Example sentences of "than [verb] [pers pn] from the " 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 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 . |
| 3 | It 's faster to read data from the cache than to load it from the hard disk . |
| 4 | There may still be time to persuade the authorities to relocate her rather than remove her from the wild . |
| 5 | 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 ! |