Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] ever " in BNC.
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| 1 | The instrument of resurrection was to be the turnpike. this custom prevailing , 't is more than probable , that our posterity may see the roads all over England restored in their time to such a perfection , that travelling and carriage of goods will be much more easy both to man and horse than ever it was since the Romans lost this island . |
| 2 | I was more of an outsider than ever , but something in me must still have wanted to belong to the family because I was still making deliberate attempts to communicate with the other members . |
| 3 | They also argue that far from there being a decline of religious fervour in fifteenth and sixteenth century Europe , there was more interest and deeper involvement in religion than ever before . |
| 4 | But it was n't to be and as a result we now have fewer engineers and probably fewer skilled people in industry than ever before : crumbly foundations to build upon if it is going to be built along the old traditional lines . |
| 5 | He began to step from one foot to the other , more like a boxer than ever . |
| 6 | Individual works may be studied more carefully for a catalogue entry than ever before . |
| 7 | ‘ In a year which has seen more investment than ever in drama on S4C , it is wonderful not only to have audience acclaim in Wales but critical acclaim of professional peers in the RTS. ’ he said . |
| 8 | ONE of Cleveland biggest annual fundraising events is challenging local businesses to make a bigger splash than ever this year . |
| 9 | And as the disease progressed , all the anxieties became more difficult to ignore — necessarily , because I was growing older and , in my regressive , pre-pubertal state , more of an anomaly than ever among my peers . |
| 10 | The foundation of a national Board of Education signalled the acceptance within the official culture of a need for policies that would co-ordinate an efficient and fully national system of education , and also allowed the voices of dons who had been calling for a transformation of the traditional curriculum to carry more weight than ever before . |
| 11 | Reviewing national programmes , however , raises key and difficult questions for both donors ( why did they not co-operate more effectively ? ) and recipients ( how could they justify a range of prestige projects ? why are they more dependant on aid than ever ? ) |
| 12 | Unionists of the time would scarcely have recognized the terms of the debate , for in 1922 the party was still embroiled with Ireland and the House of Lords , held a smaller share of the popular vote than ever before , and was still split as it had been since 1902 ; few Unionists would have seen the war as a turning-point for the better in the party fortunes . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Nowadays , although I am not prepared to take too many risks , riding brings me more pleasure than ever . |
| 15 | And he knew he 'd be more keenly aware of her loss than ever because he would n't be able to bury himself in his work . |
| 16 | Hazel was more at a loss than ever . |
| 17 | ‘ And they 'd go a long way to ‘ elp ‘ im if ever ‘ e ‘ ad a problem . ’ |
| 18 | Observing our Mr Anthony Hopkins joyfully clutching an Oscar for his part in The Silence of the Lambs , a degenerate movie if ever there was one — and , like all degenerate movies , a box office winner — I concluded that Mrs Whitehouse , contra mundum , is unlikely to get her vote for decency next Thursday . |
| 19 | Sharon Tate 's own artistic contribution to this current genre was in her starring role in the film adaptation of Jacqueline Susann 's true-life novel , Valley of the Dolls , about pill-popping , sex-crazed Los Angeles womenfolk , and that was an exploitation movie if ever there was one . |
| 20 | Did Miss Symes , a seemingly frustrated spinster if ever there was one , have it to excess and was that why she was so anxious for Hillmarden House to become a family home ? |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll break his neck if ever I get hold of him , ’ said Len , looking fiercely round the teashop . |
| 22 | General Hugh Mackay , a soldier 's soldier if ever there was one , would understand ; as indeed , I 'm sure , a more modern general would have , a local landowner who had a very good , private trout loch near Scourie . |
| 23 | " That 's a back-handed compliment if ever I heard one . |
| 24 | If I was her I would have said that was a bloody compliment if ever there was |
| 25 | On the other side of the shop was Spring Place — a misnomer if ever there was one . |
| 26 | It 's HVS in summer and it feels like it in winter , too , as I shiver upwards to join Steve at the stance : a misnomer if ever there was one — just room enough for four front points on an edge . |
| 27 | Oh no it was a that would be a misnomer if ever there was one , because there was room for a table and four chairs and perhaps a settee and that was it . |
| 28 | ‘ To choose time is to save time , ’ Francis Bacon said , a go-getter if ever there was one . |
| 29 | He is Chairman of the UIM 's Personal Watercraft Commission including Jenskies a particularly hot seat if ever there was one . |
| 30 | My favourite Caithness loch is Heilen , near Castletown ; an expert 's loch if ever there was one . |