Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] than [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only hope for a pessimist like Law was to " get the train on to other lines " — to focus the attention on the national unity of Britain rather than on internal divisions ; in other words to emulate Germany rather than France . |
| 2 | His Mr Sebastian of 1955 and the interesting Red Road of 1962 might have been painted in France or Germany rather than London . |
| 3 | Its defrosting is subtle , gradual : but Eisenstein rather than Antonioni : grainy , gritty even . |
| 4 | I seem to remember my Panini album once to my horror picturing Stewart rather than Harvey , with the blurb along the lines of ‘ looks set to make the 1st team spot his own ’ but I do n't think that ever happened . |
| 5 | And for reformers from above — based in Whitehall rather than Northern Ireland — the past operation of local democracy was seen as part of the problem . |
| 6 | On this issue — it should be noted — it had been Churchill rather than Eden who had been tempted to proceed independently of the United States . |
| 7 | Much interest focused on the attitude of interim Prime Minister Guy Razanamasy , who in the first round had supported the veteran nationalist Jacques Rabemananjara rather than Zafy . |
| 8 | Both brothers had chosen to back Edward rather than Warwick in 1471 , in spite of their Neville links , but by 1483 their connection with Gloucester was uppermost . |
| 9 | Both brothers had chosen to back Edward rather than Warwick in 1471 , in spite of their Neville links , but by 1483 their connection with Gloucester was uppermost . |
| 10 | It is not hard to understand why Mr Major , scoffing at coalitions and PR , chose to highlight Brussels rather than Bonn . |
| 11 | The PLO rather than Jordan reaped the fruit , so much so that after the collapse of the Jordanian-PLO accord in 1986 many Village Leaguers were rehabilitated in Jordanian eyes . |
| 12 | If mortgage rates rise , homeowners should look to blame Lisbon rather than Halifax . |
| 13 | If I can come in on Saturday rather than Sunday . |
| 14 | And this loss of muscle tissue lowers BMR rather than increases it . |
| 15 | ‘ People should be selling the United States rather than Japan . |
| 16 | An element of this notion survived into the fourteenth century , when the French kings were sometimes prepared to accept Plantagenet homage at Amiens or Boulogne rather than Paris . |
| 17 | His plan to appoint Klepner to succeed Sanders as European Planning Manager , based on Detroit rather than London , was working out to perfection . |
| 18 | I like Murgatroyd better than Henry , anyway . |
| 19 | Ultraviolet light has even shorter wavelengths , with UVA longer than UVB . |
| 20 | What disturbed Tammuz more than Zambia 's unexpected visit was Roirbak 's parting shot to hir . |
| 21 | As it was , the failure of Event cost Richard Branson more than £750,000 . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , there is a long tradition of general education in higher education there ( which suggests that it is England rather than Scotland which is atypical in this respect ) . |
| 23 | In particular , can he tell us whether the continental gauge will finish at Stratford rather than King 's Cross , and will there be a freight depot at Temple Mills in Stratford ? |
| 24 | If passengers join or leave the trains at Stratford rather than King 's Cross , fewer passengers will use the King 's Cross interchange than was previously anticipated , so the cost per passenger that British Rail will have to pay to construct the station at King 's Cross will increase . |
| 25 | We see her so with Theseus again on a near-contemporary Attic cup ( fig. 98 ) ; and it is presumably in the same role that she dominates the latest and best preserved of all archaic pediments , at the two ends of a temple on Aegina , dedicated to Aphaia , a local deity associated with Artemis rather than Athena . |
| 26 | Meanwhile , promising teenage winger Andy Turner has opted to go for international recognition with the Republic of Ireland rather than England . |
| 27 | Such was the enthusiasm generated by the thousands of kids at the game that a passer-by might have been forgiven for thinking that either Take That or New Kids On The Block were performing at Ibrox rather than Scotland 's football team . |
| 28 | That the lion 's share fell to Florence rather than Siena , after a century and a half of medieval snatch and grab between the two republics is proclaimed by the splendid lions on the well and on the Marzocco column . |
| 29 | It is still more usual for the husband 's name to come first when signing Christmas cards , eg John and Jane rather than Jane and John , and the surname should be added if they are being sent to slight acquaintances . |
| 30 | Yes , he was a professor — an associate , not the holder of a chair , and did teach , but preferred to be referred to as Dr. Briant rather than professor . |