Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] [adv] than [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I m sorry , Mr Beamish , but he 'll be away all day and I thought I 'd better come along rather than leave it till tomorrow . " |
| 2 | Ah yes , the mystic east , flying carpets , romance on all sides , and on the long sandy beach around the translucent waters of the bay at Ortakent you can laze your days away doing little else than looking deep into each other 's eyes . |
| 3 | This will mean that funding will go where it is most needed locally rather than according to a set of priorities determined in Whitehall . |
| 4 | The snag with this is that the suppressed feelings are still experienced internally rather than avoided or prevented . |
| 5 | But , erm , at the initial stage , the problem of order , really goes no further than asking a factual question . |
| 6 | By the time the children have grown up , the marital relationship can be very empty , often extending little further than sharing the same house . |
| 7 | Many firms now buy in rather than make components themselves , and overcome the problems of controlling quality and delivery by forming very close relationships with suppliers sometimes in return for single-supplier status . |
| 8 | Even in the relegation season the attendance averages were above 18,000 ( unlike those at Roker Park which frequently drop even quicker than did Marco Gabbiadini 's reputation at Crystal Palace ) . |
| 9 | Caught between the preaching of the Roman catholic clergy and appeals from protestants and liberal Roman catholics — including Dr FitzGerald — not to constitutionalize the issue , it would appear that many voters simply stayed away rather than vote against the proposal . |