Example sentences of "than as an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The newcomers ' decision to present themselves in the city as ‘ Sotheby Deutschland ’ , rather than as an Anglo-American auction house , has proved to be a wise one . |
| 2 | But this seems also to be the stance of anomie theory : the anomic individuals are clearly pushed and constrained yet , within those constraints , they manage to invent rational solutions ( in the sense that these solutions come about through internal reasoning processes , rather than as an autonomic response ) . |
| 3 | To the extent that freedom of expression figured at all , it was no more than as an implicit principle sitting silently in the gaps between the words . |
| 4 | In the context of the Report as a whole , however , it should be understood instead as a call for a systematic strategy of cultural extension by extra-mural means addressed primarily to an adult population , rather than as an internal tactic for English as a discipline . |
| 5 | While it takes ingenuity and careful thought it is possible and productive to use drama at the centre of the curriculum , rather than as an occasional extra . |
| 6 | Nevertheless I shall argue that the idea that the National Curriculum ensures a common entitlement for all should be seen as persuasive rhetoric , rather than as an indisputable truth . |
| 7 | Britain could have much more clout with the combined power of our neighbours than as an individual country . |
| 8 | Pain is the main indication for treatment , and the disease should be regarded as chronic and relapsing rather than as an acute phenomenon treatable by a single medical or surgical intervention . |
| 9 | Dusak ( 1973 ) has suggested interpreting ( F t +1 ; - F t ) /S t , as the excess return , that is , the risk premium , rather than as an ordinary rate of return ( see section 7.3.3 ) . |
| 10 | Many , indeed the majority , of the page printers sold are not equipped with a PDL ; Hewlett Packard 's LaserJet , the biggest selling device in the market , does not support one other than as an optional extra . |
| 11 | The ideal manager is now regarded as a coach who helps others develop their skills and can act as a role model , rather than as an authoritarian figure issuing orders by virtue of his or her overt status . |
| 12 | This is a further reason for considering such skills an essential part of the staff nurses ' role rather than as an added extra to be fitted in whenever possible : today 's staff nurses are the ward sisters of tomorrow , and they do not simply pick up teaching skills automatically when they are given a new job title . |
| 13 | In reality not , but until you go through very violent experiences in your own life , you ca n't understand this man on the cross in any other way than as an abstract figure . |
| 14 | It was there as confirmation of the course he sailed rather than as an ever-present guide , as were the slowly changing figures on the Loran 's small screen on the bulkhead beside the companionway . |
| 15 | For one thing , it is technically easier , and cheaper , to represent a battle as a series of muddy brutalities in slow motion than as an exhilarating spectacle . |
| 16 | The latter presentation is not so common , because of the generally unfavourable associations of ‘ aesthetic ’ in our culture , though it is implied whenever students are asked to approach a poem as a work of art , rather than as an historical document or a philosophical argument . |
| 17 | It also seems to provide a rather better description of how to create and modify patterns that the original Illustrator 88 manual — or perhaps that 's just because the subject is being tackled in context rather than as an academic exercise . |
| 18 | Bacon did not want to teach but liked the studio that was offered him , and so replaced Minton , less as a tutor than as an honorary visitor . |
| 19 | This might help them to see his lack of social responsiveness as a symptom of his illness and something for which they should make allowances rather than as an unfriendly act or a personal slight on their company . |