Example sentences of "of [noun] than as [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is therefore rather more as a tool for the analysis of the nature and functioning of states than as a theory of the emergence of the State that Marx 's and Engels 's views are still acceptable to present-day anthropologists . |
| 2 | Eventually , more as a matter of course than as a reward , he was made an Adjudicator ; judge , jury and executioner , all rolled into one . |
| 3 | Indeed , Darwin 's proposal is much better seen as a theory about the origin of adaptations than as a theory about the origin of species . |
| 4 | It has been claimed by some writers that distinctive feature analysis is not irrelevant to the study of language learning , and that pronunciation difficulties experienced by learners are better seen as due to the need to learn a particular feature or combination of features than as the absence of particular phonemes . |
| 5 | By way of contrast , the British shop steward reacts to , and is more prepared to challenge , management decisions , regarding himself less as an agent of regulation than as a tactician in pursuit of tangible , if elusive improvements for the rank and file' ( ibid. , p. 185 ) . |