Example sentences of "than [to-vb] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'd sooner come to Cheltenham than to go to a holiday abroad . |
2 | If diarrhoea is described in some particular terms rather than others ( e.g. if it described as empacho ) the patient is more likely to consult a traditional practitioner than to go to a health clinic . |
3 | Though in theory taking life was contrary to the tenets of Buddhism , it was considered more shocking to kill animals for other persons , or for their hides , than to kill for a meal . |
4 | Whether it 's the Police Band or one from a nearby mill town , there are fewer nicer ways to end a summer day in Leeds than to sit in a deckchair at sunset , listening to the haunting sound of the trumpets and trombones . |
5 | She knew , as she carried articles that required hanging up through to the wardrobes , that she was not going to tresspass any further on Ven 's generosity than to partake of a cup of tea with him . |
6 | Disknet gives the user no other choice than to stick to a routine of checking each incoming diskette for viruses . |
7 | Disknet gives the user no other choice than to stick to a routine of checking each incoming diskette for viruses . |
8 | Charles Bosanquet assured his readers that ‘ the London poor are accustomed to the notion of being visited and more inclined to complain of being neglected than to look on a visitor as an intruder ’ . |
9 | ‘ What better note to end it on than to win in a team situation and when you are playing for your country ? |
10 | I am less concerned to focus on the psychopathology of individuals than to point to a collective , cultural condition ‘ and the tendencies of people who make it up ’ ( May , 1969 ) . |
11 | But when you think if you go to your corner shop and you , you do n't want a lot it 's cheaper to go there than to get in a car |