Example sentences of "[det] than [v-ing] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's better this than wasting a load of money that carpets we 're gon na bin anyway |
| 2 | Making love burns up more calories than playing golf and not that many fewer than throwing a frisbee . |
| 3 | ‘ Literacy means more than learning a code or writing a word . |
| 4 | The process involves no more than threading a strip beneath another one that runs across it more or less at right angles , and keeping on doing so at intervals with dogged persistence , pulling the strip tight after each threading . |
| 5 | In practical terms , selling a house through an estate agent can not possibly cost more than using a solicitor . |
| 6 | Both must be considered useful for nothing more than maintaining a battery 's charge . |
| 7 | these proposals we regard as doing no more than initiating a programme of family welfare which will have to be kept under continuous review and modified and expanded in the light of experience and deeper knowledge . |
| 8 | There was nothing he enjoyed more than seeing a couple of his subordinates at each other 's throats . |
| 9 | But , having given permission and encouraged the port authority and dock company to move in and operate a port , which is a major long term undertaking , it is hardly reasonable to seek to stop or materially limit it without compensation and when the dock company is doing no more than making a success of that for which permission was granted . |
| 10 | Depression , as an illness is not normal any more than having an ulcer |
| 11 | Executive dress for both men and women means much more than finding a pair of unscuffed shoes in the morning . |
| 12 | But negotiating a bank loan involves much more than agreeing an interest rate . |
| 13 | Then I mention that the only people who really use notebooks to the full , who worry about weight and battery life , are journalists because most other notebook users tend to take them from the car to an office or home , often using the mains and probably doing little more than running a spreadsheet . |
| 14 | The cost of buying a complete system is claimed to be less than £1m — less than buying a licence for an IBM mainframe software upgrade . |
| 15 | Plenty of guys in this racket have found themselves in front of a jury for a lot less than picking a dame up off the floor . |
| 16 | The cost of this service would be substantially less than repairing a unit . |