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 .
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