Example sentences of "than [subord] [pers pn] had be " in BNC.
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| 1 | By searching for flashes repeating at exactly the same rate as the radio pulses , they were able to investigate much fainter pulsations than if they had been looking for pulses occurring at an unknown rate . |
| 2 | I ran to your reviews as if they were my own and felt more dismay and indignation than if they had been . |
| 3 | Into the Home territory beyond they had to go fairly warily , but less so than if they had been a weaker company , not because of fears that the Homes would betray them to Dunbar but in that they were always jealous of their declared rights to decide who should enter their country and what they should pay for the privilege ; but two hundred and fifty well-armed men in tight formation carried their own safe-conduct , and they rode through without challenge . |
| 4 | More satisfied than if they had been handed a big discount on a plate . |
| 5 | This method of cultivation protects the growing plants from late frosts and builds up heat in the soil so that the potatoes are ready to be lifted 2–3 weeks earlier than if they had been grown conventionally . |
| 6 | Even those near the edge stand a better chance of survival than if they had been in a solitary nest far away in a place where local foxes can consume everything that is available . |
| 7 | Critics also argue that , because statements made under the lobby rules mean that they can not be directly attributed to Mr Ingham , his colleagues or Government Ministers , they are less credible than if they had been made on the record . |
| 8 | Jesus , it was one island , that was true , but the terrain made the halves more remote from each other than if they had been two islands separated by a sea channel : you could n't skip across our jungles and mountains in an outrigger . |
| 9 | However , although they were worth less on the open market than if they had been in ‘ good ’ condition , they were still fit for the purpose for which the buyer wanted them ( making into cattle food ) and were still so upon arrival . |
| 10 | When we consider the regulation that will be imposed and the rights of consumers in Northern Ireland , my hon. Friend will find that consumers will be much better protected and safeguarded under privatisation than if they had been left to continue with a publicly owned monopoly which too often had a life of its own and was not subject to the outside pressures that consumers have a right to bring to bear . |
| 11 | ‘ It must sometimes be the case that I bring British fish back to London , but it will probably be in better condition than if it had been bought there as foreign agents insist on good transport and packing . ’ |
| 12 | than if it had been so much inert luggage . |
| 13 | You can get wetter than if you had been in a winter shower . |
| 14 | He was more talked about than if he had been open and obvious . |
| 15 | Peach , who often sat on the chestnut leaf table , marking it no more than if he had been a fluffy cushion or a nightdress-case cat , watched gravely from the basket in which he was wise enough to sit when at home on Sundays . |
| 16 | The decision was that it was unlawful direct discrimination because Mr James had been treated differently than if he had been a woman . |
| 17 | Or will the people discover the lie and then be less ready to accept and be guided by his rulings than if he had been more open from the start ? |
| 18 | The bees just crawled over her , paying no more heed to her than if she had been a treestump . |
| 19 | In the weeks that had passed since she had met Rupert Stonebird at the vicarage her interest in him had deepened , mainly because she had not seen him again and had therefore been able to build up a more satisfactory picture of him than if she had been able to check with reality . |
| 20 | It was worse , in fact , than if she had been obviously of a more humble station , for a gentlewoman in her circumstances was instantly under suspicion of a fall from respectability . |
| 21 | My daughter thought no more of it than if she had been talking about the delivery of a letter because in her world the fax , like the video recorder , the personal computer and the microwave oven , has always been around . |
| 22 | He was more elated than when he had been shooting as an international for Great Britain : ‘ It 's like trying to get eight draws on the football pools — anybody can win . |
| 23 | There were so many more than when she had been here with Morthen . |