Example sentences of "than they have been [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a decay that became inevitable when the infamous Beeching Plan substituted the crass motif of economic viability for that of communal need , and ripped out the steel vertebrae of the nation , leaving whole areas more isolated than they had been at any time since the eighteenth century . |
| 2 | These will be concerns for his successor as David will take his leave of the Education Department at the end of July and his immediate plans are more leisurely now than they have been for many years . |
| 3 | ‘ House repossessions are at no higher rate than they have been for many years , ’ he says . |
| 4 | ‘ Present values are lower than they have been for some time , and are sticking . |
| 5 | Supporters of gun control are in a stronger position now than they have been at any time since 1968 , after the shootings of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy . |