Example sentences of "than it [vb mod] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , my own analysis of the Technics arrangement suggest that it is sensitive to loudspeaker impedance variations ; under some conditions the performance is worse with the subsidiary amplifier than it would be without it . |
| 2 | In this way of looking at the economy , wages seem to be determined by forces as inevitable as mathematics , and if wages were low this was no doubt unfortunate , but there was nothing anybody could do about it , any more than it would be possible to change the laws of gravity . |
| 3 | On present evidence , that would be welcome : a reunited Germany with Mr Kohl as its first chancellor is likely to be more prosperous , and stabler , than it would be under the Social Democrats . |
| 4 | Similarly , the range of interest rates charged on bank loans was much narrower than it would be in America or Britain . |
| 5 | Could it be supposed that it would be more impossible for God to raise up a body at Resurrection , if needs be , out of elementary particles , which had been liberated by burning , than it would be to raise up a body from dust ? ’ |
| 6 | * A companion horse nearby will keep the horse calmer than it would be without it . |
| 7 | There are plenty of cases in which each member of a co-operating group is better off than it would be on its own . |
| 8 | It makes no more sense to say that the perspectival appearance is true ( or false ) of the object than it would be to say that the size of the angle of a triangle is true ( or false ) of the other two angles , which determine its size . |
| 9 | Contrary to such a view , black kids believe that , for them , being successful is more difficult than it would be for the white person of comparable proficiency . |
| 10 | Does ‘ business as usual ’ make the trade-off between guns and butter easier than it would be if embargoes were more comprehensive and controls more strict ? |
| 11 | Such uncertainty can be reduced by strict contractual agreements , but the danger , for example , of late deliveries interrupting the flow of production is still greater than it would be if the firm expanded in-house production . |
| 12 | It is rather like feeling that the dark companion of Sirius is somehow less certainly known because we infer its presence from its gravitational effect upon the Dog Star than it would be if we could actually see it — as if gravity were somehow less real than light . |
| 13 | The eggs , even before they hatch , require great care , reducing the time a parent bird can spend finding food for itself and keeping it sitting on the ground or in the branches of a tree where it is exposed to much more danger than it would be in the air . |
| 14 | If punishment is inflicted , it is claimed , the incidence of crime will be less than it would be if no penalty were imposed . |
| 15 | Others were that ‘ need ’ as opposed to ‘ reasonable requirement ’ did not have to be shown , that the case for making an order against an officer of the company was stronger than it would be against a third party , that an order for oral examination ( as in Cloverbay itself ) was likely to be more oppressive than an order for the production of documents . |
| 16 | If you were to measure the diameter of the Shuttle 's orbit it would be longer than it would be if the Earth were n't there . ’ |
| 17 | Your time is much more limited than it would be in a real case , and you can not afford to waste it ; on the other hand , it is no use gabbling what you have to say , for then it will not be understood . |
| 18 | Because of this the language in video materials , even for elementary level , tends to be a little more varied than it would be in the textbook . |
| 19 | Erm , you see they were dyed on the wrong side you know they were of course it was easier to penetrate than it would be if they dyed them on the right side you see , it was technically i far far superior . |
| 20 | I 'm putting your question down , is it a lot more expensive than it would be in the , in the producer country , which is what you said really , is n't it ? |
| 21 | Is it a lot more expensive than it would be in the producer country ? |
| 22 | It may perhaps be more difficult to alarm him than it would be to alarm the vulnerable persons whom the offence is principally designed to protect . |
| 23 | What principally weighs with me in thinking that Lord Coke made a mistake of fact is my conviction that all men of business , whether merchants or tradesmen , do every day recognise and act on the ground that prompt payment of a part of their demand may be more beneficial to them than it would be to insist on their rights and enforce payment of the whole . |
| 24 | The price of such goods is less than it would be if producers had to take account of the external costs associated with the production of the good . |
| 25 | Hay & Maddock note that in the United Kingdom there is no statutory obligation to notify theses to any central body , and Urquhart said in 1971 that it was often more difficult to obtain sight of a British doctoral thesis than it would be to obtain copies of theses emanating from European and North American Universities . |
| 26 | The rate of increase of river flow will be greater in the urbanized basin than it would be if the basin were still covered by natural vegetation . |
| 27 | Indeed , so visible are the taxes required to pay for services that some taxpayers may never use , that the total of public spending in a democracy is less than it would be if the real needs of society were to be met . |
| 28 | ‘ I was just saying that it 's easier for me than it would be for your average Englishman . |
| 29 | The windows above glow because of their alabaster filling but make the interior darker than it would be with glass . |
| 30 | If the person lives with a family member with whom he has an intense relationship , characterised by a high level of criticism and overinvolvement , his risk of relapse is much higher than it would be in a less intense atmosphere ( Brown et al. , 1972 ; Leff and Vaughn , 1981 ) . |