Example sentences of "than [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Handling the information held in the system is more important than handling the system , for the system is merely a means to an end . |
| 3 | But there 's no bigger drain on public funds than financing the dole . |
| 4 | Wisely , three representative images are chosen for detailed state by state analysis , rather than encumbering the whole catalogue with such voluminous information . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | This works even when recipients are away from their desks providing their PC is left on — ‘ far more efficient than sticking a Post-It note on their screen , ’ Richard smiled . |
| 11 | There are few simpler things than cooking a salmon . |
| 12 | It 's better this than wasting a load of money that carpets we 're gon na bin anyway |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Peter began by saying he had decided to use his spare time for research rather than editing a new series . |
| 15 | Is Labour still reflecting the ideals of the past rather than organizing a response to the problems of the future ? |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | Rather than proving an insoluble methodological problem , these contradictions are , in fact , a key finding in the research . |
| 19 | This is usually more valuable than generating an allowable loss for capital gains tax purposes . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | However , rather than realising a £17m loss , Tootal 's figures show a £3.4m profit , with most of the difference written off earlier through the balance sheet . |
| 22 | As table 3 shows , the key legal services used by businesses tend to be the sort that are need-driven — litigation , commercial property and employee legislation — rather than reflecting a broader and continuous relationship . |
| 23 | It is clear that the lessons of ‘ 92 have not been learned and again Managers would appear to be telling Senior Management what they want to hear , rather than reflecting the real situation . |
| 24 | Since then , however , the LDP had recovered ground under the steady leadership of Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu , while the opposition had been increasingly perceived as divided and as having little policy other than opposing the government . |
| 25 | So it looks like this particular First Lady will have more serious matters on her mind than re-decorating the White House like Jackie Kennedy had . |
| 26 | Naïve , that 's what he was always calling me — that or juvenile , and you ca n't get more juvenile or naïve than allowing a man like Luke Denner to seduce you and then half hoping , almost believing in the fantasy that somehow you might actually mean something to him ! ’ |
| 27 | In such a distinctly chic composition this hybrid between trelliswork and pergola helps contain the garden at ground level rather than allowing the view to be dominated by the high surrounding urban walls . |
| 28 | The possible solutions will depend on the severity of the handicap , but parents should be encouraged to consider ways in which their children might remain creatively active , thus continuing the process of education rather than allowing the person to retrogress . |
| 29 | They remain merely an intriguing possibility , showing more about the human addiction to order than allowing the Earth to show her own organic nature . |
| 30 | Secondly , the professional may insist upon controlling the work that he or she does rather than allowing the administrator to impose control . |