Example sentences of "[noun] than with [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ The federal arrangements of the German Basic Law have less to do with real federative forces than with the principle of the separation of powers itself , and they benefit party political groups , their ability to form alliances and the bureaucracy . ’ |
| 32 | For Cubo , who teaches history , the causes of World War One have more to do with the battle over markets and raw materials than with the assassination of the Arch-Duke Ferdinand ( the classical explanation that children are offered from Melbourne to Montreal ) . |
| 33 | Younger men , on the whole , demonstrated a greater concern with the nature of the state than with the purity of Islam : Libya is Muslim and should therefore have Islamic law . |
| 34 | We are more concerned here with what might be called the roast beef of scoring than with the confectionery . |
| 35 | In both the total population and among younger men periodontal disease and oral hygiene were more strongly associated with total mortality than with the incidence of coronary heart disease . |
| 36 | The oral hygiene index also showed a stronger association with total mortality than with the outcome of coronary heart disease in young men . |
| 37 | In production terms , the morning paper perhaps had more in common with the assembly line than with the production of most TV programmes . |
| 38 | Kapil is clearly more at home with a bat or a ball in his hand than with a pen . |
| 39 | Their programme may , however , may prove more popular with the voters than with the foreign-exchange markets . |
| 40 | Finally , the dilemmas associated with abuse have more to do with anxiety over taking a moral position than with the complexity of the subject . |
| 41 | The rates of sustained abstinence were significantly better with active treatment than with the placebo : 53 , 41 , 24 and 17 per cent of those in the nicotine patch group were abstinent after 6 , 12 , 26 and 52 weeks respectively : the equivalent abstinent rates for the control group were 17 , 10 , 5 and 4 per cent . |
| 42 | The rest of the objects were more in keeping with the plastic table mats than with the linen cloth , for Mrs Maugham was in practice a sworn friend to the synthetic ; to her , utility was a prime virtue . |
| 43 | Education Minister José Goldemburg had resigned on Aug. 3 over drastic cuts in the education budget , complaining that Collor was more concerned with his own political survival than with the well-being of the population [ see also p. 39002 ] . |
| 44 | According to a recent report from the market research company Mintel , customer perceptions of quality in products and service have more to do with their expectation that companies should get it right first time than with the belief that they should provide a safety net to protect consumers once things have gone wrong . |
| 45 | Indeed , this sexual labelling had less to do with actual sexual practices than with the extent to which young women 's behaviour conformed to the popular ideas of ‘ femininity ’ — for instance by the use of swear words or loud behaviour , ( this is more fully discussed in Sue Lees , 1986 ) . |
| 46 | This is not surprising : the military class was more concerned with conspicuous display than with the creation of national wealth , and it would be anachronistic to expect them to have any other outlook . |
| 47 | There is no better way , young or old , to enjoy the festive side of Christmas than with a visit to the pantomime . |
| 48 | On the contrary , he had spent the hours of peril trying to establish in his mind his superiority to the abject cowardice of his companions , seeming more concerned with his own soul than with the fate of the helpless pilgrims on the Patna . |
| 49 | The theme of the exhibition may have more to do with American politics than with the Greek works on loan . |