Example sentences of "than [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , if cost effectiveness is seen as a relevant criterion , the potential savings in accident costs alone promise to more than recoup the outlay on the environmental traffic management schemes . |
| 2 | Shouting at the two children talking when they should n't during assembly rather than praising the other two hundred for sitting quietly is typical of a pre-occupation with failure . |
| 3 | Handling the information held in the system is more important than handling the system , for the system is merely a means to an end . |
| 4 | on your own than push the buggy . |
| 5 | But there 's no bigger drain on public funds than financing the dole . |
| 6 | Rather than treat the indenting of the first line of a paragraph as simply some cosmetic device , as Longacre ( 1979 ) does , we might look upon it as an indication by a writer of what he intends us to treat as the beginning of a new part of his text . |
| 7 | Wisely , three representative images are chosen for detailed state by state analysis , rather than encumbering the whole catalogue with such voluminous information . |
| 8 | With this in mind , a less visually seductive format might well have allowed a more readily comprehensible layout ; serious readers do not object to all illustrations being bound together rather than fragmenting the text in this way . |
| 9 | But rather than helping the development of the country , these petrodollars would spread chaos and disappointment among millions of people , while offering fabulous opportunities of corruption to the court , the Shah 's family and may foreign companies and merchants . |
| 10 | Had he and the Bishop already decided even before Spruce came that they would set Theodora on ( one , after all , of their own kind and bound by clerical obedience ) rather than helping the normal , if crude , processes of the law ? |
| 11 | But if Dr Mumby 's right , Turtle fans may find that rather than helping the good guys , they could instead get a cow bunger clobbering from the Turtle team by turning into the baddies . |
| 12 | At the other end of the spectrum , many Northern Hemisphere administrators and coaches feel uneasy about law changes designed to increase spectator appeal rather than modify the game in response to arguments emanating from the game 's grass roots . |
| 13 | I feel there can be few more worthy objects for the book-collector who is suitably placed geographically than gathering the printed products of his town or city through the centuries . |
| 14 | Seen from without , the stately building that fronts the open square is sufficiently imposing ; viewed from within , the place more than fulfils the promise of its exterior . |
| 15 | I am advised that it more than fulfils the requirements of the Standing Order , which is the basis on which I have proposed that the environmental impact assessment should proceed . |
| 16 | It would have been simpler and more effective , he wrote , to lock the doors and seal up the entrances , simpler and more effective and cheaper than manning the whole building . |
| 17 | After initial claims that Travolta was the hero of the hour , the star ordered his Hollywood spokesman not to comment , other than to confirm the plane landed safely . |
| 18 | I am not about to dismiss the poor as part of a force for change , but there is a great deal more to it than organizing the poor to help themselves . |
| 19 | Rather than imitate the blanket policy operated by other publishing houses , a few publishers cater for more specialised needs , such as Taizé chants or responsorial psalmody . |
| 20 | Tap the keys as indicated by the boxes rather than typing the letters : eg do not type the letters or the plus sign in Alt+U |
| 21 | So far , research into psychoneuroimmunology has done no more than scratch the surface of this potentially important topic . |
| 22 | I 've spent nearly a week playing around with the Korg A2 and I feel I have n't done more than scratch the surface . |
| 23 | Even the prescription of a joint approach to issues of sexism and racism ( Brah and Deem , 1986 ) does little more than scratch the surface of a very much deeper problem . |
| 24 | My thesis is that the remedy is not to discard voluntary bodies but to infuse them with a new purpose and to make new demands upon them ; and I have suggested that the new purpose is nothing less than to preserve the individuality of man . |
| 25 | I have as much scepticism as the next person about new techniques for analysing so-called discourse communities which seem to do little else than parse the text of student e-mail with an home-grown SNOBOL program . |
| 26 | It is clear , furthermore , that Categories 1 and 2 do not impose an evidential burden on the defendant as far as the consent issue is concerned , for generally speaking , where the defence seeks to do no more than deny the prosecution 's assertion , it is entitled to have its claims placed before the jury . |
| 27 | Arguably , the defence has no evidential burden to discharge in this situation , for , since the defence is seeking to do no more than deny the basic elements of the prosecution 's case , any assertion of consent by the defence should be placed before the jury . |
| 28 | We therefore included the case in our analysis for the post-Black period 1984–90 as this information should be regarded as testing rather than generating the Seascale hypothesis . |
| 29 | The number of levels is arbitrary , but it certainly is apparent that there is a very light , superficial , cliche level of communication that serves little more than to acknowledge the presence of another person . |
| 30 | It would be worthless to dwell on the strengths and weaknesses of the regrading exercise here , other than to acknowledge the apparent difficulties associated with it . |