Example sentences of "than [pron] [vb base] [been] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm better than I 've been for a long time . ’ |
| 2 | But I 'm in better shape than I have been for a long time . ’ |
| 3 | Now it is three months ’ rest and come the start of the 1991 season I 'll be ready to go again , more confident than I have been for a long time . |
| 4 | I 'm more optimistic than I have been for the past few years . ’ |
| 5 | But if China really is now backing peace and free elections , the signs are more hopeful than they 've been for a decade . |
| 6 | My hon. Friend will note that German interest rates and ours are closer than they have been for a long time . |
| 7 | The views of the CBI could scarcely be clearer than they have been on the subject of the minimum wage . |
| 8 | Bans had to be introduced to give the fish stocks time to recover , and they are better now in the 1980's than they have been since the mid-1960's . |
| 9 | If these twin policies are to have any effect in reducing geographical inequalities , they need to be pursued more vigorously than they have been in the past . |