Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] than by [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Namaliu stressed that the raids had been authorized by field commanders rather than by the government , and suggested that similar occurrences could be avoided in the future if both countries co-operated in border surveillance measures to prevent BRA members from using Solomon Islands ' territory . |
| 2 | The relevant statute empowered the minister to set up such a committee but in this case he refused to do so on the ground that the complaint was unsuitable for investigation because it raised wide issues ; that if the committee upheld the complaint he would be expected to make an order to give effect to the committee 's recommendations ; and that the complaint should be dealt with by the Board rather than by the committee of investigation . |
| 3 | So the fact that Paste is grouped together with Cut and Copy means that you probably recognise it by association rather than by the picture on the icon ! |
| 4 | There are three distinct areas in which the quality of the final document can be affected by the equipment rather than by the design ; the input devices , the software and , obviously , the output device . |
| 5 | Even if this shift is due to the availability of cheap labour power in other countries it is by no means obvious that socialists should support long-run protectionism : it may represent considerable progress for a ‘ Third World ’ worker to be exploited by capital in the production of labour-intensive commodities rather than by a landlord . |
| 6 | In Book I , Chapter 3 , Section 3 of his A System of Logic ( written before he had decided that a quality is simply a sensation regarded in a certain relation ) he distinguishes between a sensation and a quality , a distinction which , he feels , may be missed because we can seldom refer to the sensation otherwise than by a circumlocution , for example , by reference to the quality , as when we call a sensation ‘ the sensation of white ’ . |
| 7 | The timetable for a scheme is governed primarily by the court rather than by the City Code , but the Panel will wish to be consulted on the overall timetable . |
| 8 | The most senior of these officials appear in the Bundestag : oral questions arc often answered by the Staatssekretär rather than by the minister himself , leading to a weakening of the institution of the oral parliamentary question , especially since the answers given are often not informative or satisfactory , and the length of questions limited . |
| 9 | In 1987 he argued for a beefed-up Neddy with the council meetings chaired by the industry secretary rather than by the chancellor . |
| 10 | John England the Group Manager for Leeds Social Services with special responsibility for Leeds Social Services with special responsibility for Care in the Community , pointed out that residential care will now be paid for by local authority social services departments rather than by the Government direct . |
| 11 | Corniglia is the hardest to reach as it , unlike all the others , is high up on the cliffs rather than by the sea . |
| 12 | If the landlord will not accept the amendment , then the tenant 's adviser should seek to ensure that any dispute about the rent is determined by arbitration rather than by an expert . |
| 13 | The general secretary of the railway union is elected by the federal congress rather than by the railway delegates alone , and there is a growing concern to concentrate policy-making at federal level . |
| 14 | A licence fee will cost about £10 and users will be charged for each unit of information rather than by the minute , although there will be no charge for customers linking into GSN . |
| 15 | The application for clearance must be made , somewhat anomalously , by Target or Newco rather than by the vendor shareholders who wish to benefit from the capital gains tax deferral . |
| 16 | Currently 8 per cent of the population has private health insurance , which is usually paid for by an employer rather than by the individual . |
| 17 | because the work is more effectively carried out by a single-purpose organization rather than by a government department with a wide range of functions ; |
| 18 | This partly explains why , although functioning for many recent years in ways similar to banks , they have been exempt from regulations applying to banks and have been supervised by the Registrar of Friendly Societies rather than by the Bank of England . |
| 19 | Mr. Richards also accepts that the procedure adopted by the judge on 16 October 1991 , and in particular his long and involved attempt to dispose of the matter otherwise than by an order , was inappropriate , and the judge was wrong to link the question of a wasted costs order with the question of a disciplinary complaint to the General Council of the Bar . |
| 20 | This is not an absolute rule : for example , it may be easier to construe as an offer a price list or catalogue issued by a manufacturer rather than by a wholesaler or retailer . |
| 21 | The access battle which was due to be resolved that violent day in December , was settled in court , but by the blade rather than by the Judge . |
| 22 | There is in my judgment no objection to the decisions attacked in this case on the ground that they were or may have been taken by junior ministers rather than by the Secretary of State . |
| 23 | They chose to be funded directly by the Welsh Office rather than by the county council . |
| 24 | It leads to division of labour ( between composer and performer , for example ) , individualism and specialization , and production for a market rather than by a community . |