Example sentences of "[subord] used to [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also means that a care assistant is likely to see frailer residents than used to be the case . |
| 2 | With so much more of the limelight concentrated on the Test team than used to be the case , pen sketches of every member of the county cricket circuit , along with actual photographs in each case , are a welcome addition . |
| 3 | It is often considered that there is much greater sexual tolerance than used to be the case and the public response to homosexuality and lesbianism is sometimes cited as evidence for this . |
| 4 | ‘ Implicitly , if not explicitly , the doctoral thesis has come to be thought of in some countries and institutions as simply the demonstration that a certain amount of research methodology has been transmitted and received , with much less emphasis than used to be the case upon the nature and significance of the topic explored . ’ |
| 5 | The new rules as to exchange of witness statements ( CCR Order 20 , r 12A , SCR Order 38 , r 2A ) will require some witnesses to be seen much earlier than used to be the practice . |
| 6 | ‘ As regards morality , ’ he thought , ‘ the old English feeling for ‘ sport ’ ’ and ‘ fair play ’ ’ has receded to thinly-populated or remote districts where athletes can not be exploited for money' , prophesying that ‘ soon the only football played , as used to be the case , for the love of the game , will be seen among University men ’ . |
| 7 | The Home Office directs the police , rather than ( as used to be the case before the First World War ) local magistrates , many of whom were owners of local industries , with a vested interest in the breaking of strikes . |