Example sentences of "[adj -er] than the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it was a lot easier than the first time . |
| 2 | If it is proposed to make employees redundant , it is suggested that the vendor should commence consultation with the unions no later than the same time as the statutory consultation period imposed upon him by the Trade Union and Labour Relations ( Consolidation ) Act 1992 , s188 . |
| 3 | Actually , she looked better than the last time Anne had seen her alive . |
| 4 | ‘ We have a quality street team to welcome the Aussies , ’ said Probyn , ‘ and I intend to go one better than the last time I faced them — the World Cup final 12 months ago . ’ |
| 5 | I 'm a lot better than the last time you saw me . |
| 6 | These packages are cheaper than the basic time cost , since they take away the advertiser 's control over when the ad is to appear . |
| 7 | ‘ You do n't look a day older than the last time I worked with you . ’ |
| 8 | He looked even paler and weaker than the last time I had seen him . |
| 9 | It was worse than the first time . |
| 10 | When the motor is accelerating from rest the stepping rates are low ; the period of each phase excitation interval is much longer than the electrical time constant of the phase circuit . |
| 11 | He smiled wider than the last time . |
| 12 | As a consequence , the claims missed the normal weekly batch-processing of data into the organisation 's mainframe computer , and the subsequent delay in receiving the expenses cheques was greater than the actual time taken to reprocess the forms within the section . |