Example sentences of "[adv] than [vb base] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hedonists seeking the perfect golfing weekend could do no better than tackle these two majestic courses , using the Thorpeness Club Hotel as a base . |
| 2 | So rather than use this overworked word a more precise description of the artist 's style and concepts will be attempted with the help of his own text . |
| 3 | Well I think you should get dressed rather than do that . |
| 4 | I mean rather than do all the photocopying or whatever . |
| 5 | She gave him a gracious little nod , determined to die first rather than do any such thing . |
| 6 | Rather than do this piecemeal over several years , Mr Moore chose to complete the process in five months flat . |
| 7 | Rather than do this . |
| 8 | Angus Crichton-Miller , managing director of the Rank Organisation 's holidays and hotels division and a member of the study group said : ‘ It is not an efficient system to have such changes between busy and quiet periods and it would be better if we could flatten prices over a longer season , rather than have such high-peak-season prices . ’ |
| 9 | Having decided that an environmental impact study was necessary , it wanted the study to be undertaken by an independent group which would be more sympathetic to community concerns and interests , rather than have such a study conducted by a government agency such as An Foras Forbartha . |
| 10 | But in Britain we equate acknowledging man 's need for instant sex with approving of it , and rather than have that levelled at us , we reject the idea of licensed brothels . |
| 11 | Rather than have that happen she would take her chances on the boat . |
| 12 | Where the person ‘ is not in a position to express a view , the least unsatisfactory test is to ask what one would choose for oneself : would I choose death rather than have that sort of life ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Rather than have this turn into a trial of strength between the Government and some sections of the press about my future , I have decided to resolve it myself by resigning . |
| 14 | You know , sooner than do that . |
| 15 | We also want the money quicker which erm I would have thought would more than outweigh any of the so-called extra expense that you 've got and er I said we regard it as an essential sales tool to be get m better recognition in the country so er he is progressing with the applications . |
| 16 | Set beside the River Main , Frankfurt is home to Germany 's largest stock exchange , but unlike the City of London , Frankfurt can more than match each of the banks with a bar , disco , club or jazz cellar . |
| 17 | The costs of even preparing a case for the Commissioners , let alone taking it , would more than nullify any tax relief gained . |
| 18 | Whereas a consumer using electricity only for lighting , an iron , a radio and a vacuum cleaner might use under 300kWh a year , the addition of one heavy current-using appliance like an immersion water heater or a cooker would more than quadruple that basic demand . |
| 19 | Edward III 's ecclesiastical patronage in the first twenty-five years of his reign was more than treble that of Edward I ( in thirty-five years ) and double Edward II 's ( in twenty-five years ) : the comparative figures , revealed by the researches of Dr Saunders , are 919 ( Edward I ) , 1419 ( Edward II ) and 3182 ( 1327–52 ) . |
| 20 | Better to go on as before than do that . |
| 21 | In the short term , we might do worse than adopt some of the practices of our fellow-Europeans , as Mr Newsome observes : ‘ All members of the European Community , with the exception of the UK and Ireland , charge interest on overdue debts . |
| 22 | A women quoted in Ethel Elderton 's 1914 study declared that she 'd ‘ rather swallow the druggist 's shop and the man i n't than have another kid ’ . |
| 23 | I tell you , I 'd rather go without than have that lot screw me . |
| 24 | For the moment , it seems unlikely that oilseed rape causes more frequent or more dangerous symptoms to those living nearby than do many other crops . |
| 25 | The planet Mercury orbits the Sun more closely than do any of the others . |
| 26 | I 'd sooner have summat else than use that . |