Example sentences of "than [verb] [pers pn] from [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Paul 's opponents found it easier to agree in synod on his unworthiness for office than to eject him from the episcopal residence . |
2 | It is important that you imagine the secret , rather than steal it from a face you already know . |
3 | Of course , such a device is doing more than protecting them from an over-exciting adventure ; it is also in a calmer way building up their anticipation of a real mystery . |
4 | It has got to the stage where it would be cheaper for stockholding booksellers themselves to buy the books from these cheaper sources — they 'd get a better margin than ordering them from the publisher . |
5 | It 's faster to read data from the cache than to load it from the hard disk . |
6 | There may still be time to persuade the authorities to relocate her rather than remove her from the wild . |
7 | However , once again I strongly suggest that you grow a collection of wild flowers in your own garden rather than pick them from the countryside and assist in depleting the stocks ! |