Example sentences of "[noun sg] than [art] actual [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kirkwood ( who adopts the Prague School rather than the Hallidayan definition of theme and rheme ) , suggests that placing an element in initial position will give it a certain prominence but that it will still ‘ carry less weight than the actual rheme ’ . |
| 2 | It 's becoming sort of fairly topical erm where there , and it is , more perhaps related to the fear of crime than the actual crime itself , where , people are afraid to go out for fear that they 're going to be personally attacked , whether it be you know , answering the door at night in their own homes , or actually , you know , going to their cars . |
| 3 | Goodchild ( 1978 ) suggests that the number of derived polygons is more a function of boundary complexity than the actual number of polygons . |
| 4 | The back kick is more of a thrusting kick than an actual kick in itself . |
| 5 | The remaining ones ( needle return levers , jacquard , LiLi ) , are concerned more with needle selection than the actual knitting of stitches . |
| 6 | They wo n't , the burglar is more likely to seriously damage the frame than the actual lock . |
| 7 | Any such artefact may seek either to proclaim or to hide the material used and the constraints the material has imposed upon the technological process : a mask may be thought to incorporate the spiritual properties of the wood from which it is taken ; a group of people may refuse to purchase an item known to be of seal skin ; a plastic may seek to copy a more traditional material ; the gold from which an object is made may have far greater significance than the actual form into which it has been hammered . |
| 8 | At this stage , with acceleration complete , three clock pulses have been deleted , but all the pulses have been sent to the downcounter , which therefore records a position three steps nearer to the target than the actual motor position . |
| 9 | The Nab is an excellent viewpoint , better in fact than the actual summit of Wild Boar Fell although of lower elevation . |
| 10 | Final commodity prices will fall to an even greater extent than the actual saving in carrying costs if improved transport also breaks down local monopolies . |