Example sentences of "[adv] than no " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eden , the British foreign secretary , declared that non-intervention , ‘ a leaky dam , but better than no dam at all ’ , prevented the outbreak of a general war . |
| 2 | To herself she added silently , But better than no proposal at all . |
| 3 | In a hypothetical life-form with both hands of amino acid it is possible that rather than no helices being created , there would be helical molecules which were true mirror images of one another . |
| 4 | The group 's concern for any answer , however bad , rather than no answer . |
| 5 | If no appropriate child restraint is available for children aged 1 to 4 years old , it is safer for them to wear an adult belt alone , rather than no restraint at all . |
| 6 | ( 2 ) ( a ) The justices were under a duty to consider whether it was better for the child for a secure accommodation order to be made rather than no order at all being made upon the application ( in accordance with section 1(5) of the Children Act 1989 ) . |
| 7 | ‘ The justices were under a duty to consider whether it was better for the child for a secure accommodation order to be made rather than no order at all being made upon the application in accordance with section 1(5) of the Children Act . |
| 8 | Before I go on to deal with the other submissions which have been made , particularly those by Mr. Clough , who appears for the local authority , to support his submission that the order was wrong on the merits , there is one further aspect of the justices ' order and that is the second ground of appeal where it is said that the justices ought to have given the parties the opportunity of addressing them on the question as to whether prohibited steps orders rather than an interim care order , or rather than no order at all , should or could be made . |
| 9 | Articles such as this more often than no conclude with the location of the nearest recommended watering hole , and this one is no exception . |