Example sentences of "[adv] [adj -er] [subord] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The range of public library services , as was noted at the beginning of this chapter , is now much broader than merely books and readers , and perhaps these logos should have made more attempt to reflect this greater concern for information services in the widest sense .
2 It seemed strange without Sid next door , and the barrage seemed much worse than yesterday evening .
3 When Safdarjung arrived from Persia , Aurangzeb was still Emperor and Delhi was still the richest , most magnificent and most populous city between Istanbul and Edo ( Tokyo ) ; with its two million inhabitants it was far larger than either London or Paris .
4 It seemed that people were often worse than even Jane thought they could be .
5 The prospects would have been even brighter if only Russia had been blessed with a less benighted tsar .
6 Although he was now nearly twenty , he was still considerably smaller than even Mike , who was nearest him in age .
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