Example sentences of "than [vb infin] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The social dynamics which foregrounded a consciousness of individual identity have been clearly analysed : primo-genitive inheritance forcing younger sons to seek a role outside the family ; the growth of a socially fluid urban society and of cathedral schools and the resultant rise of an administrative class ; the climate of learning and debate about the purposes of life , ideals to be followed and choice of life-style — whether to pursue an active life of involvement with the world of affairs or the inner contemplative ideals of a personal relationship with God within the renunciation and shelter of a cloister ; the stress on personal relationships between friends and lovers ; all these factors contributed to raise the profile of the individual within society rather than submerge it in low relief within a predetermined authoritarian hierarchy . |
| 2 | rather than throw it about |
| 3 | So too has the rise of feminist versions of the nature of parenting , in which , for example , the daily physical care of children has been demystified to lay bare the sheer labour involved , and hence the need to share this burden equally rather than regard it as an unequivocal privilege ( see , for example , Oakley , 1974 ) . |
| 4 | And rather than make it into a viable erm , organization . |
| 5 | It is important that you imagine the secret , rather than steal it from a face you already know . |
| 6 | These changes essentially affected only the production strand of the course as editorial staff retained an element of scepticism about the evolution of SGML ( and ASPIC ) and its significance for copy-editors , preferring to inform students of its existence rather than include it within working practice . |
| 7 | If you have a cat and you let it walk around the countryside rather than confine it in your house ; what is the consequence ? |
| 8 | Describe the nature of qualitative factors and give three examples that may influence a decision to make a component rather than buy it from another firm . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , there was a strong tendency in some constituencies for voters to " plump " for one candidate and waste their second vote , rather than give it to someone from the opposing party . |
| 10 | The state-owned Scottish Nuclear company , which operates Scotland 's two nuclear plants , has decided to " dry store " most of its spent nuclear fuel , rather than send it for reprocessing at the British Nuclear Fuels plant at Sellafield . |
| 11 | A major start has already been made with the agreement that Scottish Nuclear can store its spent fuel on site rather than send it to BNF 's reprocessing plant at Sellafield in Cumbria , which will save £45 million a year . |
| 12 | Rather than report it to anybody . |
| 13 | They have been fighting to keep their current size for more than three years , claiming that they wish to keep the school open to all-comers , rather than limit it to the number of children in Episcopalian families . |
| 14 | Thus , he or she will tend to resolve the crisis rather than use it as a lever towards treatment . |
| 15 | The Council feel that SARU should concentrate on raising money for the development of rugby in the townships rather than spend it on overseas tours to countries which can not afford to finance the visits . |
| 16 | Miss McIntosh said it was also essential contractors dredging local channels used the retrieved aggregate on Essex sea walls rather than transport it to coasts elsewhere in the EC . |
| 17 | Because we , we have a large amount of cash which it suits us to get rid of rather than take it to the bank er to be added up and charged for cash handling . |
| 18 | A woman who left her pet greyhound in agony rather than take it to a vet after it broke its leg in a road accident has been banned from keeping dogs for seven years . |
| 19 | NT is a more powerful alternative to Windows For Workgroups , Brown says , and this market niche gives Microsoft the opportunity to undermine Novell from the low end rather than take it on head-to-head . |
| 20 | be nice to get it from rather than take it from here that 's what I was thinking . |
| 21 | By the time word got out that the whole thing had been a spoof , there was a sizeable demand for the book and , rather than leave it at that , Jean Shepard was persuaded to write the book proper . |
| 22 | Not only is he generally responsible for the system but he also receives all appeals from refusals of permission , and has the power to call in any application for decision by himself rather than leave it with the district council . |
| 23 | Although it may be beneficial to address this point at this stage rather than leave it to the flotation , the alternative argument is that such matters can only be decided at the time of flotation when the parties are better able to assess what is commercially necessary to achieve an optimum result . |
| 24 | And I think it 's much better to get a clear understanding from the market stall at that stage rather than leave it till later . |
| 25 | " I m sorry , Mr Beamish , but he 'll be away all day and I thought I 'd better come along rather than leave it till tomorrow . " |
| 26 | Rather than pose it as a question of culture , however , they tackled it — often very productively — in terms of ideology . |
| 27 | She 'd do anything rather than drive it at first . |
| 28 | I could tell he was pleased with himself but a bit scared , just like when he used to keep the half-crown Father gave him on Sundays , rather than put it on the collection plate . |
| 29 | The owner of the estate , American John Kluge , agreed in principle to sell the estate to the crown rather than put it on the open market , but he did not consider the resulting offer to be high enough . |
| 30 | It is much better to admit defeat and carefully transport your design to an expert , rather than spoil it by not being able to frame it properly . |