Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] [adv] than [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you want to warm rooms in very cold temperatures set the heating to come on earlier rather than turning it up higher . |
| 2 | It is important to be clear then about our reasons for feeling that we had to explain why women have come so far rather than explaining why there had been so few gains . |
| 3 | Each piece , given space , will grow much more quickly than leaving the budded offset attached to the base of the main stalk . |
| 4 | However , it is better if the ‘ community ’ can grow up together rather than trying to persuade large , adult fish to forget all their territorial instincts and live harmoniously . |
| 5 | Soviet officials later said that subsidies ( mainly involving the exchange of Soviet oil for Cuban sugar and worth up to an estimated US$3,000 million annually ) would be phased out gradually rather than ended abruptly . |
| 6 | This is particularly the case for reasoning , where the group of deaf people performs much less well than hearing groups . |
| 7 | Accession may be brought about rather quicker than planned . |
| 8 | Should the latter ever happen , it is best to land ahead regardless rather than attempt a circuit . |
| 9 | He said that those last three sets of words ‘ point rather more clearly than does section 1 in the direction of running on business-like or commercial lines ’ . |
| 10 | The driver is that , even though I am suffering , it adds merit to what I do — i.e. I will stand rather than sit , I will struggle through alone rather than ask for help . |
| 11 | It 's just , I I you know , we were there and we 'd sort of gone past so rather than reverse |
| 12 | For on the outside , they live far more lavishly than do ‘ ordinary ’ criminals , and experience a correspondingly greater contrast between ‘ normal ’ and prison life … |
| 13 | Fellow sufferers move uncomfortably away rather than face similar embarrassment . |
| 14 | The breakdown in sales of the VATable goods we stock fluctuates much more dramatically than do sales of books ; this is largely because of seasonal changes in demand , the start of an academic term for students , and the summer tourist season . |
| 15 | You should gather all your ideas on the same general point into the same section of the essay , so that the essay seems to move forward consistently rather than jump around ; you can test whether the essay does have this sort of organisation by working out an appropriate title for each section and paragraph ( even though in the final version of the essay your paragraphs at least will lose their titles ) . |
| 16 | It is well-known that experience teaches far more effectively than talking about something . |