Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [adv] than [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence , societies ' encouragement of early marriage as a step towards achievement of a large family may hinder rather than aid attainment of family size goals . |
| 2 | Finally , if the rise in real output per capita is caused by an expansion of investment goods industries and public sector expenditures on the civil service and defence , while at the same time there is a decline in consumer goods industries , then current economic welfare may fall rather than rise . |
| 3 | ‘ You ought to know better than to ask that . |
| 4 | All of this stresses the need to ensure that future development must enhance rather than damage the environment . |
| 5 | In other words , no one working with a computer should be forced into a straightjacket of usage : IT should liberate rather than restrict , and the best applications are those in which the uses are almost boundless . |
| 6 | Currently much effort is being directed at understanding the organizational processes of questioning and debate which such audits should stimulate rather than seeing the problem in terms of administrative techniques alone . |
| 7 | Scott , it declared , ‘ wants a tight rein , and we hope to see it in Lord Palmerston 's hand ’ , but he should resign rather than undertake work in any other than that in which he has distinguished himself . |
| 8 | ‘ You should know better than to ask such a question after all I 've tried to teach you . ’ |
| 9 | That infamous attire strangling his glorious body — really a pastiche of desirability — inspired battalions of people who should know better than to wear Lycra shorts . |
| 10 | You 're not a kid , you should know better than to sniff round other men 's wives . ’ |
| 11 | You should know better than to walk out into strange streets alone . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Henry should know better than to keep you cooped up with his books . |
| 13 | At your age you should know better than to bring rubbish into the house . |
| 14 | It should unite rather than divide , encourage rather than discourage . |
| 15 | Quiss felt his eyes start to smart in the fume-laden atmosphere , and as he peered through the grey , yellow and brown clouds of rising steam and smoke , thought of suggesting to the seneschal — if he ever found him — that he somehow persuade the scullions powering these airwheels that they should run rather than walk . |
| 16 | The private sector , however , must supplement rather than replace state involvement . ’ |
| 17 | In so far as it is necessary to have new political institutions , the Community should cherish rather than threaten the rich diversity of nations and regions within it . |
| 18 | Despite the controversy it is becoming increasingly clear that there is no real ground for argument between hospital and community care and that they should complement rather than rival one another . |
| 19 | We should be doing all that we can to promote the revival of singing , and we should encourage rather than stifle the musical creativity of those who write and perform . |
| 20 | Some of the funds that are now flowing from the CAP — not always put to as good a use as we should like — should encourage rather than discourage environmentally friendly farming . |
| 21 | Holmes said , ‘ I think this is a matter on which we should lead rather than follow ’ . |
| 22 | Presidents , on the other hand , can rarely issue plausible , self-executing commands ; for the most part they must persuade rather than order other political actors to do what they want them to do . |
| 23 | As ambassador he tried , without overwhelming success , to convince radical Iranian students the at they should support rather than demonstrate against the Shah . |
| 24 | It 's the party actually saying that we should promote rather than allow . |
| 25 | Those looking for a rank outsider at rewarding odds may do worse than invest a little each-way on New Halen , who was still in contention when unseating his rider a mile from home last year . |
| 26 | Amongst those who disagreed it was frequently asserted that the provision of a sealed form 53 prior to completion might facilitate rather than hinder the commission of a fraud . |
| 27 | But rather to join in the search for new ways forward for the common future of our society and I suggest you might do worse than try a few committees and working groups on pragmatic coalitions , collaborative democracy and local community . |
| 28 | Siward was probably already one of the richest men in Scandinavian York , as well as a useful war-leader and a forthright advisor to Canute and his heirs by the time it occurred to the Lady Emma that she might do worse than encourage him to take over Northumbria . |
| 29 | The trip awakened many boyhood memories , and Warnie remarked that they might do worse than spend their declining years there . |
| 30 | In the short term , we might do worse than adopt some of the practices of our fellow-Europeans , as Mr Newsome observes : ‘ All members of the European Community , with the exception of the UK and Ireland , charge interest on overdue debts . |