Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] than [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What more can I do than apologize ? |
| 2 | When they are stuck , it is so much more attractive to tell them what I think than to encourage and cajole them to tell me what they think . |
| 3 | Erm I would say however that there has been far more consistency about the view taken of the need for greenbelt protection on the part of the bodies and individuals I represent than has been shown by the two planning authorities judging from all the changes that they have propagated . |
| 4 | ‘ And it 's far better to get it out on the table , and to discuss it , even if you disagree than to find yourself nagging later . ’ |
| 5 | Possibly , Louis had in mind the old proverb : ‘ It is better to think what we say than to say what we think . ’ |
| 6 | TRGs is a concept , first identified by Gambling ( 1987 ) in which patients are classified more according to the treatment they receive than according to their clinical classification . |
| 7 | Chair , the letters that do go , the majority of the letters that go to MPs and members are signed by me , though they 're prepared by the officer who 's the expert in different fields , but these two letters went when I happened to be away from the department , and that 's fair enough , I 'd rather they went than sat around waiting for my return . |
| 8 | Other people have a concept of God so fundamentally false that it would be better for them to doubt than to remain devout . |
| 9 | It is cheaper to let them rot than to clear them away . |
| 10 | It is nearly always quicker to check what exists than to check that nothing extra is included in the assets and liabilities of the company . |