Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [verb] [adv] than [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Irving has demonstrated the tendency of investigators to employ interrogation techniqes likely to accentuate rather than ameliorate these and other distorting factors . |
| 2 | The number of Darlington firms going bust has more than doubled in the last two years . ’ |
| 3 | STAYING awake proved harder than staying out in front for American superstars Fred Couples and Davis Love at golf 's World Cup in Madrid yesterday . |
| 4 | This somewhat idiosyncratic interpretation is no doubt coloured by the specificities of French history , yet there is little doubt that the British police system is also a political construction of the nineteenth century , created to contain the potential in the newly urbanized working classes for mob disorder , which the excesses of the military had seemed likely to exacerbate rather than disperse . |
| 5 | To sum up , it seems logical to prevent rather than cure but of course prevention as well as being a politicoeconomic consideration , demands knowledge and self-discipline , and for these to be applied , individuals must develop an understanding of the nature and purpose of maintaining a safe environment . |
| 6 | Most burglars will flee empty handed rather than risk a confrontation . |
| 7 | Orton 's camp is indeed constituted by playfulness and it acts as a solvent of morality — but it does this to provoke rather than disarm moral indignation . |