Example sentences of "for [adj] [noun] [adv] than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A number of arguments is usually advanced in favour of a selected or key settlement policy for rural areas rather than a strategy of dispersed growth . |
| 2 | We study different cultures and the communities that produce them , placing our primary emphasis on social relations and treating culture as a vehicle or medium for social interaction rather than an end in itself . |
| 3 | These procedures will need to tailored to each specific sale but a common theme will be a guideline for the submission date for indicative offers rather than a deadline . |
| 4 | According to Bob Rouse of specialist hotel consultancy Business Green , the industry 's position ‘ well down the chain of environmental polluters ’ has caused an unfortunate piecemeal approach , driven by the need for instant solutions rather than the long-term commitment required , with initiatives mostly those of large companies . |
| 5 | What I want is an institute which is a centre for architects : a very different concept and one which puts the emphasis on the human capacity for individual creativity rather than the resulting artefact . |
| 6 | Although in many areas votes were cast for individual candidates rather than the party which fielded them , analysis of the results showed that support for the AP had shifted markedly from urban to rural areas where government development plans and projects had made an impact . |
| 7 | With the Rule of St Benedict ( c. 550 ) , supremely , the monastic community was launched on the road of catering for ordinary people rather than a spiritual élite . |
| 8 | They treat the statistics as a topic for sociological analysis rather than a resource for theory-building . |
| 9 | La Fontaine , in her review of studies of British kinship suggests that there seems to be ‘ a preference for particular siblings rather than a general solidarity with brothers and sisters ’ ( La Fontaine , 1985 , p. 54 ) . |
| 10 | We shall look at these functions in a moment , but it will be useful to think in terms of certain places in the landscape being the foci for single activities rather than a whole range of functions . |
| 11 | A forward contract is therefore a contract for forward delivery rather than a contract for immediate or spot or cash delivery , and generally no money is exchanged between the counterparties until delivery . |
| 12 | Thus , quite a lot of early mammalian development is devoted to setting aside most of the cells for extra-embryonic structures rather than the embryo itself . |
| 13 | Our ‘ Marilyn Monroe ’ schema is more likely to include fingernails than the kind you knock into walls , and our ‘ king schema ’ will contain seals for stamping wax rather than the kind that eat fish . |