Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] than [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further evidence that Castro was pursuing his own course rather than responding to US actions is given by the testimony of US Ambassador Philip Bonsal , who found his efforts to meet with Castro and to pursue negotiations thwarted . |
| 2 | giving inaccurate advice based on previous experience rather than listening to the family |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | She stated she would be staying in their Huntingdon home rather than moving to London and admitted her wardrobe was sorely lacking in power outfits . |
| 5 | You will find yourself well satisfied by one dish rather than succumbing to the temptation of eating several smaller dishes that eventually mount up ! |
| 6 | Now the inn is more geared to motorists , who much to their surprise , find the road terminates at the door of the inn rather than continuing to Windermere . |
| 7 | Perhaps physical geography has been overtly concerned with the parallel to the first law rather than proceeding to the equivalent of the other three ! |
| 8 | Community Care Grants are to enable people to establish or maintain themselves in the community rather than having to be in hospitals , nursing homes and residential care homes etc . |
| 9 | Thus , during the late 1940s , five of every six newly-built dwellings were council houses or flats and they were allocated according to need rather than according to income . |
| 10 | In Tchaikovsky 's Second Symphony , Svetlanov allowed some brash brass and unrefined woodwind , seemingly relying on a performance routine rather than applying to the score any insight into the instrumental detail , the folk intonations which can bring it to life in terms of rhythm and melodic inflection . |
| 11 | And once she was sure I would n't — because I did make it clear , you know , that I had no intention of doing more than agreeing to the legal business — she felt safe again . ’ |
| 12 | It may well be worth trying to gum up the joint with a mastic sealant or self-adhesive bitumastic flashing rather than going to all the trouble of dismantling the system : use the sealant on the joints even if you do dismantle and reassemble them . |
| 13 | Lorenzo with his Jessica await the return of Portia , remaining out in the still night rather than returning to the house . |
| 14 | Fourth , decisions are made in sequence rather than according to a grand plan , because the series of searches crucially affects outcomes and because each time a search is concluded another problem is attended to . |
| 15 | So we 're l , we 're l , we 're looking at a couple of the options to see , you know , how much will it cost to actually put the money on the policy rather than going to the effort of writing it out , and it 's gon na cost about two hundred thousand pounds just to do that , erm and that , we need , we need to weigh that up with the cost of actually dealing with ten thousand letters to clients , ten thousand enquiries erm I just wondered what your thoughts were on how we should proceed . |
| 16 | Further evidence to suggest that events are important in depression according to their threatfulness rather than according to the amount of change they signify comes from a study by Tennant and Andrews ( 1978 ) . |
| 17 | A third set of variables , which will not be discussed here , were included in the model because they influenced the form and severity of the disorder rather than contributing to its onset . |
| 18 | A multi-circuit pylon capable of carrying the existing line and the new cable and therefore replacing the present line rather than adding to it could also be considered for parts of the route . |
| 19 | Well wo n't it take him a lot longer than going to Cramley ? |
| 20 | Because we use the output from our page printer as camera ready copy rather than going to the expense of typesetting we are unable to use scanners to integrate pictures into the text as we make the pages up . |
| 21 | There are undoubtedly risks in encouraging children to redirect their hostility rather than getting to the root of the problem ( if aggression is frequent and/or intense ) or training the child in ways of coping with life that do n't involve aggression . |