Example sentences of "[adj -er] [conj] was [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be more acceptable if the dam made electricity , but it is silted up because the water analysis got muddled up and the river is much siltier than was originally expected . |
| 2 | the Palladium — a cheap trick to try and convince the punters that they were in somewhere far classier than was really the case . |
| 3 | Due to the development of an instrument which can staple the ends of the rectum together lower than was previously possible , fewer abdomino-perineal resections now need to be performed . |
| 4 | At the top of the atrium , the pitched-roof-profile roof-light was made larger than was strictly necessary in order to provide a conservatory complete with tropical plants ( Plate 48 ) which leads out on to a landscaped roof garden capping the western half of the building . |
| 5 | These remaining few have invariably grown much larger than was previously possible when there was so much competition for the available food . |
| 6 | His wife , with auburn hair and laughing hazel eyes , was at least ten years younger and was also , it seemed , an archaeologist . |
| 7 | Upper Framilode is by far the larger and was originally the location of the Purnells ' extensive iron and tinplate works , of which few traces remain , while Lower Framilode consists of just a few cottages , the mill and the Darell Arms . |
| 8 | partly this was because the current account deficit appears much smaller in current ( 1980s ) data than it was thought to be by contemporaries ; mainly , it would seem , because the invisible position was actually much better than was then realized . |
| 9 | Whichever is the case , the fact remains that the saying does not start with Carroll , as most people assume , but was in reality much older and was merely borrowed and made more famous by him . |
| 10 | At the 1989 meeting , ‘ the subcommittee concluded that the take was clearly not sustainable and that , depending on the stock composition of the catch , the situation could be even worse than was immediately apparent . |
| 11 | He reported that the situation at Woodstock Street was ‘ far worse than was previously imagined ’ , and that ‘ the prevailing background chaos could have severe effects on the future successful operations of Virgin Atlantic ’ . |
| 12 | However , during the run up to privatisation , it was established that the running costs of the nuclear power stations were higher than was previously believed and that , in addition , the costs of decommissioning these power stations and reprocessing the spent fuel were both high and uncertain . |
| 13 | Back in Scotland , he made measurements of the velocity of light with James Young [ q.v. ] , but their result came out somewhat higher than was later accepted . |
| 14 | Whatever the underlying mechanism for carcinoidosis , the risk of developing fundic enterochromaffin like cell tumours in Zollinger-Ellison sydrome patients who present with MEN 1 is probably higher than was initially estimated and suggests that regular follow up of these patients is necessary . |
| 15 | There are some unavoidable costs er on that account , particularly on the engine programme where delays to the aircraft programme which result in extra costs on the engine side , are the customer 's liability , erm but the main increase in cost is actually in the equipment area and results I think , from the fact that the equipment prices turned out to be higher than was originally estimated at the start of the programme and also the fact that U K industry won a higher work share on equipment that we had originally been entitled to and budgeted for and lastly the point you mentioned that Germany has withdrawn from some parts of the requirement and that made certain equipments non-common and we have had to take a larger share of the costs of those equipments than originally planned . |
| 16 | Erm , but the main increase in cost is actually in the equipment area and results I think from the fact that the equipment prices turned out to be higher than was originally estimated at the start of the programme and also the fact that U K industry won a higher work share on equipment than we had originally been entitled to and budgeted for and lastly the point you mentioned that Germany has withdrawn from some parts of the requirement and that made certain equipments non common and we have had to take a larger share of the cost of those equipments than originally planned . |
| 17 | Growing up was much harder than was ever said , involving , as it must , both the practised , clinical coldness to which she aspired combined with a proper sense of pity when it was called for and could be expressed with dignity and without embarrassment to the parties concerned . |
| 18 | To tell the truth , I continued to use the stick for longer than was strictly necessary . |
| 19 | But six months ago none of this would have been enough to make him invite her company for longer than was politely necessary . |
| 20 | He acted as the principal connection between King , Council , and Parliament ; for , until Robert Cecil went to the Lords in 1604 , the Secretary was usually a commoner and was normally the Crown 's principal mouthpiece in the Lower House . |
| 21 | He had tried to help earlier but was only yelled at angrily for filling the hole with earth . |