Example sentences of "than [prep] a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , Braveman and Jarvis ( 1978 ) , having argued that their results imply separate mechanisms for the two phenomena , go on to acknowledge the possibility that their results might simply reflect the use of a test procedure that was less sensitive as a measure of conditioning than as a measure of neophobia . |
| 2 | In spite of the visual evidence , Lam is presented less as a modernist than as a rebel against modernism , as the outsider who challenges Europe on its own terms and wins . |
| 3 | However , a really heavy paper does not impress and is often seen more as ostentation than as a sign of quality . |
| 4 | There has been a balance Chair , and , and hence the fact that we 've knocked it off as an efficiency saving rather than as a reduction in service . |
| 5 | In fact , the ‘ aesthetic ’ is discussed on the course , but as a problematic rather than as a response to literature . |
| 6 | On the cross Christ himself came to be portrayed as a man in agony rather than as a God in majesty . |
| 7 | Both may be used as a shopping method ( selected for its convenience ) rather than as a type of credit . |
| 8 | He did n't have to change , he simply had to present himself as more of a lovable reprobate than as a spirit of corruption ; PR was everything , as long as it did n't cross the thin line over into patronisation . |
| 9 | But if talk of a right were insisted upon it would be seen as no more than as a flourish of personification to emphasise that the trustee had legal obligations towards the grave . |
| 10 | Zuwaya asserted in political discussion that no man was better than another ( a principle used in argument , rather than as a guide to action ) ; but when they spoke about distributive justice they put little emphasis on economic egalitarianism . |
| 11 | The first line of defence of established literary study against culturalist pressures is to emphasize ‘ literature as literature ’ rather than as a version of philosophy , history , sociology , and so forth . |
| 12 | Isolation due to lack of information about other disabled artists could encourage an individual to develop their creativity no further than as a tool for assimilation into the dominant culture and access to their arts . |
| 13 | For this purpose the owner will include any person in occupation other than as a tenant from year to year or for any less term or as tenant at will ( London Building Act 1930 , s5 ) . |
| 14 | Besides , the ritual of sampling and inspection makes it easy for the field man to portray his activity as a normal part of his job , rather than as a search for evidence of deviance . |
| 15 | It was true that the marchers were outnumbered but many of the men and women attending the rally had merely bought tickets for the show rather than as a gesture of commitment to Mosley . |
| 16 | She suspected that the Bishop and the Archdeacon had invited her to the meeting more to enlist her help as a sleuth than as a source of information of a kind which might be to them , in any case , unwelcome . |
| 17 | Governors were kept informed but as a decision of the headteachers rather than as a matter of right . |
| 18 | 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 ) . |
| 19 | Financial circumstances other than as a result of redundancy under the terms of the Employment Protection ( Consolidation ) Act 1978 ( notice of which is received after the issue of the Booking Confirmation ) , disinclination to travel or weather conditions . |
| 20 | In fact very few of them are , just as very few of the total number of people who get drunk are alcoholic and very few of the total number of fat people are compulsive overeaters — many are simply fat as a result of greed or lack of care rather than as a result of compulsion . |
| 21 | Upon notice being given to the Corporation that the motor car described in the Schedule is to be laid up and out of use for a period of not less than four consecutive weeks ( otherwise than as a result of loss or damage covered by the Policy ) and subject to the relative International Motor Insurance Card ( Green Card ) being returned to the Corporation the Policy will be automatically suspended as from the date upon which such Card is received by the Corporation except as regards loss of or damage to such motor car by fire lightning explosion theft or attempted theft and on renewal a refund of 75% of the pro rata premium for the suspended period will be deducted from the renewal premium . |
| 22 | Tests of medical house doctors after a night spent on emergency admissions ( when they got an average of 1.5 hours ' sleep ) showed them to be significantly worse at a memory task designed to tap these skills than after a night off duty . |
| 23 | If we compare the two slopes then the line from circle centre to circle centre has a slope of 27.789 degrees whilst that from the Ogbourne centre to Bishops Cannings church is 27.74 degrees , less than of a degree of arc . |
| 24 | The law must be strengthened and operate on an open basis , rather than under a cloak of secrecy . |
| 25 | The Order defines a self-employed person as an individual who works for gain or reward otherwise than under a contract of employment , whether or not he himself employs others . |
| 26 | Most crucially , the report still viewed unemployment as something requiring periodic relief rather than with a sense of understanding of how relief and cure were bound up together . |
| 27 | And after a long day 's walking , what better way to end it than with a glass of cider in one of St Ives ' treasures — The Three Ferrets . |
| 28 | Section 4(1) ( c ) provides : ( c ) ( i ) that the only supply of the product to another by the person proceeded against was otherwise than in the course of a business of that person 's ; and ( c ) ( ii ) that section 2(2) above does not apply to that person or applies to him by virtue of things done otherwise than with a view to profit … |
| 29 | Mrs Hill was a small , plump , middle-aged woman , with fine frizzy hair which she encased in a fine frizzy hair net ; she always wore a purple and blue flowered pinny , a garment more in keeping with an aunt or a cleaner than with a lover of science . |
| 30 | It is essential that such decisions be discussed in an environment of understanding and good sense , rather than in a climate of ignorance and fear . |