Example sentences of "[noun] than from [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . " |
| 2 | The old master-spy , William Casey , was said , not least by North , to have masterminded both the Iran and contra operations , and that may well be true of the broad canvas ; but the marks are those of an enthusiastic amateur in espionage , a man who had learnt his craft of secret agent more from the cinema than from the CIA handbook . |
| 3 | However , according to locals , there is actually more of a risk from the conventional pollutants that are pumped into the sea than from the power station , and this stopped people swimming in it . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |