . |
| 2 | Has my right honourable friend had an opportunity to see the report from three I s , investors in industry , in which they have surveyed five hundred of the companies in which they invest and the confidence factor of those businesses is higher now than it 's ever been since they started the surveys in nineteen eighty eight . |
| 3 | It was hotter upstairs than it had been in the garden , but she was too lazy to move . |
| 4 | Remorse , dissatisfaction and hope filled his mind as the heat of a glorious midsummer approached , and his yearning for a means to channel his abundant intellectual and emotional energy was greater now than it had ever been . |
| 5 | When Scarlet attempted to disagree , albeit feebly , Constance cited the scandals in the City and pointed out that the gap between the highest- and the lowest-paid was greater now than it had been since the nineteenth century . |
| 6 | Security was tighter here than it had been in the Union building , and Reynolds had to be signed in by Diane before he could be issued with a visitor 's pass . |
| 7 | It was cooler tonight than it had been of late , besides which she no longer dared to sleep in her underwear , and she pulled on a shortie nightshirt , a farewell present from her brothers . |