Example sentences of "to [adj] [noun] [adv] than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defence of pluralism , however , was aligned to professional scholarship rather than a clearly formulated politics of education . |
| 2 | A complaint from London Electricity following the loss of the London Underground supply contract to National Power more than a year ago triggered the issue . |
| 3 | You may have noticed over the last three slides that several of sites have had a zero er percentage registered and we certainly feel that in a couple of these sites this was probably due to poor note-keeping rather than a percentage . |
| 4 | The 1986 Act has been criticised for being a pragmatic reaction to recent events rather than a well-considered set of rules based on clearly articulated and consistent premises about the function of the criminal law in the area of public order ( see R. Card : Public Order : The New Law ) . |
| 5 | In Europe , too , subsidising public transport mainly leads to new journeys rather than a switch from private cars ( though additional travel may , in turn , generate economic benefits ) . |