Example sentences of "than [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , Pearson 's lack of interest in the methods of play construction led him towards even more unfocused ways of organizing his films , aiming for a sort of primitive naturalism — ‘ nothing more than the capture of things seen , life in the living , and by selection and arrangement , the flow of the human tale . ’ |
| 2 | The rent paid by the retailer is much less than the cost of overheads in an equivalent central location . |
| 3 | If Guangdong and other coastal regions were to lose their virtual autonomy in dealing with foreign investors and their privileged access to raw materials and fuel supplies , the effect would be far more damaging to Hong Kong 's confidence in China than the sight of tanks rolling into Tiananmen Square . |
| 4 | If trains on a branch line are cut then the railways may lose much more than the income from fares on the branch . |
| 5 | Those who believe that it is important to consider the structure of the market rather than the behaviour of firms argue that it is far better to deal with problems before they arise . |
| 6 | That is , the permanent reduction of inflation is accorded a higher priority than the size of revenues associated with monetary creation . |
| 7 | Yet the utility of those services to the public is out of all proportion greater than the continuation of prescriptions free or at one shilling each would have been . |
| 8 | The emphasis generally is on the carrot of incentive rather than the stick of taxes and sharply raised prices . |
| 9 | To some extent the notion of academic scepticism is a caricature or even downright inaccurate ; the advancement of knowledge requires emotional commitment just as much as detachment , and it is the ground-rules of public research rather than the temperament of academics which sustain objective criticism . |
| 10 | These resemblances are far more impressive than the resemblance of clouds to weasels . |
| 11 | They formed a proportion of new schools greater than the proportion of children they served ( though this may have been because they were more likely to have suffered from bombing in city centres ) . |
| 12 | Buffy , rather than the issue of ex-wives and the children of broken marriages , was the starting point for the book . |
| 13 | To his right wing the Zoo stretched away in the distance ; Three Island Pond he recognized as a paler shape than the rest with lights on the paths around to mark it out ; the Cages were in front of it with several Men around them . |
| 14 | The issue of curriculum and subject choice goes deeper than the portrayal of women in school textbooks , however . |
| 15 | If officialdom plays the game , the great benefit should be an end to those long delays in customs which appear often to be caused by nothing more than the whimsy of officials . |
| 16 | If managers fail to ensure this confident grasp — together with an equally confident openness to questions about the future needs of their learners — they will betray the ideals of that type of schooling which requires the co-operation of partners rather than the criticism of consumers . |
| 17 | Look no further than the row of foundations — most of them have been used for about a week , which is as long as it takes to realise that they are wrong for your skin . |
| 18 | If I could afford it , I would buy some of their shirts and casual clothes , because often they 're much better made than the stuff for girls . |
| 19 | The Development Psychology Section lacks theoretical coherence , and it could be argued that the History and Philosophy of Psychology Section is restricted to a narrower area than the psychology of women . |
| 20 | It could underline their responsibility for health rather than supply and encourage them to view managed units as a rather than the supplier of services . |
| 21 | Being a firm believer in purchasing-power parity as a forecasting tool , I find the Big Mac index significantly more accurate than the myriad of economists ' forecasts that spew forth from the profusion of banking and security-firm literature . |
| 22 | The noise of splintering wood became more commonplace than the singing of birds as saplings and lesser trees were crushed beneath the weight of falling forest giants . |
| 23 | The scenery is spectacular throughout and , other than the possibility of snowfields lingering on the high passes , there are no technical difficulties or dangers on generally good paths . |
| 24 | There was no offering more gratifying to him than the trust of adolescents . |
| 25 | Evidence from successful Japanese companies has suggested that production costs are often closely connected to management practices and operations , rather than the scale of operations within plants . |
| 26 | There was no sound or sign of life other than the scolding of blackbirds and the sudden dash of a startled fawn that had been grazing absorbedly on the fresh grass at the forest edge . |
| 27 | When one considers those settlements left undefended , it becomes evident that the choice was dictated by military and administrative considerations , rather than the protection of communities , however considerable in size and number . |
| 28 | When announcing the increase in such benefits for 1981 , it disclosed its intention to increase invalidity benefit by 5 per cent less than the rise in prices . |
| 29 | more than the rise in prices generally over the relevant period . |
| 30 | Estate owners had begun to find the grazing of animals more profitable per acre than the tenanting of farmers . |