Example sentences of "was much [adj] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twenty-nine years ago , there was certainly a recognition in the House that a bad agreement was much worse than no agreement , and there may be a message in that for us today . |
| 2 | Mr Rowe , who lives in George Street , said noise from the nearby cattle market was much worse than the church music . |
| 3 | The pay was much better than a secretary 's pay , and the work was more interesting . |
| 4 | An extreme instance is provided by Godden and Baddeley ( 1975 , 1980 ) , who found that the ability of divers to recall a list of words learned either under water or on the beach was much better when the test took place in the same conditions as had prevailed during original learning . |
| 5 | The Albanian birth rate was much higher than the birth rate of Serbs and Montenegrins , and the composition of the population steadily shifted in their favour . |
| 6 | In each of these cases , the proportion of temporary workers who could be described as " voluntary " temporary workers ( i.e. not wanting a permanent job ) was much higher than the proportion who could be described as " involuntary " ( i.e. unable to get a permanent job ) . |
| 7 | I mean the lowest turn out in any of the constituencies in , in the general election was much higher than the turn out in local government , I think the lowest turn out in any individual constituency was about fifty four percent in the general election . |
| 8 | Mr Bland said that the cost of the borrowings was much lower than the cost of the group 's equity , which he estimated at 20 per cent per annum . |
| 9 | The kitchen door was much younger than the cottage with two frosted glass panels in the top half . |
| 10 | She was much younger than the serving women and her aura was rather more severe . |
| 11 | The man at the British customs was much sterner than the magistrate who came from the capital to investigate crimes committed in our village . |
| 12 | Our home was much smaller than the house in Štanjel , which by comparison seemed a palace . |