Example sentences of "than [prep] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , given their potential influence , few outstanding sportsmen have used their position to challenge the notion of the legitimacy of sport as a way out and a method of social mobility , and few have pointed out that blacks ' continued domination of sport is more a reflection of limitations in other areas of a society permeated with racism than of blacks ' talent . |
| 2 | The Crown 's interest was above all the defence of the land rather than of villagers ' property rights . |
| 3 | Assessment of achievements in English should therefore be primarily concerned with such understanding and skills , rather than with pupils ' knowledge about and competence in using IT and media facilities as such . |
| 4 | Nowhere was this clearer than in moralists ' take-up of scientific logic and a language of rationality . |
| 5 | As regards tragedy , spiritually the city 's focal point , Euripides was not and could not be a spiritual guide as Aeschylus had once been , although the need was , no doubt , greater than in Aeschylus ' time . |
| 6 | ‘ Management ’ remained in place , only now it was responsible to a government-appointed Board of Directors and ultimately to Parliament , rather than to shareholders ' representatives . |