Example sentences of "than [verb] at the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's probably no more pleasant than living at the centre of some large , dirty , crime-ridden city . |
| 2 | The idea of confidence runs thus : Rather than look at the probability of getting this precise result , we find the probability of getting a less likely observed result . |
| 3 | In 797 Barcelona , the main Catalonian city , fell to the Franks and the Saracen governor , Zeid , rebelling against his master in Cordova , sought vassalage with the Christians rather than defeat at the hands of a fellow Moslem . |
| 4 | Nor can we do more than guess at the consequences of the Greek ignorance of Latin . |
| 5 | However , the reduction in railway employment was offset by the growth of activity in the Post Office , and changes in bus service employment were less than feared at the time of ‘ deregulation ’ ( 1987 ) . |
| 6 | I expect a Public Sector Borrowing Requirement in the current financial year of £35 billion , slightly lower than projected at the time of my Autumn Statement . |
| 7 | Lady followed her example rather than suffer at the hands of her infuriated master . |