Example sentences of "than [vb mod] to [be] " 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 | Although the Wealden pattern suggests a density of population and activity far greater than used to be thought , it was the great coastal and scarpland estates that had the most highly organised agriculture . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |