Example sentences of "[adj] than is [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 You 'll be mentally flexible today , rather more than is usually the case .
2 The societal divisions and problems of relations between the police and the community which this style of policing is called upon to ameliorate in Northern Ireland are more severe than is normally the case , which makes the RUC 's implementation and operation of community policing of special interest and previous neglect of this aspect of policing in the province a significant oversight .
3 In each of the East Asian economies there is evidence to suggest that both the level of complexity and the degree of individuation of labour are less than is typically the case in a classical Weberian bureaucracy .
4 Death had not been sterilised , as in our day , and relegated to the hospitals , morticians ' parlours and crematoria chapels ; the fatal visitations were family events , at once more frequent and more familiar than is now the case .
5 The opportunities for close , long-term relationships are greater than is usually the case in a large , metropolitan , residential area .
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