Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [adv] than [adv] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Is there not some call on judges to be just a little a a little more respectful perhaps when they 're they 're dealing with cases like this rather than as flippant as he
2 Franco 's failure to assist them undoubtedly contributed to that result and had been calculated in political rather than exclusively military terms .
3 A move towards supporting business activities is likely to lead to more investment in favourable rather than more depressed economies , as the SDA attempts to assist ‘ winners ’ .
4 Instead , the variety of functions of the youth services are described in pedagogical rather than purely bureaucratic terms , giving for the first time recognition to the specific professional skills and capacities of social workers ( Gernert , 1990 ) .
5 The politically active came to see Britain 's problems in international rather than exclusively domestic terms , an important change for many in the Labour Party .
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