Example sentences of "[noun] than by [art] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was if anything more irritated by the quiet drumming of the electric typewriter than by the clatter of the old mechanical one . |
| 2 | People were more preoccupied with rumours about an imminent sharp reduction in food rations than by the speech of the Führer , noted the SD . |
| 3 | However , on reflection , he decided that the question of the relationship between client , auditor and supervisor would be better settled by Parliament than by the Bank of England and the accounting profession . |
| 4 | If even attempts to improve the standard of estate management did not raise the level of the returns ( and the study of the Talbot Whitchurch estates suggests that these were more affected by the underlying economic conditions than by the standard of management ) , the only prospect for a lord was to seek some supplementary income beyond that of his estates . |
| 5 | It is a process which has led universities — some of them at least — to appear to be driven less by the pursuit of knowledge than by the pursuit of funding . |
| 6 | Mr. Gilpin said ‘ picturesque ideas are all cloathed in bodily forms and may often be explained better by a few strokes of the pencil than by a volume of the most laboured description . ’ |
| 7 | At the time Louisa was more impressed by the fact that Henry had lied to their father than by the dreariness of the place . |
| 8 | Estimating the loss in value of a machine in a year is difficult in itself , and may be guided less by the physical state of the asset than by the possibility of tax concessions . |
| 9 | I sought to prove that , if an aerodrome or transport park was the objective of an operation , then the destruction of 50 aircraft or units of transport was more easily accomplished by a sub-unit of five men than by a force of 200 men . |
| 10 | I am much less worried by the kisses than by the question of the identity of the officer in front of me . |
| 11 | Doctrinally it demonstrates that ‘ development ’ may have to proceed at times more by reversal than by an extension of what has hitherto been taught . |