Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] than it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Piss ’ is one of several four-letter words less acceptable today than it has been in the past . |
| 2 | Following the election result , it seems almost inevitable that Labour will adopt a commitment to some form of proportional representation ( writes Backchat 's ‘ things that seem almost inevitable following the election result ’ correspondent ) , although , ironically , it seems considerably less inevitable now than it did a few weeks ago . |
| 3 | It was hotter upstairs than it had been in the garden , but she was too lazy to move . |
| 4 | It feels much better already than it did yesterday . ’ |
| 5 | This was not because of the enemy fire , which was less frequent now than it had ever been , for evidently the sepoys had decided to bide their time until the end of the rains . |
| 6 | The idea of one global power holding the other to ransom seems less credible now than it has done previously . |
| 7 | He ended up eighth on the grid and said : ‘ The car feels much better here than it did in South Africa . |
| 8 | Six months after the operation , constipation ( defined as <3 stools/wk or frequent straining ) had gone away more often than it had developed ( 12 v 7 women respectively ) and the prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome was unchanged . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | . 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ Worse even than it appeared , ’ Doctor Staples said knowingly . |
| 12 | The potential political and economic gains ensure that the impetus towards a currency union in Europe is likely to prove much stronger today than it did in the turbulent Seventies . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The 1970s were not characterized by an emphasis on the bibliographical aspects of librarianship , and the possibility of wide-scale application of McClellan 's ideas seem more remote now than it did 20 years ago . |
| 17 | ‘ The police service is arguably more efficient now than it has ever been . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He 'd had a couple of sessions with his union rep and had been told not to worry , it was just a way of filling some quota ; if anything , his job was probably more secure now than it had been before . |
| 20 | Hence , a political economy of the urban is scarcely more plausible now than it has ever been in the past . |