Example sentences of "than [pron] [vb mod] [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , I that one , I 'll tell you what , you know , ooh god , no , yes , yes , leave it at that , I better than I 'd deserve to be . |
| 2 | Dates often assume more importance than you would imagine to be possible . |
| 3 | Theodora knew of old the willingness of the clergy to be far ruder over the phone than they would venture to be face to face . |
| 4 | People likely to provide him with ammunition for his little campaigns would n't appreciate an audience any more than they 'd want to be seen tripping up the steps of the council offices to some bloody committee room . ’ |
| 5 | Rather more lively than it would appear to be nowadays . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ How 's the ball lying , Roey ’ was the cry and , believe me , Mike Hughesdon and Clive Clark 's job is a lot harder than it might appear to be . |
| 7 | But the arrangement is more artful than it might appear to be at first sight . |
| 8 | It is one thing to realize that our faith will always be weaker than we would like it to be , but it is quite another to insist that our faith must be weaker than it can afford to be . |