Example sentences of "and [adj] than it have " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 , the sub committee bill of rights and seniority reform all helped to break the power of committee chairmen in the House of Representatives while other changes , including public and recorded voting , plus new rules decreeing open committee meetings , except in special circumstances , had the effect of making the House more open and accessible than it had ever been before . |
| 3 | It would be too much to say that by 1870 Paris had become a fragrant bower — few cities ever manage that — but it certainly was less odorous and pestilential than it had been . |
| 4 | from a standing position the bathroom was even colder and smellier than it had looked before . |
| 5 | The room seemed darker now , and smaller than it had . |
| 6 | Power in Congress , in other words , was even more diffused and scattered than it had been before . |
| 7 | I think that you have made the magazine more interesting , more satirical and funnier than it has been this century . |
| 8 | The drought had not yet taken a stranglehold , although the landscape looked parched and drier than it had for years . |