Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] than [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Ah , but there are other ways of winning than fighting . ’
2 It can be seen as applying principles of ESP to the general curriculum of school education , presenting language as a service for the achievement of other than language objectives .
3 Excise duty in most countries is lower for unleaded than 4-star , so some garages are allegedly buying lead free at a lower rate of tax and selling it on to customers as leaded .
4 I 'll admit from the start that my own attempt to arpeggiate the Gambale way sounds more like Sooty than Sweep picking , but I console myself by thinking that I should n't let a signature model impose another player 's personality on my own style !
5 Continuous-process technology offers more scope for self-actualisation than machine and assembly-line technologies .
6 Deduction at source was hardly possible with other than government employees , nor on the recipients of rents and interest , but Addington 's division of his tax into five schedules , A to E , was not only a major step in the direction of obtaining accurate assessments but remained the basis of income taxation into our own time .
7 Frankly , it is n't worth the memory space it takes up , as improvements with other than database programs are imperceptible , and access with database files are n't speeded up very noticeably .
8 Some were obviously more interested in break-dancing than poster writing , as I witnessed for myself .
9 Opponents of the mining claim more cash could be generated from eco-tourism than titanium extraction .
10 But Stork 's Light Blend ( also made by Van Den Berghs ) , 25% lower in fat than margarine or butter , can be used in ordinary baking and other recipes .
11 HTV 's objective is to have half its revenues coming from other than advertising sales .
12 Hence the UK framework is far more lenient with regard to non-price than price restraints .
13 It felt more like landing on concrete than water .
14 Benedict marry for other than money ?
15 Mixed institutions , the greater part of which were used for other than hospital purposes , were to remain with the local authority and would not be taken into the National Health Service .
16 The Law of Property Act 1925 provides the basis for forfeiture actions and for relief against forfeiture for both tenants and sub-tenants where the breach is for other than non-payment of rent :
17 As we have seen in Chapter I , most employment law rights are available only to people having a minimum of four weeks ' service , whilst protection against unfair dismissal for other than trade union activities , even with the law at its most liberal , required six months ' service .
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