Example sentences of "than [verb] no " in BNC.
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| 1 | A director of the Land and Timber Services , Dr Alastair Frazer , is quoted as saying that : " getting some return of their debt from sustainable forestry is better than getting no return at all " . |
| 2 | There 's nothing worse in life than having no choice , I think . |
| 3 | I do not think that the hon. Member for Edinburgh , Central , his hon. Friends or the majority of my hon. Friends would say that the Government were wrong , rather than giving no status to people who have been in this country for a number of years , to have given them exceptional leave to remain . |
| 4 | While some workers believe that the best place for a child is within a family , and that it is better for a child to be placed transracially than to have no family , anxiety is increasing about the outcome of transracial placements . |
| 5 | In areas of high unemployment many newly qualified staff are happier to have a part-time post with the knowledge that they will he offered full-time employment as posts become available , than to have no post at all . |
| 6 | The court must therefore be satisfied that the order will positively contribute to the child 's welfare and must not make an order unless it considers that doing so would be better for the child than making no order at all . |
| 7 | By section 1(3) of the Act of 1989 Parliament has required a court exercising this jurisdiction to have regard to a number of considerations and by subsection ( 5 ) has directed the court to make no order , notwithstanding an agreement between the parties , unless it considers that doing so would be better for the child than making no order at all . |
| 8 | This is because s1(5) of the Children Act precludes the court from making an order unless it considers that this would be better for the child than making no order at all . |
| 9 | ( c ) Presumption of no order The court can not make an order under the Act unless it considers that this would be better for the child than making no order at all ( s1(5) ) . |
| 10 | He did not compromise easily , but was willing to accept less than he had hoped for rather than to make no gain at all . |