Example sentences of "now than [pers pn] [verb] been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We would like to point out that many people at the centre told us that the attitudes we had encountered were less prevalent now than they had been in the past , and would continue to diminish . |
| 2 | These will be concerns for his successor as David will take his leave of the Education Department at the end of July and his immediate plans are more leisurely now than they have been for many years . |
| 3 | ‘ Lower interest rates and current house price levels mean that house are more affordable now than they have been for over 20 years . ’ |
| 4 | Supporters of gun control are in a stronger position now than they have been at any time since 1968 , after the shootings of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy . |
| 5 | The truth of it was that he was even less certain of her now than he 'd been at the beginning ; how she thought , the way she might react as the world around her changed . |
| 6 | In fact , if anything he was even more remote and distant now than he had been before their weekend , as if he had n't meant to let her get so close and was frantically clawing back space . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | However , the truth of the matter is that the Scottish economy is in a better state now than it has been for many years and is continuing to thrive . |