Example sentences of "the [noun] than [verb] a " in BNC.

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1 A follow-up study showed that very few of them ever had any higher ambition for using the money than buying a house or two for the family and perhaps a shop or pub .
2 Backpackers faced with an already heavy load should resist taking a gamble on the weather — it 's far better to adjust your plans to suit your load and the condition than risk a one-way ticket .
3 As Dave suggests , it 's often more use to read up on the natural background of the fish than to read a fishkeeper 's account of breeding it .
4 And what nicer way to round off the evening than to have a quiet nightcap on the terrace with new-found friends , or take a gentle moonlit stroll along the beach .
5 ‘ It is more/less effective to employ experienced teachers at the top of the scale than to employ a larger number of less experienced teachers . ’
6 Well precisely for that reason , that not only this particular person , but lots of other people at times cause trouble , and I 'm not always there erm and Pauline , who 's next to me , who you 'll probably talk to in a minute — she 's over eighty , she 'll kill me for telling you that because she does n't look it , she only looks about forty , but — erm she stuck in there and people are frightened and erm worried about her , and the fact is that erm there 's no other way of calling the police than having a phone .
7 Quite clearly , as costs were four times direct revenue , 10 per cent ( for example ) saving in costs had much more effect on the balance than did a potential 20 per cent increase in revenue , so energy was at first concentrated on the cost base .
8 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 .
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