Example sentences of "than [pron] was [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I saw the potential ability of so many of my opponents and how young so many of them were , I realised that I would have to devote more time to practice than there was in a day just to become a moderate professional . |
| 2 | In many ways the consulting arm of GROVE PROJECTS is stronger as a specialist engineering and surveying consultancy than it was as a multi-discipline practice . |
| 3 | These days line is , in some cases , less than half the diameter than it was for a given breaking strain . |
| 4 | Hornblower is no more comfortable with himself as an admiral , commodore of a Baltic convoy , than he was as a junior captain . |
| 5 | But a polished round of jumping on his reappearance at Wincanton last month showed Country Member to be much more the finished article than he was as a novice last term . |
| 6 | mm still it 's all good money int it ? , must be on better money now than he was as a |
| 7 | Hill-Wood remains philosphical about the club 's disappointing run — ‘ you have good spells and bad spells ’ — and is certainly more optimistic about the club 's chances of winning major honours this season than he was at a similar stage last year . |