Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] [adv] than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this version we shall in fact assume that it is wages that are set by trade unions one period in advance and that prices are flexible ; that is , we shall examine a sticky wage rather than a sticky price model . |
| 2 | Under the heading of ‘ occupational generalist ’ , Brennan and McGeevor ( 1988 ) list polytechnic/college degrees in business studies , environmental planning , hotel and catering administration , textile and fashion design and 3D design , all of which prepare the student for work in a broad occupation rather than a specific job niche . |
| 3 | The 3.4-kb mRNA is expressed in skin of mice homozygous or hemizygous for the original p mutation , but at a very reduced level ( Fig. 2 a , lanes 11 and 12 ) , consistent with genetic data indicating that p is a low activity rather than a null mutation . |
| 4 | Because I knew there was 1000 metres — or thought there was — I flew a normal approach rather than a dedicated short field landing . |
| 5 | The events have , to conclude , all the trappings of a liturgical ceremony rather than a military exercise , and that is almost certainly what lies behind the story , and what gave it its origins . |
| 6 | Nicholas Winterton , who is planning to abstain in next week 's vote , described it as a short-term fix rather than a long-term solution . |
| 7 | It represents a complete turnaround rather than a minor course correction ; a turning away from sin to salvation and service in Christ . |
| 8 | If a comprehensive task description can be completed then it is legitimate to enquire why the task can not be allocated to a technical device rather than a human being . |
| 9 | In each specialty , especially the paramedical ones like the clinical lab and physical therapy , there is a head person who is a working specialist rather than a full-time manager . |
| 10 | This was approximately one fifth full size , but was a working mock-up rather than a true scale model . |
| 11 | Changes were afoot in the world of Britpop but even so , the NME of the '50s was still a big band paper first and foremost , and one that saw its typical reader as a working musician rather than a fan . |
| 12 | It would not be the first time that a ‘ bad cold ’ has referred to a political chill rather than a runny nose . |
| 13 | ‘ It was a dynastic marriage designed to fit in with rules and regulations , a political arrangement rather than a personal one . |
| 14 | Throughout its inter-war history , the Conservative Party owed a great deal to Stanley Baldwin who , as Middlemass and Barnes have suggested , was a political giant rather than a political pigmy . |
| 15 | Sometimes they demonstrably were not ; for example , portraits of the Emperor Augustus struck at the end of his reign , when he was seventy-six , do not depict a man of that age and do not correspond with the unflattering description given by his biographer , Suetonius. portraits such as this are intended to be the embodiment of a political ideal rather than a realistic likeness ( though in some cases , such as that of Nero , they might be both ) . |
| 16 | The Washington Post of July 18 described the vote as " a political gesture rather than a decisive legal act " . |
| 17 | The Washington Post of July 18 described the vote as " a political gesture rather than a decisive legal act " . |
| 18 | Since 1989 benefits have been calculated on a daily basis rather than a weekly basis . |
| 19 | lt is to be distinguished from summative evaluation , which I associate with assessment , a periodic measurement rather than a continuous monitoring of process . |
| 20 | This attitude is not uncommon but it was new to me , as were a good many of Sophie 's ideas , and because of its novelty I think I was unconsciously moulded by it : I had begun to see Richard as someone to be ‘ got round ’ , a duped enemy rather than a husband . |
| 21 | If talking Patois is best analysed as a social activity rather than a purely informational one , then the narratives by Susan and Stephen can be said to be exceptional in that they do not involve any other participants from the same speech community . |
| 22 | Many midwives feel the current emphasis in antenatal care should be of a social nature rather than a medical one , yet Taylor ( 1985 ) , in a study of consumers ' perceptions of maternity care , showed that clients ' emotional needs are often ignored . |
| 23 | Now Livingston appears to be fighting a losing cause , especially since he is relying on a scientific defence rather than a claim the BAF testing procedure was suspect . |
| 24 | ( It 's just possible that the youngsters were expressing a scientific talent rather than a dislike of the press , for their is no denying that McGinty 's ample form would produce an immediate uplift in the balloon . ) |
| 25 | In those institutions where the social sciences , especially sociology , were taught , principally the London School of Economics ( LSE ) , it was a theoretical tradition rather than a social research one which was encouraged . |
| 26 | This is rather like the American system of presidential elections except that in the American system , the people who are voted for are tied to a particular candidate , so it 's really just erm a convoluted way of having a direct system rather than a genuinely indirect system here . |
| 27 | A provision that is written informally , or is described as a " procedure " or " code of practice " is , regardless of technical factors , likely to be interpreted as a lesser obligation rather than a " rule " or " regulation " . |
| 28 | Whereas if we go on the back of something else or somebody else as as you were saying on on the back of a wedding er brochure or something like that , in other words , go down down a specialized avenue rather than a general one , you might achieve something better . |
| 29 | Not s in a sense just by individual feudal landlords , but by landlords saying well I 'm , I 'm not really feudal anyway , that I 've moved on from that , I am a commercial landlord rather than a feudal landlord . |
| 30 | Airships are making a commercial comeback less than a year after Australian businessman Alan Bond 's Airship Industries crashed to earth with debts of £50 million . |