Example sentences of "than [pron] [was/were] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Except Tim 's a bit older than you were at the time . |
| 2 | There are now approximately 2 million more weavers operating in Persia than there were during the time of the late Shah , and , even if this trend is reversed , existing stocks are large enough to keep the Western markets more than adequately supplied for a decade or so . |
| 3 | There are 100 million more free prescriptions this year than there were at the time of the last Labour Government . |
| 4 | In that year , Haringey 's Labour councillors learned more about heterosexism than they would ever have believed possible , and they have become far more articulate in their defence of lesbian and gay rights than they were at the time of their election . |
| 5 | Lyndon Bolton , the managing director , yesterday described prospects as more encouraging than they were at the time of the interim report in August . |
| 6 | We experienced the operation of a principle widely applicable and perhaps more generally recognised now than it was at the time of the events I have recorded . |
| 7 | Teacher education is a smaller scale enterprise than it was at the time of the events I have recorded . |
| 8 | The mathematics curriculum is much broader now than it was at the time of the 11+ . |
| 9 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that in many parts of the Yorkshire and Humberside region unemployment is significantly lower than it was at the time of the previous election , and that what the regional CBI fears above all else is the havoc that would be caused by a Labour Government , with their commitment to a statutory minimum wage , which would wipe out so many jobs , and to the European Community social chapter , which would make British industry uncompetitive in world terms ? |