Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [subord] [verb] been [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the south , this sympathy factor ensured that Congress ( I ) performed much better than had been expected . |
| 2 | He and Matchsticks blended in perfectly as had been predicted back in Teheran . |
| 3 | Paul had done less well than had been expected of him at Balliol , not through his own fault . |
| 4 | Richard was still not allowed to speak — he was not recovering quite so fast as had been expected — and he could make little reply when Laura told him that this was exactly the kind of thing she had expected all along , and that she would see about disposing of Lord Jim immediately . |
| 5 | All she had been told when she came round after the anaesthetic was that there had been a few complications and the operation had taken rather longer than had been expected . |
| 6 | This was essential to the development of many zones , but not necessarily as had been anticipated . |
| 7 | This project aims to contribute towards improving the accuracy of economic forecasts by exploiting the concept of the ‘ leading indicator ’ more thoroughly than has been done before . |
| 8 | For instance , the censuses of 1971 and 1981 investigated country of origin more fully than had been done previously to extend knowledge about the immigrant population . |
| 9 | He had completed the commission , rather more fully than had been envisaged , and all that was required of him now was to deliver it . |
| 10 | They certainly would be required for an inner relief road erm to function effec as effectively as has been suggested at this E I P . |
| 11 | Dundee United mastered the elements better than their opponents and had in Ferguson , Scott Crabbe and Paddy Connolly lively players who continue to give the impression that Jim McLean is not far off having a team capable of far better than has been seen from his club in recent seasons . |
| 12 | Her temperature was not falling as rapidly as had been expected , and this , he feared , had been caused by her determination to get out of bed too soon . |
| 13 | The fact that the long-stay population was not declining as rapidly as had been thought meant an expensive ‘ double running ’ situation . |
| 14 | The Company was pleased to accept , but things did not progress as smoothly as had been anticipated . |
| 15 | In spite of the recession the PSBR continued to fall , though not as fast as had been forecast . |
| 16 | Since fuel is a major part of a coal station 's running costs , the fact that prices were not rising nearly as fast as had been expected would have a fundamental impact on the future cost of coal-fired electricity . |
| 17 | Like every other class and institution , the nobility was tested in the crisis of 1808 and the French invasion : it does not seem to have failed in this test as completely as has been asserted . |