Example sentences of "[conj] ever [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last night a large majority approved a motion to that effect by Mikhail Gorbachev , who admitted more bluntly than ever before that reforms , far from strengthening the economy , were merely adding to its immediate difficulties . |
| 2 | Well , as I explained to the Almighty , at 30,000 feet I was much nearer to him than ever before and , shouting to make myself heard above those damned engines , perhaps there was an even money chance of being heard . |
| 3 | More people are travelling than ever before and a complex and thriving industry has grown up to enable people to move round the world with comparative ease and speed . |
| 4 | This , allied to the economic climate which has either led or forced many employees to retire early , means that more people than ever before can look forward to many years of active and purposeful life ahead , following their disengagement from full-time work . |
| 5 | However , results of an experiment published just before Christmas show in clearer perspective than ever before that quantum theory holds good as far as we can tell . |
| 6 | But it is clear that , in Japan at least , the machines will soon be down mines , exploring the sea bed , sweeping up nuclear reactors and generally doing more dirty work than ever before |
| 7 | Shafts are being manufactured to closer tolerances than ever before and are being produced in ever widening ranges to meet the differences among players . |
| 8 | Stae benefit is higher than ever before and provides more adequately for those in need . |
| 9 | It was claimed that money spent on the NHS between 1979 and 1987 had increased in real terms by a third , that more patients were receiving treatment than ever before and that the numbers of doctors , dentists and nurses had increased substantially . |
| 10 | Once , Swan flew higher than ever before and they came to an enormous billowing cloud that was shining in a pale golden light , and in the folds of this cloud Little Billy could make out creatures of some sort moving around . |
| 11 | The structural changes which would be necessary to reduce the present Davis Cup match format from three days , to one , would destroy the whole character of a competition which , in this commercially dominated age , is arguably more important to the world of tennis than ever before |
| 12 | However , the latest amendments to the Building Regulations require much higher standards of insulation than ever before and have also belatedly recognised the problems that over-insulation can cause as far as condensation is concerned — both inside the house itself and also within the building 's structure . |
| 13 | A new and distinctive chapter was opening in relationships between the masses , more numerous , more literate , and better organized than ever before , and middle-class organizations and agencies who were realizing more urgently than ever before that new initiatives were needed to bridge the great abyss of class . |
| 14 | The overall quality levels of restoration and maintenance are probably higher now than ever before and market values have aided this aspect . |
| 15 | The 1992 version shows more vegetables and flowers than ever before and they are bigger , newer , more colourful and genetically purer . |
| 16 | The working class is more uniform in origins than ever before because downward mobility has declined . |
| 17 | It is likely then that marriages , at least amongst the propertied , in fact lasted longer during the Victorian period than ever before or since . |
| 18 | I was horn in March 1947 , at the peak of the Bulge : more babies horn that month than ever before or after , and carried through the terrible winter of 1946–47 . |
| 19 | But none of this alters the fact that when she died there were more serfs in Russia than ever before and that they were worse treated than under any of her predecessors . |
| 20 | The Ringhals nuclear power plant in Sweden is producing more electricity than ever before and currently meets 19% of the nation 's total demand . |
| 21 | Ms Davidson suggests that PR is now valued more than ever before and this is reflected in the number of highly qualified people coming into the industry . |
| 22 | than ever before |
| 23 | But fifth seed Ivan Lendl 's hopes of mastering grass looked more forlorn than ever after he was dispatched in straight sets by Byron Black of Zimbabwe . |
| 24 | But Ivan Lendl 's hopes of mastering grass looked more forlorn than ever after he was dispatched in straight sets by Byron Black of Zimbabwe . |
| 25 | The rain was falling harder than ever as I cycled home down the Banbury Road , through the science ghetto on Parks Road and into a time-warp . |
| 26 | Democracy was further away than ever as censorship and propaganda were intensified . |
| 27 | After a short time , Reni 's wife excused herself , and everyone stood , watching her wend her way through the small jungle , looking lonelier than ever as she went . |
| 28 | The face has always had a dialectical relationship to art and , today perhaps , this is stronger than ever as we view the face — in portraiture — with a scepticism characteristic of our age and as we witness the convergence of popular culture and fine art in so many spheres . |
| 29 | The lines of bitterness seemed more pronounced than ever as she rose from her chair and crossed to the door . |
| 30 | This message is as relevant now as it was in 1940 and is more urgent than ever as the myth of material progress loses its power . |