Example sentences of "[adv] than [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was better than walking , better than fighting the tangle of woodland , but whether it was better than lying in the clearing , I could n't decide . |
| 2 | Flying was even better than she had hoped : better than skiing , better than driving a sports car . |
| 3 | But changes in attitude go a lot deeper than watching the pennies . |
| 4 | THE holiday ads are tempting you away with the usual images of fun and sun but rather than taking a package why not invest in that longed-for overseas home ? |
| 5 | If these depressions ( or low pressure areas ) are tracking in towards Ireland rather than taking a more northerly route , then the circulation of wind flowing clockwise ( as it must ) round the depression means that south-easterly winds will be blowing over Shetland from the North Sea and pushing any birds unfortunate enough to be flying to ( or from ) Scandinavia at the time in a westerly direction . |
| 6 | She had endowed the marriage ( and he could never really like the fellow ) most extravagantly out of her invested money , rather than taking a dip among the jewels that she never wore . |
| 7 | Rather than taking the piece as a whole she broke it down into smaller parts and then worked on them with separate hands and at varied rhythms . |
| 8 | Driving yourself to the Alps rather than taking the tour operator 's flight has a lot of attractions . |
| 9 | It 's easiest to stay on this path rather than taking the more obvious route up the side of the burn . |
| 10 | Millward Brown use their own proprietary system of analysis — a form of mathematical modelling — to translate the data for each individual brand into a so-called ‘ awareness index ’ ; and many of their clients have fallen into the tempting habit of using this single number as a measure of the effectiveness of a commercial or campaign , rather than taking the trouble to make a more detailed study of the data underlying the index . |
| 11 | By the 1930s , when the problems of dialogue recording made it easier to bring the world into the studio rather than taking the camera to the world ( whereas in the pre-sound 1920s it was fine control of lighting that favoured studio shooting ) , moving images — then and now called ‘ plates ’ — could be projected behind the action and foreground props or sets , provided the camera and projector were ( as in the step-printer already discussed ) exactly synchronized . |
| 12 | Perhaps that role for the Scottish TUCC is being rejected because on many occasions it has been reactive rather than taking the initiative . |
| 13 | Man will voluntarily integrate his own goals with those of the organization if management works on the assumption not that people dislike work , prefer being directed rather than taking the initiative and respond only to material rewards or threats and sanctions ; but that they have needs for autonomy and independence which must be satisfied through structures of authority that allow self-motivation and self-control . |
| 14 | On 9 November , the Murder ( Abolition of Death Penalty ) Act 1965 came into effect , suspending rather than abolishing the death penalty for those categories of murder that had been capital . |
| 15 | However , rather than realising a £17m loss , Tootal 's figures show a £3.4m profit , with most of the difference written off earlier through the balance sheet . |
| 16 | Occasionally linen , holland or cerecloth would have been specially bought in for this purpose rather than sacrificing a useful item of domestic furnishing in an age when linen of any appreciable width was a luxury and worthy of bequest ( 'There are 4 very fine smocks in your father 's little linen trunk and one of my four breadth Holland sheets for your own girl Peg … and I desire your father that he will not let any of my household linen be sold , but that it may go to you and your eldest son and I hope to his son too , only some of my broderies of my own making give to your sister . ' ) . |
| 17 | This is what I call the strategy of non-decision , the decision that we will do nothing , that we wo n't harass the child , that we will give the child time to relax and move at his own pace , rather than determining the pace that we feel the child ought to be following . |
| 18 | But he then sided with many professional and political critics of the Government 's plans , saying : ‘ Having got the legislation , it would be wise to proceed by … demonstration of success rather than trying a root-and-branch revolutionary approach . |
| 19 | With mild behavioural symptoms , it may be better to cope with them in other ways , rather than trying a dietary approach . |
| 20 | It now became easier to send multiple copies of papers to colleagues rather than sending a file on the circuit of an institution . |
| 21 | Rather than sending the children out when the adults want to talk , it may be that a neighbour could make sure to include them in an outing to give the child time to talk to them . |
| 22 | A user will be presented with the option of saving as a PDF file rather than sending the document to the printer . |
| 23 | ‘ We can tell very quickly what 's happening , so we can tackle the problem as soon as it arises rather than using a pesticide until it fails . |
| 24 | In other words , rather than using a notepad and pen , you have the privilege of paying £100 for a piece of complicated electronics that does the same thing . |
| 25 | When searching for the right adjective , bear in mind that your effect on the reader will be stronger if you can create physical sensation , if you can make the reader conjure up a colour , a texture , a smell or a sound , rather than using a word like ‘ soothing ’ , or ‘ lovely ’ or ( worst of all ) ‘ evocative ’ . |
| 26 | The notion of centrifugal launchers was based on the idea that rather than using a long , straight runway , the aircraft could take-off following a circular path around a tower , or possibly a more mobile type of launcher , rather in the manner of ‘ round-the-pole ’ model aircraft . |
| 27 | Rather than using a traditional ‘ foreign language lesson ’ participants are often asked to learn a craft skill in another language . |
| 28 | To avoid mistakes , please would you use the new form attached to make your order , signed by your Head of Group/Sector rather than using a memo as was the case before . |
| 29 | It was reflected in the expressions used by some members of the RUC ( ‘ OK , let's hit the streets and do it to them before they do it to us ’ , ‘ This is where the law stops and I take over , sucker ’ , the reference to probationary police as ‘ rookies ’ and to bullets as ‘ slugs ’ ) , their dress ( mirror sunglasses , blue jeans , and white T-shirt , sometimes with the Miami-Vice parallel reinforced by the words being printed on the T-shirt ) , and other ephemera ( the engraving of ‘ San Quentin' on the keys to the cells , jumping through the enquiry room window rather than using the door ) . |
| 30 | You should encourage the puppy to go outside to relieve itself , however , whenever you are present , rather than using the dirt-box . |