Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [subord] ever " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Tories say they campaigned harder in this election than ever before . |
| 2 | But during the nineteenth century soldiers were perhaps more continuously prominent in this way than ever before . |
| 3 | A spokeswoman for tour operator Thomson , which is taking 80,000 people away , said : ‘ We are going to have people further afield this Christmas than ever before . |
| 4 | With budget cuts slicing the agency 's own scientific staff to the bone , that leaves the agency with plenty of bureaucrats , but fewer experts than ever . |
| 5 | • Fewer visitors than ever attended the recent British International Motor Show in Birmingham . |
| 6 | In what can only be considered a plan of Baldrickian cunning , not only will the Board 's coffers be groaning with the weight of money but — and here is the really clever part — fewer people than ever will now be able to observe what a mess the game is really in . |
| 7 | In what can only be considered a plan of Baldrickian cunning , not only will the Board 's coffers be groaning with the weight of money but — and here is the really clever part — fewer people than ever will now be able to observe what a mess the game is really in . |
| 8 | ‘ There are fewer donors than ever before . |
| 9 | As our national wealth increased , we have been able to devote much greater resources to these services than ever before . |
| 10 | Chris Novoselic ambled up to say ‘ hi ’ and bemoan a chronic hangover — the inevitable punishment for a late-night sesh with support band Teenage Fanclub — and Dave Grohl soon emerged from down the rampway that led to the sun-baked arena , all smiles as ever . |
| 11 | I was horn in March 1947 , at the peak of the Bulge : more babies horn that month than ever before or after , and carried through the terrible winter of 1946–47 . |
| 12 | I 'm sure there are more birds than ever : |
| 13 | Our eyes and the area around them are the most expressive and sensitive part of our face and during the winter months need more protection than ever . |
| 14 | SUDDENLY more Germans than ever are talking about the feasibility of reunification . |
| 15 | ‘ There is a lot of anxiety about their legal responsibilities and they are having to have more meetings than ever before . ’ |
| 16 | The OALD now has more words , more examples , more information on usage , pronunciation and stress , and more illustrations than ever before ; and it is easier for the student to use . |
| 17 | It means that people are given less money than ever . |
| 18 | The removal of old-style apartheid and the beginnings of a democratic society have brought more bloodshed than ever . |
| 19 | Mum always bragged about never borrowing off anyone but I had noticed that since Dad had been on short time she seemed to have more money than ever to spend and was getting more friendly with the neighbours she could not stand as a rule . |
| 20 | A basic amount of money must be provided , and the Conservatives have put more money than ever in real terms into education . |
| 21 | We are providing more support than ever before — £14 for every £10 spent in 1979 , after allowing for inflation . |
| 22 | ‘ In a year which has seen more investment than ever in drama on S4C , it is wonderful not only to have audience acclaim in Wales but critical acclaim of professional peers in the RTS. ’ he said . |
| 23 | There are far more prescriptions than ever before for which people no longer pay , and those who find themselves marginally above income support level have the option of acquiring a season ticket precisely to meet that problem . |
| 24 | The foundation of a national Board of Education signalled the acceptance within the official culture of a need for policies that would co-ordinate an efficient and fully national system of education , and also allowed the voices of dons who had been calling for a transformation of the traditional curriculum to carry more weight than ever before . |
| 25 | More shops than ever will be open ; there will be an exodus to the sea , the countryside and to foreign holiday destinations . |
| 26 | More branches than ever joined in six hundred and seventy four in all and collections took place at more Tesco 's than ever , two hundred and twenty five . |
| 27 | More countries than ever now have emissions legislation requiring the fitment of autocatalysts and our manufacturing operations enjoyed record volumes . |
| 28 | She had worked hard last week , but there seemed to her to be more work than ever landing on her desk this week . |
| 29 | We are doing more functions than ever and we have also had a lot more visitors from America . ’ |
| 30 | The Zoological Gardens are currently being re-developed into one of the most modern in Europe , and now attract more visitors than ever before . |