Example sentences of "than there [was/were] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was more at the weekends than there was through the middle of the week . |
| 2 | There is no more danger of a stand-up comedian entering the House of Lords ( some may argue that there are already plenty there ) than there was of the British Airways boss ( Lord ) John King being fobbed off with a mere MBE . |
| 3 | First , as a result of the negotiations by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor , there is considerably more flexibility now than there was with the 3 per cent . |
| 4 | There 's a much greater sense here of tolerating plurality and diversity than there was in the English departments , although obviously there is conflict amongst staff about the extent to which such plurality can be tolerated . |
| 5 | than there was in the first place . |
| 6 | There are now approximately 2 million more weavers operating in Persia than there were during the time of the late Shah , and , even if this trend is reversed , existing stocks are large enough to keep the Western markets more than adequately supplied for a decade or so . |
| 7 | There are 100 million more free prescriptions this year than there were at the time of the last Labour Government . |
| 8 | This shows that in well over eighty percent there were fewer tumours at the three month cystoscopy than there were before the B G C was instilled . |
| 9 | In proportion to population there were now more NSDAP members in Danzig than there were in the Reich . |
| 10 | There were probably more books here — real books — than there were in the rest of Chung Kuo . |
| 11 | For example , there are today many fewer tuberculosis cases and far more mentally handicapped persons using the services than there were in the 1950s and this means new demands are placed on the staff that they are not always able to meet . |
| 12 | Industrial disputes became more serious : there were more working days lost through such disputes in the period from 1970 to 1978 than there were in the whole of the period from 1946 to 1969 . |