Example sentences of "rather [adj] than [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The results of these Monday afternoon treks ( is at Nursery and I am not at work only Monday and Friday afternoon and Friday afternoon is not a good time to go bothering people ! ) were now covering rather more than a double page and indeed was too much for a single newsletter article . |
| 2 | The crucial distinction between the residual and the institutional model is that , in the latter , the state accepts responsibility for the provision of rather more than a basic minimum . |
| 3 | In the countries of advanced capitalism , on the other hand , sub-central government is rather more than an administrative device . |
| 4 | The software , called Multimedia Interactive Control ( MIC ) , is rather more than an authoring tool . |
| 5 | By 1982 , the state 's accumulated ‘ debt ’ with RENFE was rather more than the annual operating revenue ( RENFE 1984a : 45 ) . |
| 6 | To have produced one important poem is rather more than the vast majority of poets could claim in any age . |
| 7 | The surface energies of glue-solid interfaces are generally rather less than the free surface energies of strong solids , but not very greatly so . |
| 8 | Admittedly , they received rather less than the capitalized value of the rents if they decided to move from " temporary obligation " to redemption without the consent of their peasants . |
| 9 | This may operate as follows : This would normally be expected to produce results rather worse than the mid-square method , but it has proved to be very effective on occasions ( see p. 169 for further discussion ) . |
| 10 | They are extremely difficult to hand-hold , which means that a mounting must always be carried around , and it should be rather firmer than a simple attachment to a camera tripod , because the binoculars are inevitably heavy . |