Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] than [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the management 's commitment to the principle of neighbourhood policing which affords Easton 's unit the autonomy and time to devote themselves to work other than crime control . |
| 2 | I 'd sooner have my hands cut off than vote Conservative . ’ |
| 3 | I 'd sooner have my hands cut off than vote Conservative . ’ |
| 4 | But in fact there appears to be little a company chairman can do other than try to ride out the fashion of the moment . |
| 5 | However , such is the power of the executive in our system that it is doubtful whether these new committees can do other than play a rather superior pressure-group role . |
| 6 | It was unthinkable that the BBC should do other than support its own government . |
| 7 | Erm w I mean where they do n't work when somebody offers code and they do n't work , there 's not a lot you can do other than sort of make some informed guesses as to what might be going wrong . |
| 8 | Boardroom upsets could not have done other than harm to the playing side of the club , he went on . |
| 9 | in graphic arts usage , all matter other than text material eg illustrations and photographs . |
| 10 | Moreover , it was felt that acts other than penetration could be equally traumatic . |
| 11 | Engels does introduce into The Origin some types of evidence for early family forms other than terminology . |
| 12 | A mortar has no wheels or other means to move it once it is on the battlefield , and so can not move other than turn on the spot to face its target . |
| 13 | Moreover , the focus for the professional development purpose of TTT can be aspects of teaching other than curriculum expertise and delivery . |
| 14 | There is no space here , central though it is to Callinicos ' argument as a whole , to do other than note how this perspective is then deployed not only to counter poststructuralism but also significantly to modify the position of its main critic , Habermas . |
| 15 | Charles could tell that he was n't expected to do other than murmur politely . |
| 16 | I was too involved in the capture and too tired to do other than make light of his comment . |
| 17 | Neither of them showed any inclination to do other than sit outside the café in the sunshine , and Oliver had shifted the conversation far away from the Durances and murder . |
| 18 | She longed for something to do other than trudge the glorious , heather-clad grouse moors . |
| 19 | He had no right to do other than wish her well . |
| 20 | That lack of leadership makes it difficult for him to do other than cavil at our figures . |
| 21 | He just about could do , because as it turned out she only took a percentage , unlike the other two who got through the lot , but then Egan had more to leave hidden than Place . |
| 22 | Dr Hastreiter felt ‘ it is unlikely that any explanation could be found other than overdose . ’ |
| 23 | The ‘ foreign interests ’ of the Federal Republic of Germany , in terms of Blackmun J. 's tripartite analysis , were seen as particularly compelling and no good cause had been shown for doing other than resort to the Convention 's procedures . |
| 24 | The largest of the four exhibition halls — some 541,000 square feet ( 50,3000 sq m ) — was dedicated to various kinds of sailing other than board sailing . |
| 25 | These are more clot specific than streptokinase . |
| 26 | There was nowhere else for the man to go other than back , or into the canal itself . |
| 27 | Erm the officers are suggesting that erm any paper comments and communications you make other than enquiry , should also emphasise that the need and desirability for these public passenger transport improvements to go ahead . |
| 28 | However , the striking difference between these two groups of pre-Devonian strata is perhaps exaggerated by the measurements being taken on pyrobitumen and phytoclasts other than vitrinite . |
| 29 | The work which can be done is any work a solicitor normally does other than representation in a court or tribunal . |
| 30 | As the material is synthetic , use a matching thread — 50 denier is ideal and it comes in many colours , although strangely very few kite-makers seem to want other than black . |