Example sentences of "than [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ian Macdonald , QC , defending , asked Mr Johnson : ‘ It is probably easier to get into Buckingham Palace than into the Financial Times . |
| 2 | for this idea to work , one has to consider histories that take place in imaginary time , rather than in the real time in which we perceive ourselves as living . |
| 3 | Throughout the last 120 years , the demands on the experience and accumulated information of the Geological Survey in Scotland have never been greater than at the present time . |
| 4 | Firstly , when we were first discussing the sale , the market was somewhat more buoyant than at the present time . |
| 5 | Judge power The authorised number of Lords Justices was at present 26 , one less than at the same time last year . |
| 6 | It is already apparent that players are much fitter than at the same time last season . |
| 7 | The amount of money donated to the Village Association through the envelopes is less than at the same time last year . |
| 8 | The danger of inflation was underlined by figures which showed that there were 15,400 million lei more in circulation on May 21 , 1990 , than at the same time in 1989 . |
| 9 | Oil prices remained 35 per cent higher than at the same time the previous year , the prospect of increased trade with Saudi Arabia and Iran opened up and major development projects , such as the expansion of the Das Island gas liquefaction plant and Dubai 's dhow wharfage scheme , recommenced . |
| 10 | The total number killed was 16 fewer than at the same time last year . |
| 11 | ‘ I can tell you he 's running quicker than at the same time last year , ’ said the Welshman , confident that Christie is capable of matching Canadian Bruny Surin 's 1993 world best of 6.45 . |
| 12 | He 's more forward than at the same time last season . ’ |