Example sentences of "than [v-ing] it [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is seen as a shade different from the enforcement of a sentence as such ; and there can be a practical difference where , as is often the case , the enforcing State keeps the confiscated property rather than than transmitting it to the State in which the order was made . |
| 2 | There is no better way of practising the language one is learning than using it outside the classroom . |
| 3 | What you are aiming at is a steady indication on the localiser needle , rather than returning it to the centre . |
| 4 | and it 's cheaper than ordering it off the catalogue . |
| 5 | I like it when you 've got the FX actually going through the amplifier , rather than adding it at the desk , because there 's a certain quality and tonality when everything 's going through that guitar speaker . |
| 6 | For most of the time since 1986 , many parent companies would have done better putting their money safely in a bank deposit than risking it in the securities markets . |
| 7 | But I , but I think you know the , the , the thing that I found erm most difficult as you say was , was actually completing the C C Q and I think part of it and asking the question but it is , certainly it would be easier to do it using that on your knee rather than doing it at the table because I was aware that I was turning away |
| 8 | Well no cos it 's better receiving Valentines card rather than hearing it over the phone really why they gave them out |
| 9 | the sad news for golfers is that you 've a better chance of watching the sport than playing it at the Oxfordshire club … membership is being limited to 750 and the joining fee is twenty five thousand pounds … |
| 10 | If you like hanging out washing rather than drying it in the bowels of an expensive machine , you will need to tuck away a line and make a dry path to get to and from it . |