Example sentences of "than [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Does he feel that he might try to persuade Mr. Collins at their next meeting to devote a little more time to the containment of that particular problem rather than wasting it on demands that a policeman accompany every Army patrol in Northern Ireland , presumably to ensure that the Special Air Services remember to say ’ please ’ and ’ thank you ’ to any civilian they may encounter ? |
| 32 | ‘ Now our inner cities must be in the vanguard of the new alternative that Labour is building philosophies of empowering people , of realising potential rather than wasting it and of celebrating each life . |
| 33 | ‘ Now our inner cities must be in the vanguard of the new alternative that Labour is building philosophies of empowering people , of realising potential rather than wasting it and of celebrating each life . |
| 34 | That 's the title of this lecture : ‘ The History of the Product ’ , and like all good modern lectures — intended simply to garnish knowledge rather than impart it — this one uses visual aids . ’ |
| 35 | The social dynamics which foregrounded a consciousness of individual identity have been clearly analysed : primo-genitive inheritance forcing younger sons to seek a role outside the family ; the growth of a socially fluid urban society and of cathedral schools and the resultant rise of an administrative class ; the climate of learning and debate about the purposes of life , ideals to be followed and choice of life-style — whether to pursue an active life of involvement with the world of affairs or the inner contemplative ideals of a personal relationship with God within the renunciation and shelter of a cloister ; the stress on personal relationships between friends and lovers ; all these factors contributed to raise the profile of the individual within society rather than submerge it in low relief within a predetermined authoritarian hierarchy . |
| 36 | From the seller 's point of view , rather than expose himself to the vagaries of litigation , and the need to negotiate with each buyer as to exactly what remedies are appropriate in each case , it is preferable to set out a specific and detailed procedure which deals with the remedying of defects . |
| 37 | Costs And Prices : Unit costs growth is the lowest since the survey began in June 1958. 23pc more firms continue to reduce home market prices than raise them . |
| 38 | ‘ People have been writing them off as long as I can remember , but they love nothing better than proving their critics wrong , ’ he said . |
| 39 | ‘ People have been writing them off as long as I can remember , but they love nothing better than proving their critics wrong , ’ he said . |
| 40 | She knew that , even as she knew that , whatever price had to be paid , she would rather pay it than deny herself the overwhelming need coursing through her . |
| 41 | Avoiding further confrontation , the East Germans release the British soldier without further incident , other than contacting his insurance company the next day . |
| 42 | She felt the whispered question rather than heard it . |
| 43 | Similarly , structural analysis is replaced by deconstruction which also questions its objects rather than reflecting them . |
| 44 | Bourgchier may well have thought , as Mancini implies in a narrower context , that to co-operate with the duke rather than opposing him still offered the best hope of warding off disaster . |
| 45 | Bourgchier may well have thought , as Mancini implies in a narrower context , that to co-operate with the duke rather than opposing him still offered the best hope of warding off disaster . |
| 46 | The religious or mystical order clearly supports the secular establishment , rather than opposing it as in some of the spirit possession cults we reviewed in the previous chapter . |
| 47 | Similarly , in an effort to reach an accommodation with women trade unionists , the NUSEC rejected the traditional nineteenth-century feminist opposition to protective legislation , pledging to work for the extension of such legislation to men rather than opposing it for women . |
| 48 | Those with a taste for the bizarre could do worse than make their first night 's stop at the Madonna Inn , ready for a tour of the Hearst Castle next day . |
| 49 | Tony did no more than repeat his run of the morning . |
| 50 | ‘ But why should he keep the scissors rather than throw them away ? ’ |
| 51 | 6 assorted jars of chutney , unused ( I do n't know about you but I seem to accumulate chutney , pickles , lemon curd , etc. , faster than I can demolish it and rather than throw it away when useless , I 'd prefer to give it a good home — the best way of all is to sneak the jars into the National Trust shop at your local Hall or Towers and leave them among the chutneys already there ) |
| 52 | This was before the ‘ epidemic ’ had reached its current proportions and , being unsuccessful in their enterprise , they used it rather than throw it away . |
| 53 | rather than throw it about |
| 54 | But Ceauşescu preferred to terrify his opponents into silence and conformity rather than to kill them . |
| 55 | There is nothing a baby likes more than to see something brightly coloured an interesting . |
| 56 | I did n't know her at all , other than to see her go into the house and out of the house . |
| 57 | Few things are more infuriating for a woman who is denied comfort for her own tears than to see her partner being sympathetically and sensually attracted to a strange woman who is grieving . |
| 58 | After planting they quickly build up into permanent perennial clumps and nothing looks finer in summer than to see them planted in association with a garden pool or other water garden feature . |
| 59 | I have 200m shares , nothing would please me more than to see them at £1 each . ’ |
| 60 | " Nothing would give your mother greater pleasure I 'm sure , Chuck , than to see you bring distinction to yourself and your family , " cut in the senator reprovingly before his wife could reply . |