Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [noun] [adv] than the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this is failed , he is too slow to jump back and one arm is simply amputated ( roll D6 : 1–3 left ; 4–6 right , or you can be charitable and rule that the shield arm rather than the weapon arm is affected ) . |
| 2 | Notice that in the third tone-unit , since it is the tonic syllable rather than the word that carries the tone , it is necessary to divide the word ‘ forest ’ into two parts , ‘ fo ’ and ‘ rest ’ ( it could be argued that the syllables should be divided ‘ for ’ and ‘ est ’ , but this is not important here ) . |
| 3 | Advocates of the reliance theory insist that the proper scope of legal obligations should be confined to invasions of the reliance interest rather than the expectation interest . |
| 4 | It , it 's also a chain , from what you 're going on about , people regarding the service , I mean everyone 's had a bit , not just the erm , it , it 's the purchase managers more than the er , people who pay our premiums , they are just in time and we stood up to be shot at if we do n't pay the service , or put a big ones maybe , they 'll have half a carton of raw material left for that machine , so they 'll order an item for tomorrow morning , well they 're not to blame for the service , T N T's to blame for the service if we do n't get it erm , |
| 5 | In general , money supply growth will be higher ( or its decline lower ) , the more the government borrows from the banking sector rather than the non-bank private sector ( or repays to the non-bank private sector rather than the banking sector ) . |
| 6 | ( in order to achieve an accurate rendition of the subtle body colours the necessary exposure ‘ burns out the bright eye , giving the silver image rather than the true green . ) |
| 7 | However , because it is the weight distribution rather than the frequency distribution which determines sediment behaviour during transport and deposition the weight of the pebbles falling into each size class should be used for the purposes of comparison . |
| 8 | Classes in ordinary schools are increasingly composed of pupils of different ethnic origin , cultural and religious persuasion , pupils who may have physical or sensory impairments , learning difficulties or social and emotional problems , since the neighbourhood school rather than the special school is seen to be the first choice for children 's education . |
| 9 | The reason , one supposes , for their usefulness in the wind band rather than the orchestra is no doubt the weight and solidity of tone which overcomes in the former combination any disadvantages which might be caused by the highly individual tone-colour of the saxophones , and thus enables them to enrich the texture and , by their vitality , to add the gaiety and fun which are such marked features of their character , as well as a brand of melancholy particularly to be associated with the alto instrument , hence its occasional use for solo work . |
| 10 | In cases like this the solicitor says the law favours the horse owner rather than the victims . |
| 11 | Carew Cheriton was another Coastal station in the same area and it too has a commemorative plaque , although in the village hall rather than the church . |
| 12 | The presentation seemed to affect the error patterns more than the success rates ( Table 4.17 ) : there were several ways in which the dimensions of the box were used to obtain an answer . |
| 13 | The police and ambulancemen arrived on the scene minutes earlier than the fire brigade and swung into action when they learned that an unconscious woman was trapped in the house . |
| 14 | They include non-work-related tasks to enable groups to focus on the process skills rather than the task skills . |
| 15 | Once again the declarations of the jurors reflected the wishes and interests of the forest inhabitants rather than the facts of recorded history . |
| 16 | In fact , in so far as religion was involved , the contrary was probably the case , as the ideas of the Reformation affected the nobles and the town dwellers more than the peasants . |
| 17 | Since it seems that the rain forest rather than the savannah was the chimpanzee 's original home , hunting should therefore be regarded as being typical of the animal . |
| 18 | Local management of schools , the opportunities to opt out of the local education authority system , and funding formulae dominated by per capita allocations come together to provide a force for the fragmentation of the education service rather than the more desirable decentralisation . |
| 19 | The focal point of the community was the supermarket or the Bingo Hall rather than the church . |
| 20 | If we would just organise those leads once and for all , and essentially , erm the leads belong to the video recorders rather than the monitors , and if those somehow were attached , if we could at least tie them together or whatever |
| 21 | The justification for the change was founded on the need to provide an exciting finish for the television audience rather than the interests of cricket of the fairness of the result . |
| 22 | This uses any free control intervals in the control area rather than the free space in other control intervals containing data . |
| 23 | It was the motor lorry rather than the train that really hit coastal trading , for the hinterland of many of the smaller ports is ill-served by main lines , and until the coming of the lorry it was still economic to send a lot of things by sea . |
| 24 | Since one usually needs to measure emission from only a small area of the viewing field rather than the whole field , a fibre-optic probe inserted in the light path would probably be the best method , with the light-pipe output directed on to a highly sensitive photoelectric cell or photomultiplier , whose output would also have to be calibrated against some standard phosphor . |
| 25 | But it may be that , as in 1066 , the signs are bad for the defending country rather than the interlopers . |
| 26 | Other main recommendations were that : ( i ) Congress should create the post of assistant secretary for transport in charge of security and intelligence ; ( ii ) the US government should directly manage security at domestic airports and conduct a study to assess the safety of US airports ; ( iii ) the State Department rather than the airlines should conduct negotiations with foreign governments to meet security standards at airports used by US carriers ; ( iv ) victims of terrorist attacks aimed against the US government should qualify for special financial compensation ; and ( v ) the State Department should take steps to ensure that relatives of victims were given " prompt , humane and courteous treatment and services in overseas disasters " . |
| 27 | However , each social group in Bradford uses the zero variant more than the corresponding group in Norwich . |
| 28 | The use of the same hardware and software ( BBC-B and KWIRS ) each time , means that emphasis will be placed on the information aspect rather than the technological aspects of the information retrieval system . |
| 29 | He did so , and he looked like the questioner in the studio audience rather than the answerer . |
| 30 | Areas of the economy in which formerly goods and services such as medicine , education , transport and energy were supplied by the private sector , have been taken over by the public sector and the key issues as to how much should be supplied and at what price , have been decided directly or indirectly by the ballot box rather than the market place . |