Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [adv] than [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My friend is not simply explaining why , for good or bad reasons , he did decide to go to the Park ( as he might after the event , in which case it would be no objection to his explanation that when he got there the zoo turned out to be closed ) ; he is defending his decision to go to the Park rather than meet me at his house , and I can still try to change his mind . |
| 2 | Where a nailed board refuses to move , it is often easier to punch the mails down into the joist rather than trying to prise them up . |
| 3 | The quality of the build shows that some care has been taken in its assembly — for instance , where at all possible , input and output ports have been mounted on the case rather than taking up usable expansion slot space . |
| 4 | They are more interested in tending the cow rather than milking it — the cow being the national economy . |
| 5 | It means a government whose chief policies were offered to the voters before the election rather than concocted in political trading after it . |
| 6 | Foucault , and those influenced by him , have displayed a great scepticism about the possibilities of a conventional history : Foucault stresses that his work is basically aimed at constructing a ‘ genealogy ’ , the locating of the ‘ traces ’ of the present rather than reconstructing the past . |
| 7 | Do you twos do the cooking rather than go out . |
| 8 | Annely Juda said at the time that she would have to be carried out of the building rather than leave . |
| 9 | The examination , therefore , can now be seen as the culmination of the course rather than viewed as an unwelcome intrusion as it was previously . |
| 10 | In the only case in which a customer tried to invoke the Consumer Credit Trade Association scheme , the trader left the association rather than go to arbitration . |
| 11 | The instrument more than justifies your lavish praise and I am delighted with it in every respect . |
| 12 | But to get the best out of his investment , McCoist believes Kendall should encourage his man with a consistent run in the side rather than undermining his confidence with reserve-team football . |
| 13 | This leads the staff into some contortions since logic would suggest that those who ‘ consume ’ more than their fair share of ‘ teacher time ’ should lose some in the future rather than take up still more as the monitoring of the punishment will entail . |
| 14 | Making forecasts in this and other areas is the actuary 's stock-in-trade for the profession is essentially concerned with what may happen in the future rather than balancing the books of the past . |
| 15 | Thinking about it it used to work with Sterland , but then he only came forward AFTER strach had the ball and when the opposition were pushed right back … and he crossed it while in front of the defender rather than having to get round him . |
| 16 | Furthermore , the escapement is hinged to the key rather than fitting into a slot and the hammer points towards the player . |
| 17 | Though all but Vermont are required by state law to balance their budgets , many will cheerfully borrow to plug the gap rather than raise taxes or cut spending . |
| 18 | communications , where people prefer formal communication from the department rather than relying on the ‘ grapevine ’ ; |
| 19 | If you want their details for records then it is simpler to fill in the form yourself while conducting the interview rather than submit the candidates to the unnecessary stress of coping with a form . |
| 20 | ‘ Gentleman Jim ’ had previously retired from the ring rather than do combat with a black man , but was tempted in an effort to curb the mounting confidence of blacks and re-establish white dominance in the sport . |
| 21 | Alternatively it might use the wind rather than fighting it : it would allow the wind to lift it up and then come down , flapping its wings and ‘ closing down ’ until it was able to drop . |
| 22 | It 's better to take them with you in the car rather than consign them to the chilly furniture van . |
| 23 | It decided to launch the bid sooner than planned after Neill announced a sharp drop in interim profits from £2.71m to just £28,000 before tax last month . |
| 24 | However , the court agreed with the views expressed obiter by another division of the court in the case of Emerson ( 1990 ) 92 Cr.App.R. 284 ; where a transcript was provided it was merely a means of presenting the exhibit , which was the tape itself , to the court : if the jury wished to hear the tape rather than rely on the written transcript , there was no proper reason why they should not be allowed to do so . |
| 25 | But it soon came to be realized that any breakaway plasma would disperse into the void rather than condense into solid bodies . |
| 26 | if it requires a recall of emotion , it is often sufficient merely to switch on the emotion rather than elicit it ( as when you trip over the cat ! ) . |
| 27 | Almost exclusively inspired by the essence rather than seduced by the charm of this region . |
| 28 | As the wind increases above this level it is better to go directly to the No 3 to help the stability of the boat rather than changing to the No 2 . |
| 29 | There was a suggestion at the inquest that he sought to relieve himself out of the window rather than trudge down to the jakes in the basement , a distressing but not unprecedented recourse for chaps well gone in their cups . |
| 30 | Is he sweeping the pieces off the chessboard rather than engaging in the game ? |