Example sentences of "than [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing is more heartbreaking than to see a beautiful glider damaged by incompetent handling on the ground . |
| 2 | I think we 're all agreed that it 's better for us to die honourably together in this way than to risk a worse fate at the hands of the enemy . " |
| 3 | A detailed look at the books and some simple arithmetic proved that it would be cheaper to launch a new , specialist title than to revive an old one ! |
| 4 | Oh nothing is worse Than to flog a dead horse |
| 5 | In these conditions it should not be necessary to use direct-feed chemical fertilizers , herbicides , or pesticides other than to meet an occasional crisis , probably caused by a slip-up in our husbandry . |
| 6 | ‘ What greater joy than to find a loving companion ? |
| 7 | Nothing can be more exasperating to the borrower of library books than to find a vital page or two missing from the denouement of his thriller . |
| 8 | It makes more sense to enquire into his attempts to reform this woman , and then to glorify her and her child in a whole series of marvellous drawings , than to establish a dubious fatherhood he in any case assumed at the outset , emotionally and spiritually and with the utmost delight . |
| 9 | Very frequently judges sought to bring the parties to an amicable settlement ( which was more likely to be observed ) rather than to pass an outright sentence . |
| 10 | In practice the express remedies were actually in many cases fairly limited , so that the effect of such guarantees was rather to avoid the manufacturer 's liability than to provide an additional remedy . |
| 11 | After early work on the design and building of hostels for the Ministry of Supply , Holford was recruited to the Reconstruction Group to serve Lord Reith at the Ministry of Works ; his job , together with that of a team assembled under him and a career civil servant , H.L.G. Vincent , was no less than to secure an immediate strengthening of the planning system and the encouragement of planning work in local authorities . |
| 12 | In other words the objective is to escape from an uncomfortable position rather than to reach a particular destination . |
| 13 | Is n't it a far better use of public money to create training and job creation rather than to buy a prime site with public money ? |
| 14 | ‘ At least I 'm old enough to know better than to buy a crappy kitsch china schweinhund like this , ’ he retorted . |
| 15 | The article , then , is exploratory rather than definitive , inciting theory rather than assuming it , attempting to open up some territory or to clear some ground rather than to fortify a final position . |
| 16 | it is usually easier to give examples from local varieties of English ( in the family or local community ) than to discuss a wider range of varieties , which are more distant , geographically , socially or historically ; |
| 17 | It is more useful to argue the variable nature of the relationship between the individual and society than to assume a linear evolution towards the autonomous self . |
| 18 | He knew better than to expect a detailed answer . |
| 19 | It is easier and safer to free up an ordered society than to re-order a chaotic one . |
| 20 | We might feel inclined to say : Well , that is a pity , but it would be a greater evil to interfere ; it would be worse to make the law uncertain than to leave a particular hardship unredressed . |
| 21 | There is , perhaps , nothing more difficult than to give a precise and consistent meaning to the word ‘ property ’ . |
| 22 | Children often match the colours of their equipment , but sometimes the smallest spade is the same colour as the largest bucket and further conversation can be encouraged as they discover it is not always easier to fill a small bucket with a large spade , than to fill a large bucket with a small spade . |
| 23 | It will nearly always be easier subsequently to reach agreement to extend the partnership than to persuade an elderly partner to stand down voluntarily before the contractual date : hence the relative unpopularity of agreements which simply permit a partner at his option to retire upon reaching a certain age . |
| 24 | The ‘ opt out ’ method taken by the current system is not ideal but it is preferable for a system to admit it 's ignorance than to submit an incorrect suggestion . |
| 25 | If the speaker 's main intention was to communicate information about temporal order , she would be more likely to use a temporal connective such as before , after or then than to use a causal connective . |
| 26 | There was probably no better way , if one was going to do this thing properly , than to study a celebrated practitioner . |
| 27 | But a glance at the Soviet Union should be enough to remind Mr de Klerk that it is far easier to dismantle his predecessors ' oppressive structures than to build a new democracy in their place . |
| 28 | He was deternined to use the dramatic location and its views to make a powerful memorial rather than to build a lofty edifice that would dominate the skyline . |
| 29 | In a consideration of terraces it is probably better to cover large areas with an accuracy of measurement of approximately + or 1.5–3.0 m ( 5–10 ft ) than to measure a few terrace fragments with great accuracy . |
| 30 | Marx 's works had already begun to penetrate Russia earlier , but until now they had been used to buttress populist attacks on capitalism , rather than to develop a Marxist approach to revolution in Russia . |