Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] than by [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Here she was prompted less by social conscience than by a delight in drama . |
2 | Opposition to development from lower income groups is more likely to be motivated by anger at the focus on up-market housing than by a desire to preserve a golden past which they are well aware has never existed . |
3 | He was if anything more irritated by the quiet drumming of the electric typewriter than by the clatter of the old mechanical one . |
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 | ALTHOUGH I agree that many industries are run better by private enterprise than by the state , I think there should only be one bank . |