Example sentences of "than [pers pn] has be for " in BNC.

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1 As Elisabeth , Rosalind Plowright sounded more secure than she has been for some time on British stages and sang her last aria with true Verdian pathos and passion .
2 Broadly , we may say that industry will have to be far less rigid ; indeed much more flexible in adapting itself to change than it has been for the past twenty years .
3 Although annual rail investment , at more than £1bn , is currently higher than it has been for three decades , that results from decisions taken two to three years ago .
4 This temperature increase may appear to be small , but in reality the earth would then be warmer than it has been for the past 125,000 years ( the peak of the last interglacial ) and possibly even warmer than it has been for the past two million years ( the duration of the Quaternary period of fluctuation glacials and interglacials ) .
5 This temperature increase may appear to be small , but in reality the earth would then be warmer than it has been for the past 125,000 years ( the peak of the last interglacial ) and possibly even warmer than it has been for the past two million years ( the duration of the Quaternary period of fluctuation glacials and interglacials ) .
6 The Heart of Wales Line is now under greater threat than it has been for many years , because of financial pressures from British Rail in general and Regional Railways in particular .
7 The Commonwealth came closer together than it has been for a long time .
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 .
9 And in fact housing is more affordable now , than it has been for twenty five or thirty years .
10 It 's also a relaxed , romantic ad for Bill S , more alive here than he has been for decades .
11 Since you came here he has laughed more and been amused more than he has been for the past two years .
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