Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [adv] than [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The frequency of such bids has made it seem that stockmarket valuations are arbitrary , that bidders are stealing money from somebody else rather than creating wealth , and that American and British managers spend too much time shuffling assets and too little investing ( that is , building factories ) for the future . |
| 2 | It takes considerable practice to perfect and if done badly slows you down rather than speeding you up . |
| 3 | Replace the habit with something else rather than leaving a void . |
| 4 | Those customers still paying peanuts for their waste disposal may one day wish prices had been raised moderately against them now rather than slammed up later . |
| 5 | employees think the scheme is unfair , lacks objectivity , is meant to catch them out rather than develop them |
| 6 | Maybe send them out rather than wait till the next meeting , aha |
| 7 | you see go to a football match , or buying some er electrical appliance appeal to them far more than paying the rent ! |
| 8 | In 1990 they considerably more than doubled and further increases are planned for 1991 and subsequent years until they approach the full cost of providing courses . |
| 9 | I 'm very surprised your attitude is that we should cover it up and hide it away rather than try and elucidate its value for science . |
| 10 | On the rare occasions when people criticize you ( see Criticism on page 44 ) and offer you explicit feedback about your behaviour , accept it gratefully rather than springing to your own defence . |
| 11 | They come in and follow it up rather than preventing it . |
| 12 | This provides what Eo calls a simple ‘ pen and paper ’ -style intuitive interface that requires simple writing gestures rather than keyboard skills to operate — for instance to delete text you simply cross it out rather than entering a command . |
| 13 | Bitrex is the bitterest non-toxic substance known , and even a tiny drop will encourage children to spit it out rather than swallow it . |
| 14 | It was but er the market was so low that he decided not to well I do n't think he could get a buyer actually , it 's just stood there so he he he let it out rather than have it stood there with the option for us to buy it but I say now the prices are lower he 's not keen on selling it at that price . |
| 15 | Yeah I think it might be if you could just actually talk through it really rather than asking them to do it . |
| 16 | And job situation maybe is that , but I think we should stay here and fight , and demand that we have the industries up here so that people from Scotland can stay and better , better theirselves here rather than move away . |
| 17 | He used it sometimes rather than go into the factory at Newbury . |
| 18 | If insufficient attention has been devoted to the design of this and also the related access procedures the symptoms are a plethora of documentation which no individual entirely understands , the temptation to do it again rather than waste time finding out how something has already been done and too much reliance on the human memory . |
| 19 | The reason why there are fewer disconnections is that the electricity companies have introduced card meters , so that people cut themselves off rather than having to be cut off by the electricity companies . |
| 20 | In other words , my guard was now so strong that I would wake myself up rather than allow myself to eat , even in a dream . |