Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [adv] [adj] [subord] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 She looked at this moment more terrifying than ever before .
2 Its qualifications for taming England supporters look from this distance more compelling than even Sardinia 's .
3 But though the churches are failing , religion is in some ways more powerful than ever , if by ‘ religion ’ we mean some way for people to make sense of their lives , and particularly suffering .
4 There were more hedges but fewer heaths ; in some parts less arable than ever before , in other parts more than ever before ; and the coming of the canals about the same time also introduced new varieties of birds to districts where they had previously never been known .
5 But if workmen are hammering outside your door , if the noise is intermittent and/or high-pitched , if you ca n't switch it off at will , you may find such noise psychologically distressing as well as distracting .
6 Work is geared to making as many articles as possible as cheaply as possible .
7 We seemed to send many searchers away happy as well as laden .
8 Minton was obliged to register the jeep in his own name as Norman as yet had only a provisional licence .
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