Example sentences of "than they [verb] be in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although there had been brief conflicts between England and France in the reigns of Edward I and Edward II , the reasons for war were now much more substantial than they had been in 1294 or 1324 , and the will to war on the part of the king , if not yet on the part of most of the nobility , was much more apparent . |
| 2 | No such state emerged , however , and 1945 found them no farther along the road than they had been in 1918 . |
| 3 | The irony was that the economic returns expected from the reforms were hardly gained at all , and the railways were really no nearer paying their way by the end of 1966 than they had been in 1962 . |
| 4 | The Fortresses and Liberators of the USAAF , escorted by long-range fighters , were penetrating the defences — which were now much more formidable than they had been in 1940/41 . |
| 5 | Chidzero admitted that Zimbabweans were financially worse off in 1989 than they had been in 1982 . |
| 6 | Working-class girls were probably less socially protected than they had been in pre-industrial communities , and a variety of influences could come into play , including the temptation of the streets . |
| 7 | Henry VII continued this exploitation of the Crown estates , which were far more extensive than they had been in 1433 . |
| 8 | Some new measures had , of course , been necessary , but on the whole changes brought about by the war were less incisive than they had been in 1914 . |
| 9 | Trade unions were in fact in a much stronger position in 1933 than they had been in 1921 or 1922 . |
| 10 | Is the Prime Minister aware that building employers say that conditions are worse than they have been in 40 years , that car sales are down 20 per cent . |