Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [adv] than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is partly because of the structure of catholic nationalism in the Southern state and partly because the national unity sought by significant numbers of Northern catholic nationalists is still on the basis of the reversal of protestant — loyalist hegemony rather than a power compromise . |
| 2 | It represents a complete turnaround rather than a minor course correction ; a turning away from sin to salvation and service in Christ . |
| 3 | As McLean points out , under Mrs Thatcher , ‘ Legislative proposals tend to reflect undiluted political programmes rather than a compromise between competing interests . |
| 4 | The development of programme structures was seen as an additional administrative responsibility rather than a substitute for previous ones . |
| 5 | This too was a small-scale and short-lived experiment rather than a serious innovation . |
| 6 | The defence of pluralism , however , was aligned to professional scholarship rather than a clearly formulated politics of education . |
| 7 | They committed themselves to simple pro-rata savings rather than a re-ordering of priorities , reflecting the changing demand for the education and social services . |
| 8 | The events have , to conclude , all the trappings of a liturgical ceremony rather than a military exercise , and that is almost certainly what lies behind the story , and what gave it its origins . |
| 9 | Changes were afoot in the world of Britpop but even so , the NME of the '50s was still a big band paper first and foremost , and one that saw its typical reader as a working musician rather than a fan . |
| 10 | He is the only pianist I have ever heard who does not make Balakirev 's Islamey sound clumsy in places , who does not need to slow down for the middle section of Liszt 's Rhapsodie espagnole , and who can play repeated notes faster than a machine-gun can shoot bullets . |
| 11 | Now Livingston appears to be fighting a losing cause , especially since he is relying on a scientific defence rather than a claim the BAF testing procedure was suspect . |
| 12 | Ewan is the 2,000th disabled person to find a job in the area of Glasgow , Renfrew and Dumbarton since the Employment Service set up a committee to spearhead initiatives in this field more than a year ago . |
| 13 | This attitude is not uncommon but it was new to me , as were a good many of Sophie 's ideas , and because of its novelty I think I was unconsciously moulded by it : I had begun to see Richard as someone to be ‘ got round ’ , a duped enemy rather than a husband . |
| 14 | ( It 's just possible that the youngsters were expressing a scientific talent rather than a dislike of the press , for their is no denying that McGinty 's ample form would produce an immediate uplift in the balloon . ) |
| 15 | The success of such authors has probably contributed to the view that the inspiration for postmodernism in Britain has often had to come from foreign models rather than a native tradition of this form of writing , or even much of a disposition towards it . |
| 16 | The War Wagon itself can sustain 5 wounds as shown on its profile ; this is 2 wounds more than a chariot to take into account its heavier construction . |
| 17 | Airships are making a commercial comeback less than a year after Australian businessman Alan Bond 's Airship Industries crashed to earth with debts of £50 million . |
| 18 | Many midwives feel the current emphasis in antenatal care should be of a social nature rather than a medical one , yet Taylor ( 1985 ) , in a study of consumers ' perceptions of maternity care , showed that clients ' emotional needs are often ignored . |
| 19 | Since 1989 benefits have been calculated on a daily basis rather than a weekly basis . |
| 20 | A realistic scientific theory will consist of a complex of universal statements rather than a single statement like ‘ All swans are white ’ . |
| 21 | In general , people not actually involved in it saw the Council as the beginning of a new ecclesial era rather than a way of concluding some long-standing issues and leaving it at that , yet the Council 's documents remain for nearly all Catholics the most authoritative Church teaching of this century , beside which even papal encyclicals have comparatively slight standing . |
| 22 | Since there was a belief among many black schoolchildren that the " fastest in the Borough " would always be a black child , some made their assessment of ethnicity on this basis rather than a linguistic one . |
| 23 | Ian Yarlott , business unit manager for Intuit 's UK arm , claims that the company spent two and a half years making sure it would be a genuine British product rather than a hastily localized version of the US product . |
| 24 | This is an interesting case to examine , of course , because in Problems of Social Policy Titmuss presented it as a clear example of a policy change engendered originally by the social debate on evacuation , and then given sudden new urgency by the ‘ decisive ’ influence of Dunkirk in July 1940 ; a marked change in government thinking — a new acceptance of the milk-in-schools scheme as a universalist social service rather than a relief measure tainted with Poor Law associations — took place ‘ five days after the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk ’ . |
| 25 | Male homosexuality is increasingly regarded as a variation of sexual behaviour rather than a perversion , and although the homosexual male is still treated badly by the law , in comparison to the heterosexual , he no longer feels the urgent need for anonymity and secrecy . |
| 26 | However , in the pond , the aim to produce clean , algae-free water rather than a completely sterile , bacteria-free environment . |
| 27 | It can become a pleasant social occasion rather than a chore . |
| 28 | Not s in a sense just by individual feudal landlords , but by landlords saying well I 'm , I 'm not really feudal anyway , that I 've moved on from that , I am a commercial landlord rather than a feudal landlord . |
| 29 | Pamella 's clock is running slow the Gloucester team were playing rough A familiar example , which actually contains an adjectival phrase rather than a single adjective , is : ( 66 ) a rose by any other name would smell as sweet With this construction , too , there is possibly a certain element of idiomatic restriction ; why for instance are the following examples unacceptable ? ( 67 ) the guide was eating gluttonous Suzanne pirouetted sensuous We may at least hazard a guess as to why this construction is fairly limited in its occurrence : there are three intensional elements in operation , the entity phrase in subject position , the property which is to be instantiated by the verb and as a third item a property that can be expressed either by an adjective or by its adverb competitor ; now where the lexical meanings are such that there would be an appreciable difference in the effect of applying the third property to the entity of the subject by contrast with the effect of using it to qualify the property of the verb ( which is the case in ( 53 ) by contrast with ( 54 ) ) then intuitive awareness that there is going to be a difference may generally allow the construction with the adjective to be available . |
| 30 | This often provides the excuse for ageism , it being simpler to assume that the problem is old age rather than a treatable condition . |