Example sentences of "may [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | Talk of ‘ structures of government ’ may distort rather than illuminate , and the centrality of the personal relationship between rulers can be too much played down . |
| 5 | A job may take longer than planned , but if the project keeps its importance and its relevance to Soviet needs amid the shifting equations of economic growth and need for foreign exchange — then it will be done . |
| 6 | It may be applicable to an individual firm , but not to the economy as a whole — if real wages were reduced throughout the economy , this would reduce aggregate demand and so may increase rather than reduce the actual level of unemployment . |