Example sentences of "than [adv] [v-ing] the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( This is obviously a better way of measuring recall than merely counting the number of words remembered , although it does have the disadvantage of being a less objective method since the actual wording used by a subject may be very different from that used in the passage . ) |
| 2 | But cutting greenhouse emissions from transport will take more than just improving the efficiency of cars and trucks . |
| 3 | In Joan Halton 's attempt to be more whole , she needed to know more about her desire to come first , at least for part of the time , rather than always maintaining the veneer of premature maturity she had felt forced into adopting as a child . |
| 4 | But the British government was still involved in the reproduction of antagonisms in the Ulster statelet , rather than passively accepting the perpetuation of inequalities and discrimination against the catholic — nationalist minority . |
| 5 | In this context , we may recall that Althusser , rather than simply criticizing the notion of history as a totality as Foucault often tended to do , argued for the rearticulation of different histories within a decentred totality , on the assumption that history can not do without one . |