Example sentences of "than [adv] [v-ing] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Allison has gone further than just stating the theoretical arguments for the process , he has already begun to explore the actual practicalities of implementing assessment techniques with the aid of students in his department . |
| 2 | If you 're likely to be tackling full-scale plumbing installation work rather than just mending the occasional dripping tap , it will pay you to collect some specialist hand tools . |
| 3 | But to win this game takes more than just knowing the right moves , donning the groovy gear and asking Mr Barber for ‘ a dishy pop-star cut , please ’ . |
| 4 | To my mind the answer is simple : when a critical approach is accepted as a legitimate element of social studies teaching ( and surely a critical approach is not one which is to be avoided ) then textbooks will be obliged to present alternatives , rather than just describing the sexist norm and failing to evaluate it . |
| 5 | Within insurance companies , actuaries have a much wider responsibility than just keeping the statistical score . |
| 6 | Rather than passively absorbing the latest word from abroad , the intelligenty selected those ideas which helped them to address their own problems . |
| 7 | A wealth of evidence exists to prove that reading involves much more than simply recognising the individual characters that form a word . |
| 8 | Rather than immediately repealing the existing Informatics Law of 1984 , however , the government decided to abolish it when it expires in 1992 . |