Example sentences of "[is] [num] [prep] [noun] [adv] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The problem today is one of quantity rather than quality . |
| 2 | ‘ The problem today is one of quantity rather than quality . |
| 3 | The interests of the prosecution to secure a conviction and the interests of the defence to ensure that the verdict is one of manslaughter rather than murder may on occasion coalesce , so that it often appears — in reading the newspapers that consensus rather than conflict between prosecution and defence is the general order of the day . |
| 4 | Again , the problem is one of scale more than anything , and on political decisions and their timing . |
| 5 | The research by Portes shows that the difference between the squatters and the urban population is one of degree rather than kind , the implication being that they are disadvantaged within the system , rather than being outside it . |
| 6 | Any difference is one of degree rather than kind . |
| 7 | The distinction between task training and skill training is one of degree rather than kind . |
| 8 | Another such verb is leave ; hence example ( 3 ) ( b ) from Chapter 4 , repeated here : ( 40 ) this process leaves the items date-stamped is in fact structurally ambiguous in three ways rather than two , since the final adjective may be a postnominal attributive , a predicate qualifier , or an adverbal ; it remains true , however , that the ambiguity is one of structure rather than a matter of elusive " shades of lexical meaning " . |
| 9 | It is one of form rather than substance . |
| 10 | In this chapter , I shall argue that Simmel 's assertion that his analysis is one of modernity rather than solely of capitalism should be taken seriously , and that the contradictions in modernity which he analysed are not resolvable through Marxist conceptions of a future society , but are dilemmas which have to be investigated as integral aspects of modern life . |
| 11 | Though the poet , in broad terms , castigates greed and disloyalty , his message is one of optimism rather than foreboding , and his concern is not with general crisis but a particular , personal cause for rejoicing . |