Example sentences of "for the [adj] [adv] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | What about learning how to change things for the better rather than merely learning to adapt to the way things are now ? |
| 2 | Social events for example were organised for the deaf rather than by deaf people themselves , mainly by hearing missioners ; deaf magazines like the Deaf Quarterly News and the British Deaf Times were largely aimed at a readership far too sophisticated for the average ordinary deaf person , written and edited by missioners ; the Guild of St. John of Beverley , an organisation of mainly clerical missioners interested in doing things for the deaf , flourished . |
| 3 | Briefly , for those who want to search for one of these rarities : beautiful , very fast , start saving at £14,000 and go for the carburetted rather than the injected version . |
| 4 | For example , it is often possible to explain angry and hostile behaviour in terms of an individual 's love and concern for the other rather than as a straightforward expression of hostility or hatred . |
| 5 | But he had expected it to be directed by concern for the dead rather than against him as the perpetrator of their demise . |
| 6 | The Green Party 's policy has been described as a manifesto for the 1890's rather than the 1980's . |