Example sentences of "than [art] [adj] way round " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twenty years on , the phrases which she saw as indicating a deformation of values have become commonplace in the Thatcherite academy , where contemplation is regarded as idleness , rather than the other way round , and Leavis 's abominated ‘ technologico-Benthamism ’ is firmly in the saddle . |
| 2 | As Edward Pechter puts it , ‘ History does not tell us what the text is , because we decide what history is , and then put history into the text , rather than the other way round . ’ |
| 3 | Conversely , Ninagawa had trouble applying the combination of eastern and western styles to a traditional Japanese piece : ‘ It is much more difficult to bring realism into stylization than the other way round . |
| 4 | Sir : Mr Stephen Campbell ( letters , 5 October ) asks if he is alone in thinking that personal injury awards should be increased in relation to libel awards rather than the other way round . |
| 5 | It is in this context that Marx and Engels finally turn the tables on the ideas of philosophers who , like Hegel , had argued about the primacy of ideas , especially the idea of the State , as though these ideas had formed the processes of history rather than the other way round . |
| 6 | Better a little fish in a big pond than the other way round ? ’ |
| 7 | I AM a fan and an observer of dogs and before the avalanche descends on me I must shout that , like Chris Joyce , our US Editor , I am well aware of the case against dogs but also know that the relationship is to human advantage rather than the other way round . |
| 8 | The conclusion the doctors reached , given the apparently poor response to food testing , was that the psychological problems were affecting the bowel , rather than the other way round , in the majority of patients . |
| 9 | ( It must also be said that only about one in ten of the adult population in Britain in teetotal and it could be that at least some people in this group are unwell , rather than the other way round . ) |
| 10 | Make the dog wag the tail rather than the other way round . |
| 11 | Under the deal , the Community will have to prove that it should take the decision , rather than the other way round as originally feared . |
| 12 | Throughout the post-war period , the policy has been to allow the exchange rate to adjust to costs rather than the other way round . |
| 13 | After considerable discussion Mr Jones accepted the possibility that Olwyn perhaps did need love and attention but that it was just as likely she needed it because she behaved badly rather than the other way round . |
| 14 | Warden was enjoying himself in the background : it was a new experience to see someone else tackling Buchanan rather than the other way round . |
| 15 | He argues that it is TNC 's approach to assessment which has determined the approach to curriculum , rather than the other way round . |
| 16 | In practice , it meant protecting the broadcasters from politicians and pressure groups more than the other way round . |
| 17 | It is clearly easier to follow a message that announces its subject and then says something about it than the other way round . |
| 18 | Unlike those stressed above , these are questions about the impact of social policy upon economic policy rather than the other way round . |
| 19 | That 's why women are so much more essential to men than the other way round . |
| 20 | In this situation production responds to the demands of marketing rather than the other way round . |
| 21 | The organisation serves the individual rather than the other way round . |
| 22 | The fourth response is more to do with the response of the women 's movement to adult education than the other way round and about welcoming adult education as just one more arena in the battle for women 's liberation . |
| 23 | It could be argued from this , that er , Wilson 's father began to identify more of his son rather than the other way round . |
| 24 | Tha that 's how from it , but certainly er the dog has sided with the woman and thrown the man out rather than the other way round . |
| 25 | He says the idea is to bring the water to the pupil rather than the other way round . |
| 26 | And under a procedure known as ‘ reversal of the burden of proof ’ the defendant would have to prove he did not commit the damage rather than the other way round . |
| 27 | And they get very uptight if they get erm too much and then it 's reduced rather than the other way round . |
| 28 | Even at the end of the sixteenth century , which is a great golden era as far as we were concerned , you know , the madrigal came from Italy and it was the Italian import that influenced English composers , rather than the other way round . |