Example sentences of "than we were [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we also need the broad generalizations that help show whether we are closer to meeting the basic needs of all the world 's people than we were at the start of the 1970s . |
| 2 | ‘ It is all a bit overwhelming and we are more frightened now than we were at the start because we know so much more about her condition . |
| 3 | ‘ We consider training to be crucial and we are spending more on it now than we were during the last recession , ’ he said . |
| 4 | At least we are much nearer than we were in the era your rose-coloured glasses have alighted upon . |
| 5 | Certainly , one theory as to why crime appears to be going up is that as a society we are more intolerant of certain types of violence than we were in the past . |
| 6 | In consequence we must grow harder , more ruthless than we were in the days of ease . |