Example sentences of "than do [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean we we have more than done what was supposed to be to start with to see that it was n't a drain on the parish . |
| 2 | Though that was easier said than done she would do her best , and try instead to enjoy what she could of the coming seven days , and treat each day as a holiday and as if she had n't a care in the world . |
| 3 | Unskilled activity is to do everything rather than to do nothing . |
| 4 | Conclude : ‘ It is better to waste your old age than to do nothing at all with it . ’ |
| 5 | Another study , on Indonesia , has suggested that the TNCs are more liable to attract managers from local firms than to do their own training ( Okada , 1983 ) . |
| 6 | Its actions belied Bush 's declaration on Nov. 15 that he preferred to hold this course than to do something that did not work . |
| 7 | In such cases it is better not to do it than to do it badly . |
| 8 | but it 's more important to get the right person than to do it |
| 9 | The legacy in the GP is a tendency to take action for its own sake — doing something is better than doing nothing ( Freidson , 1970 ) . |
| 10 | Water on its own is n't brilliant , but it is better than doing nothing . |
| 11 | Work is a good deal less boring than doing nothing at all . ’ |
| 12 | We could , but I du n no how realistic it would be , I mean if there was , oh obviously it 'll more realistic than doing nothing . |
| 13 | The aim will be fulfilled if the teacher 's aid encourages self-help skills and good personal organisation by the pupil rather than doing everything for him in the way of fetching and returning materials . |
| 14 | If you 're administering , you might as well administer something that is new and challenging rather than doing something I had been doing all my life . |
| 15 | One might go on to say that if there are two or more consistent interpretations of the lowest level code , then it makes no sense to say that the computer is in fact , say , paying tax refunds rather than doing something else because that can never be more than a matter of pragmatic interpretation by some human users of the thing . |
| 16 | So that rather than doing what language is supposed to do , that bit of publicity , it does exactly the opposite . |
| 17 | Significantly , another housewife mentioned the fact that housework is not paid work as a reason for disliking it ; she said she would be happier doing someone else 's housework for pay than doing her own work . |
| 18 | Quite obviously the passivity of , say , looking at someone else 's drawing is considerably less demanding than doing one 's own . |
| 19 | Yes , I mean I have a very helpful husband , but he 's helping , he sees him himself as helping me rather than doing his share of it without having to ask what help I need . |
| 20 | There is nothing to be gained by translating dollars into pounds in this story any more than doing it in a bank , so the money is untouched . |
| 21 | Karen would n't commit adultery behind Dennis 's back , but there was nothing that excited her more than doing it under his nose . |
| 22 | rather than doing it direct , erm conscription of the painting |
| 23 | This is easier than doing it with numbers , any day . |
| 24 | Rather than doing it the other way . |
| 25 | But I , but I think you know the , the , the thing that I found erm most difficult as you say was , was actually completing the C C Q and I think part of it and asking the question but it is , certainly it would be easier to do it using that on your knee rather than doing it at the table because I was aware that I was turning away |
| 26 | But for him to go self-employed will cost him more money than doing it on the bl black market . |
| 27 | Rather than doing it in erm |
| 28 | ‘ They knew that I liked girls and if I had a choice , I would rather be talking to the girls than doing my homework . ’ |
| 29 | Findings from the unions were a surprise to those who had glimpsed Utopia as a world where work became unnecessary : one American union polled its members and discovered that though they thought work was boring , they would rather do that than do nothing . |
| 30 | He hated sitting still , and remained constantly on the move , restless and seemingly tireless , preferring to call for needle and thread to mend his own clothes rather than do nothing . |