Example sentences of "[noun sg] than [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the Bioscope 's view that for the person ‘ in search of different phases of human nature there is no better place to find objects of study than to visit a bioscope show ’ . |
| 2 | A restaurant seating 100 obviously presents a greater risk of food poisoning than does a shop selling only wrapped goods and needs to dedicate commensurate resources to staff training . |
| 3 | The rich have greater incentive to oppose redistributive policies in that they have much more to lose , and there are arguments that suggest that risk-averse individuals are keener to defend against a loss than to secure a gain ( see Jones and Cullis 1986 ) . |
| 4 | A follow-up study showed that very few of them ever had any higher ambition for using the money than buying a house or two for the family and perhaps a shop or pub . |
| 5 | If you invested a pound on a horse , then the amount of money you 'd expect to get back would depend on the odds that that horse was offered at , but if you confined yourself to horses that had a reasonable chance of winning , say , the sort of horses that tend to be offered at odds of , say , six or seven to one or better , then your average rate of return might be nearer ninety per cent than thirty per cent , so putting it one way betting a pound a week on the horses is a slower way of losing your money than betting a pound a week on football pools , but football pools gives you a much greater chance of winning an absolutely astonishing sum of money . |
| 6 | They worked hard for any money they got er but basically this was the idea that they could earn more money than say a joiner or a plumber or whatever , and therefore they had a wee bit of pride in themselves . |
| 7 | ‘ Yea , I realize what you have in mind — it would be better to go without permission than to flout a refusal ! ’ |
| 8 | It must be better to be an alone child than to have a brother like Augustin . |
| 9 | Simultaneously , Jack Wood , soon to be returned unopposed in the forthcoming municipal election , told the West Ham Trades Council that ‘ he was more delighted to have a place on ( the ) united Labour Party platform than to have a seat on the council ’ ( ibid ) . |
| 10 | Do not attempt to give massage at floor level when standing and bending at the waist ; this is even more harmful to your back than using a bed . |
| 11 | If you are planning to give a particularly large sum , it is always more advantageous to give out of income by covenant than to give a capital sum . |
| 12 | Some saw the press as an industry and had no other object than to sell a product , provide employment and make a fair profit . |
| 13 | As well as the advantages of uniformity ( which include ease of maintenance ) and cost , microprogramming offers greater flexibility than hardwired logic ; it is easier to alter a control store than to rewire a control unit . |
| 14 | A mikva is central to the setting up of a Jewish community , and building a mikva is even more of a priority than building a synagogue . |
| 15 | He seemed more likely to blow a kiss than to throw a punch ; to be at a dinner-table than to be down in the dives ; to be rubbing shoulders than to be shoving or sticking it to the comfortable ( I almost said to the bourgeoisie . ) |
| 16 | In most cases it is better to improve your credit control than to give a discount to entice payment . |
| 17 | But the minister 's little joke reflects a suspicion among many in social services that going ‘ over there ’ is less about learning than enjoying a jaunt . |
| 18 | His smile , as I recounted my terrifying encounter — I am an arachnophobe — implied that there were worse things in life than having a spider wandering over one 's hair . |
| 19 | And a Manchester mother vowed she would rather go to prison for life than pay a £4,000 bill run up by her son . |
| 20 | Clive James should have stayed with book-reviewing : his destruction of ‘ Princess Daisy ’ must be the funniest thing he ever wrote , even though he admits that ‘ to pour abuse on a book like this makes no more sense than to kick a powder-puff ’ . |
| 21 | He wished he 'd had more sense than to get a lift with Mrs Wright . |
| 22 | ‘ Oh , we had a quarrel , but I have more sense than to seek a confrontation . |
| 23 | Clearly it is easier for a minister to accept this sort of legislation than to develop a policy that effectively changes the direction of a great deal of work going on within the department . |
| 24 | One thing to remember : there is a lot more to safer sex than putting a condom on a penis . |
| 25 | There is no more effective means for long term evangelism than preparing a team in relationship with a leader , moving in , and planting a church ! |
| 26 | And how better would a kidnapper do such a thing than to send a letter by his Majesty 's Mail . |
| 27 | As most bilingual students studying subjects are not beginners in English this experience more truly reflects their situation than does a lesson in a totally new language . |
| 28 | At least , on the face of it , it will be cheaper to buy your own camera than to use a bureau . |
| 29 | Any picture of such a tree , with ordered lists of children , conveys a much more thorough image than does a picture of an average graph , because the picture can exhibit the order in each list of children . |
| 30 | I would rather do a cross-word puzzle than try a revenue appeal . ’ |