Example sentences of "than from a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no better way of buying cheese than from a specialist cheese shop , where you will be encouraged to taste before buying and the retailer will be knowledgeable , friendly and , above all , enthusiastic about his stock . |
| 2 | Inheritance tax is payable on property which passes on a death , other than from a husband to a wife or vice versa . |
| 3 | It may have a dysfunctional effect on staff motivation if figures for capitation ‘ appear from on high ’ rather than from a more open assessment of needs and available resources . |
| 4 | The damage done can be much worse than from a fire — while the chances of it happening are much higher . |
| 5 | However , this resulted from an improved understanding of how certain information handling functions supported the organisation 's objectives , rather than from a deliberate intention to introduce a computer to the situation . |
| 6 | Blood may have continued to ooze for some time after death , though less so here than from a dependent part . |
| 7 | It is not necessarily an accurate description of the demands of the job , and the skill label may result more from the strength of the trade union or occupational group in maintaining that its members should continue to hold that position , than from a dispassionate assessment of the skill content of the job . |
| 8 | A potential result of such strong attitudes against credit is that when financial pressures mount to the point where they override a reluctance to borrow , the reluctant borrower may want to borrow covertly — that is , borrow from an informal-seeming local lender rather than from a recognised lending institution such as a bank . |
| 9 | This is in accord with the volcanological model developed recently by the BGS team for the Lower Borrowdale Volcanic Group , in which the group is one element in an extensive plateau-andesite lava field erupted from numerous fissures and vents rather than from a central volcano . |
| 10 | But she passionately wanted to get on with him ; she made every effort to entertain and to captivate , for in proximity he was even more dazzling than from a distance . |
| 11 | Teachers ' perceptions about reading instruction often derive from a pragmatic approach rather than from a theoretical background . |
| 12 | However , a spring sowing of such seed will produce some plants , though the number will be fewer than from a summer sowing . |
| 13 | For those who attend merely because they are required to do so , rather than from a genuine interest , the seminar can be a waste of time . |
| 14 | A combination boiler provides both heating and a continuous supply of hot water ( though at a slower flow than from a hot water cylinder ) . |
| 15 | Even more important was his use of lymph taken from a smallpox pustule in its early stage of development , rather than from a mature pustule which was likely to be contaminated with a variety of organisms . |
| 16 | The rise in the illegitimacy rate during World War II resulted from many marriages not taking place ( owing to conscription and general wartime dislocation ) , rather than from a rise in premarital conceptions . |
| 17 | However , baronies associated with castles or the greater landed lay families have not been studied other than from a legalistic or genealogical point of view . |
| 18 | Because of the devolved nature of National Certificate assessment , much more feedback is available than from a traditional external examination . |
| 19 | How much harder it is to turn away from Rosa Burger , from her internal wrangling and the external forces that bear down on her , than from a faceless newspaper report . |
| 20 | You get more support from a boyfriend than from a husband who does n't help you with anything . |
| 21 | Indeed , it must be more comprehensible to , and dignified for , students to get the whole of their resources from the education system rather than from a mixture of social security and the education system . |
| 22 | For example , the historian who is studying a parish in the Sussex Weald might get more enlightenment from an analysis of the economy and social structure of a wood-pasture community in the Forest of Arden than from a comparable study of a nearby parish on the South Downs , which might offer some rewarding contrasts but few points of similarity . |
| 23 | Believing their children will receive a better and more disciplined education , with a greater prospect of university entry than from a state school , many parents who can afford it send their children to such private institutions , known ( confusingly ) as " public schools . " |
| 24 | It will look at the entirety of the obligations undertaken by the firm and determine the nature of the relationship from the whole contract construed in the light of its commercial context rather than from a few words in the contract . |
| 25 | I can see that perhaps if they want to have a er they may feel they need to stray into other boundaries but I did feel that when I read what Huntingdon district council proposed which was if you like , to completely re-drawing the electoral map for the entire county I was n't actually looking at something that was designed to deal with the interests of the citizens of Huntingdon district council , I was looking at the straightforward political proposal which would be far better to come from a political party than from a district council . |
| 26 | Selecting a carpet from the roll is always better than from a pattern book to get clearer idea of how the carpet will look . |
| 27 | It must not be forgotten , however , that although a particular period may contain a low proportion of defective items , if publications from that period are in great demand , a larger number of defective items from that period may be issued ( and may suffer further damage ) than from a less popular period , even if the latter contains a higher proportion of items in need of repair . |
| 28 | The I 'm not an economic development officer so the er breadth of the perspective I have is limited from market experience rather than from a broader overview . |