Example sentences of "[adj] than it [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Her step was much lighter than it had been the previous day , but when she saw that her inquisitor was n't the Obersturmfuhrer , her heart sank . |
2 | She watched him walk away along the corridor heading back towards the club , her heart feeling lighter than it had for the past week . |
3 | The often mentioned ‘ crisis ’ in British broadcasting — ‘ crisis ’ , in Gouldner 's phrase , being that the system ‘ may , relatively soon , become something quite different than it has been ’ — thus acts as a backdrop for numerous contemporary analyses of broadcasting . |
4 | But within this context , Wilkins ' elegant stuccoed facades will be retained , and an important landmark has been saved and will look far more handsome and dignified than it has for many years . |
5 | Topics will include Compulsory Competitive Tendering , Local Management of Schools , the Community Charge and National Vocational Qualifications ( probably a lot more interesting than it sounds in black & white ! ) . |
6 | The flip-flop , outlined in the first of a series of three press conferences last Wednesday ( with more to come today , Monday ) , turned far messier than it needed to be due largely to DEC 's inability to admit that it had flip-flopped to begin with . |
7 | Maybe it 's more exciting than it sounds . |
8 | Bedford was the only new earl created by Edward III after his family settlement in 1362 , and his patronage of the nobility was markedly less generous than it had been in the first two decades of his reign . |
9 | Moneymen hope that parliament will act faster on this than it has on company-law reform . |
10 | The population was becoming less markedly English than it had been at the beginning of the century , with a large number of Ulstermen ( who felt the operation of the leasehold system was squeezing them out of land they had conquered and settled in Ireland ) , Scotsmen , and Germans among the settlers . |
11 | CS : ‘ You can say all you like , but it 's clear that soul music is more popular than it has ever been , worldwide . ’ |
12 | The line-up in the Bundesrat is less clear than it appears . |
13 | With modern knowledge , we now know that this design of horn would have reflected more sound than it captured ! |
14 | Secondly , many of the subjects in the list can be studied in pairs , in ‘ joint ’ or ‘ combined ’ subject degrees , so that the overall pattern of studies is less specialized than it appears . |
15 | When Travis seemed in need of another stiff drink , Sebastian served him liberally and , Travis 's tongue more free than it had ever been , he spoke of his love for Rosemary , his wish to marry her , but how because of her sense of propriety she would n't even let him take her out , or so much as mention her name to his family . |
16 | John Stevenson feels that this urban migration was important in restructuring the population of Britain , although Glynn and Oxborrow argue that this internal migration was less marked than it had been in the nineteenth century — being about one third of its former level . |
17 | Although the influence of Cubism on the German painters was less direct than it had been in the development of Futurism ( the work of Delaunay which the Germans most admired , for instance , was no longer really Cubist at all ) , unlike the Italians the Germans made no attempt to disguise their interest in the movement , and several of the artists of the Blaue Reiter actually thought of themselves as Cubist painters . |
18 | It turned out they had downclimbed , as it was easier than it seemed from above , but we did n't know that until later . |
19 | This is much easier than it sounds but not without snags . |
20 | It is likely that under those agreements extradition within Europe would in future be easier than it has been in the past , which I think the hon. Gentleman would welcome . |
21 | Again , this is easier than it seems and far easier to do than to put into words . |
22 | The second pitch is often climbed as a single pitch and is a lot easier than it looks from the top . |
23 | Getting upside-down is far easier than it looks — it just needs the right combination or circumstances . |
24 | Fortunately it 's easier than it looks , but still full Very Severe . |
25 | Putting on the roof was the most satisfying job : it is precision work which is easier than it looks — particularly with the plastic ridge fixings and verges . |
26 | MAKING BRANDY SNAPS is much easier than it looks . |
27 | Certainly the AgriBusiness side of it looks less rosy than it did even two years ago . |
28 | This may sound a silly question , since this book assumes that its readers are looking for a place to live in the British Isles , but it is more sensible than it sounds . |
29 | Their condition feels more normal than it has ever done before . |
30 | Yet the Berlin settlement was less stable than it looked . |