Example sentences of "than [verb] [pron] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Please return them as soon as possible , rather than using them for storage . |
| 2 | Other than using it for business purposes , there are no restrictions — except , of course , that you must not overstep your borrowing limit . |
| 3 | The state-owned Scottish Nuclear company , which operates Scotland 's two nuclear plants , has decided to " dry store " most of its spent nuclear fuel , rather than send it for reprocessing at the British Nuclear Fuels plant at Sellafield . |
| 4 | Unmarried teenage mothers are more likely nowadays to keep their children than to place them for adoption . |
| 5 | Johnson 's problem was the IAAF 's problem , and the bottom line was that when he was caught cheating in Seoul , the powers-that-be imposed the statutory punishment of two years rather than banning him for life . |
| 6 | As a community are we willing to risk building a just peace rather than arming ourselves for war ? |