Example sentences of "than [modal v] [adv] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many more Brothers had returned than might otherwise have been the case , had the Wolverine Squad not commandeered that Emperor Titan … |
| 2 | Soon , though , he had to leave the field with a recurrence of his leg injury , and Waqar ( 0 for 99 off 22 overs ) returned perhaps a little earlier than might otherwise have been the case . |
| 3 | They appeared to be more aware of the misery and realities of war than might otherwise have been expected . |
| 4 | There are various other ways in which both magistrates and judges may contribute , either directly or indirectly , to the prison numbers crisis — for example , by imposing a fine without taking sufficient account of a defendant 's ability to pay , with the result that imprisonment is imposed for default ( see Moxon , 1993 ) ; or by imposing a suspended sentence in place of a fine or probation with the result that , in the event of a further offence , imprisonment is more likely to be imposed than might otherwise have been the case . |
| 5 | Furthermore , gradation could equally lead to heavier sentences than might otherwise have been given for conduct which comes within the higher categories , although this could be regulated by appeal courts and sentencing guidelines . |
| 6 | The fast response time enabled negotiations to be concluded more quickly than might otherwise have been the case . |
| 7 | Proust is also exceptionally aware I think of a , of the , the , the complex nature of reality , a reality built up in a number of layers , so that his sentences are made even longer than might otherwise have been the case , by the introduction of successive subordinate clauses , in which he seeks to qualify as precisely as possible what he is saying . |
| 8 | On the revenue side it meant such devices as changing the weighting of the staff mix so that a greater proportion of unqualified staff were employed than might ideally have been desired . |
| 9 | if you in fact avoid or reduce your loss , you can not recover the amount so saved , even if the steps that you took were more than could reasonably have been expected ; |
| 10 | Hence , much larger areas of double-glazing than could formerly have been contemplated , consistent with maintaining comfort , may now be built into external walls . |
| 11 | In truth , her performance in winning at Edgbaston probably told us far more about how she is likely to make out when she tees up as a professional than could ever have been gauged from an isolated week among those playing for pay . |
| 12 | In the event it was to continue for longer than could possibly have been envisaged . |
| 13 | The use of aisles permitted the erection of a much wider building than would otherwise have been possible . |
| 14 | For these reasons Magharba and Zuwaya who were not tribally minded stayed away : voters who regarded themselves as modernizing were silent , and the turn-out was somewhat lower than would otherwise have been the case . |
| 15 | Their imprimatur also gave the elements which could be interpreted as letting the auditors off the hook , such as the question of lessening liability exposure , more credibility than would otherwise have happened had they been drafted by auditors . |
| 16 | This has helped it manage the recession more successfully than would otherwise have been possible . |
| 17 | In 1991 it was therefore able to produce a far more comprehensive interim report for consultation purposes than would otherwise have been possible . |
| 18 | This enabled the party to put across its message more efficiently and effectively than would otherwise have been the case , and helped compensate for the other serious communications difficulties within the country . |
| 19 | The Socialist leadership 's sensitivity to FNTT members ' expectations meant that agrarian issues pressed even more urgently upon it than would otherwise have been the case . |
| 20 | has remained narrower than would otherwise have been expected … |
| 21 | Because those who re-offended went to prison automatically , without the possibility of a non-custodial sentence the next time they were convicted of an imprisonable offence , they might remain in custody for a longer time than would otherwise have been the case . |
| 22 | Honest journalists will be justifiably annoyed and there is no guarantee that those who do accept will actually produce a more favourable report than would otherwise have been the case . |
| 23 | On the evidence we have been considering so far , we can also safely assume that many more of these defendants will be given custodial sentences than would otherwise have been the case , and that the terms imposed will also be substantially longer in many cases . |
| 24 | This has made it difficult for Britain to compete on the world market , and this in turn has eventually led to a worse slump and level of unemployment than would otherwise have been the case had there been no political intervention in the working of the naturally self-regulating free economy of the market . |
| 25 | The argument here is essentially that a gradation scheme might lead to a lighter sentence in certain cases than would otherwise have been imposed . |
| 26 | Each exact and firm handling of a narrow issue , however , helps towards treating broader issues , in which that narrow issue is contained , more exactly than would otherwise have been possible . |
| 27 | Separation of the upper third of the continental crust on a plate has the effect of reducing the overall buoyancy of the subducted crust by nearly one-half , and this in turn allows more subduction than would otherwise have occurred . |
| 28 | Second , the exodus from the dollar created more expansionary monetary conditions than would otherwise have been adopted by some governments . |
| 29 | For these countries , the scale of expansion was not affected by the dollar crisis ( although the form may have been — the ‘ automatic ’ nature of the monetary expansion generated by dollar inflows may have bred a more monetary , and less fiscal , policy mixture than would otherwise have been adopted , and thus contributed to the easy money regime ) . |
| 30 | But even then research into the old approved schools showed children who experienced them had a reconviction rate 49 per cent higher than would otherwise have been expected from their characteristics and records . |