Example sentences of "than [v-ing] a [noun] of " 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 | There was nothing he enjoyed more than seeing a couple of his subordinates at each other 's throats . |
| 3 | There 's no better entertainment than seeing a bunch of over-paid , pampered prima donnas getting their comeuppance . |
| 4 | This seems a useful technique for any situation where a straight piece of wood ends in a curve , since it maintains the visual integrity of the piece and is considerably easier than laminating a number of separate strips ( which I always find slide out of line while being clamped ) . |
| 5 | Weaving does take longer than knitting a piece of the same size , but it takes very little longer to weave a long row than a short one , so this can save a considerable amount of time . |
| 6 | Along with Clary , however , Merton tends towards discussions about his auntie 's table napkins rather than cracking a string of Stalinist corkers . |
| 7 | Discretion will allow officials to exercise some autonomy in their work and may allow the official to respond to the individual needs of clients rather than applying a set of standard rules . |
| 8 | This feature is predicted by the pulsating cusp model : a pulse of reconnection is envisaged as initially producing an equatorward motion of the open/closed boundary , rather than causing a burst of poleward flow ( with the boundary static ) . |
| 9 | Many readers are hindered by inaudibly ‘ pronouncing ’ each word rather than scanning a group of words to get the meaning of a sentence and rapid reading classes can be helpful in correcting this deficiency . |
| 10 | Rather than providing a survey of English Literature , the ten units are aimed to guide students towards acquiring the linguistic and critical awareness which will enable them to read for pleasure , discuss and write about literature . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ I think there 's nothing more therapeutic than sharing a glass of champagne . ’ |
| 13 | And multi-player games are good for business : groups of friends will have to buy more than one copy of each game , rather than sharing a set of different games . |
| 14 | So in fact the crinoline , although in some ways it had its disadvantages , I think it was a good deal more comfortable than , than wearing a lot of petticoats and being very restricted like that . |
| 15 | For example , if you feel like cheese on toast for lunch , rather than having a couple of slices of toast piled with cheese , have two slices of toast , one with just a moderate layer of cheese on top , and one with baked beans . |
| 16 | The Universe would therefore have an infinite extent in all four dimensions of spacetime ; it would always have existed , rather than having a moment of birth . |
| 17 | Rather than rather than having a sort of under the counter scenario where er material considerations you know will be considered when it when it 's a separate planning application comes in there are there an ack there is an acknowledgement or a framework which is in a formal local plan which which identifies what the main considerations will be . |
| 18 | Well it 's better than spending a lot of money |
| 19 | In Lakoff 's case , it might be a reflection of her training in the Chomskyan tradition , which urges the analyst to examine her own intuitions rather than collecting a corpus of data . |
| 20 | Sometimes it 's quicker than buyin' a pack of fags in the pub . ’ |
| 21 | Executive dress for both men and women means much more than finding a pair of unscuffed shoes in the morning . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The ‘ Great Debate ’ about education had been underway for some time and though it was clear that the curriculum was in need of change , it was less clear how much change should take place at Hinde House , bearing in mind the need for teachers to have ownership of curriculum delivery if higher standards and a wide range of learning experiences were to permeate the whole curriculum rather than making a series of peripheral and ephemeral alterations to an already redundant approach . |
| 24 | it 's better than throwing a lot of stuff away . |
| 25 | While I ca n't say I actually enjoyed the experience — as usual , two shirts flaked me out and put me in a bad mood for the rest of the day — I did find the whole process a whole lot easier on the nerves than throwing a glass of water across a shirt in the hope that somehow the creases , along with the water , would eventually evaporate . |
| 26 | Much more demanding than overseeing a terrace of houses and collecting rents . ’ |
| 27 | The book seems concerned with defending Mr Yeltsin rather than propounding a set of distinctive policies ; it gives an unsettling impression that this man does admirable things out of vanity . |