Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun] [adv] than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can become a pleasant social occasion rather than a chore . |
| 2 | It is difficult , to remember that what we are presenting here is an entertaining rehearsed reading rather than a full-scale production . ’ |
| 3 | For present purposes , natural justice is therefore treated as an implied contractual term rather than a floating , self-contained principle . |
| 4 | While modular course choices may in fact be broader than many others , this is a reflection of the specialized nature of British first degrees rather than a consequence of modularity per se , which permits ( within the limits of course requirements ) either breadth or specialization . |
| 5 | We have been impressed by the evidence we have received that this gave an inadequate account of the English language by treating it virtually as a branch of Latin , and constructing a rigid prescriptive code rather than a dynamic description of language in use . |
| 6 | The crude and splenetic expression and presentation of such views suggested irrational pathological prejudice rather than a coherent ideology . |
| 7 | The development of programme structures was seen as an additional administrative responsibility rather than a substitute for previous ones . |
| 8 | They committed themselves to simple pro-rata savings rather than a re-ordering of priorities , reflecting the changing demand for the education and social services . |
| 9 | In the absence of a clear candidate of the right next time , some MPs suspect that Mr Tebbit may be manoeuvring to become a serious outside runner rather than a king-maker . |
| 10 | Today a tiny microelectronic processor less than a quarter-inch square can carry a hundred times more computing power than the massive Ferranti Mark I Star , Europe 's first commercial computer produced in 1950 . |
| 11 | Their chief aim is to transform their party into an ordinary election-fighting group rather than a semi-official civil service . |
| 12 | A DOCUMENTARY programme from NBC-TV in January 1973 , had such an impact that in the following 48 hours more than a quarter of a million copies of the associated book were sold . |
| 13 | They had built their usual untidy nests less than a metre apart on the steep ledges , and now in August each nest held a large , fluffy young gannet . |
| 14 | Unless firm steps are taken , the traditional residents of inner city areas are likely to become even more peripheral to mainstream national life and act as a drain on national economic growth rather than a resource contributing to it . |
| 15 | Porno Dreams were of a notoriously low standard , blurry beyond the bedroom , giving the dreamer the feeling he was dybbukking a deep-sea diving suit rather than a human body . |
| 16 | Six hours of daylight is claimed to give 12 hours of night time light , but of course these cast a soft diffused light rather than a beam you can direct creatively like a spotlight , and they have limitations during the dull days of a typical British winter . |
| 17 | Thus Weber sees a diversification of classes and an expansion of the white-collar middle class rather than a polarization . |
| 18 | Pain in man requires the presence of distributed neuronal circuits rather than a single locus . |
| 19 | Green clearly perceived the protracted negotiations as a major national problem rather than a local skirmish over the retention of Chapter III providing powers by one WEA District . |
| 20 | He sees the revolution of 1905 as a ‘ disintegrating halfway stage rather than a hopeful beginning ’ , stressing the ‘ superficial glow ’ and ‘ gloss of success ’ . |
| 21 | This vision of society contrasts with that of Marxism , which sees power in capitalist society as concentrated in the hands of the ( bourgeois ) ruling class , and society as primarily divided into two great opposing classes rather than a motley of interacting interest groups . |
| 22 | Her last purchase should have been bread — she picked a flat circular loaf rather than a baguette — but she succumbed to temptation and bought one of the plastic containers of the local vin ordinaire , amazingly cheap and good for its price , and several bottles of water too . |
| 23 | As McLean points out , under Mrs Thatcher , ‘ Legislative proposals tend to reflect undiluted political programmes rather than a compromise between competing interests . |
| 24 | This is an interesting case to examine , of course , because in Problems of Social Policy Titmuss presented it as a clear example of a policy change engendered originally by the social debate on evacuation , and then given sudden new urgency by the ‘ decisive ’ influence of Dunkirk in July 1940 ; a marked change in government thinking — a new acceptance of the milk-in-schools scheme as a universalist social service rather than a relief measure tainted with Poor Law associations — took place ‘ five days after the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk ’ . |
| 25 | With a two-terminal nonlinear network rather than a two-terminal nonlinear component , the same procedure applies except that the relevant static characteristic is that of the network . |
| 26 | If you 're overweight , opt for a flattering loose jacket rather than a tailored suit . |
| 27 | ( 1983 ) reveal that of those European Air Chemistry Network stations showing a significant trend of increasing annual average precipitation acidity , this was primarily due to an increased number of intermittent high-acidity episodes rather than a substantial increase in general precipitation acidity . |
| 28 | It is not the right policy for this country , it is not the policy of the Government and I hope that the Opposition will make clear how many of their members support that policy of unilateral nuclear disarmament rather than a policy of secure defences for this country . |
| 29 | It has been said that in the civil law tradition proof-taking ‘ often resembles a series of isolated pre-trial conferences rather than a concentrated trial ’ , which is helpful but must not be read as suggesting that these earlier stages are merely interlocutory ; they are an integral part of the judicial process . |
| 30 | In general , people not actually involved in it saw the Council as the beginning of a new ecclesial era rather than a way of concluding some long-standing issues and leaving it at that , yet the Council 's documents remain for nearly all Catholics the most authoritative Church teaching of this century , beside which even papal encyclicals have comparatively slight standing . |