Example sentences of "that than [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shutters ' anchor points had to be welded to the hull and , especially at the stern where the windows wrapped round Wavebreaker 's counter , the bolts looked intrusive and ugly , but better that than to be a good-looking boat fifty fathoms down and still sinking . |
| 2 | Instead of manufacturer 's servicing it 's just an oil change and level check , that 's all it is , every three months , three thousand miles , because bearing in mind that these vehicles will be over five years and sixty thousand miles it 's less onerous to the customer to have that than to be forced into having a manufacturer service which they probably ca n't afford . |
| 3 | Dickens 's Will Fern , with first-hand knowledge of life inside one , complains of this female tendency : ‘ It looks well in a picter , I 've heerd say ; but there a n't weather in picters , and maybe ‘ t is fitter for that than for a place to live in . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Guys like Stefan and Boris will be more pumped up for that than for a preparation tournament . ’ |
| 5 | They were lovers now , and he preferred today to dwell on that than on the knottier problems . |
| 6 | ‘ I just want to play regular football and I do n't think there 's a better place to do that than at Goodison . ’ |
| 7 | I kept hoping the foreman would notice , but he did n't ; there was some meeting going on and he seemed more concerned with the fact that all the bosses were going to that than in what we were doing . ’ |