Example sentences of "[noun] than if you " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if you are producing a Victorian mystery , for instance , you would do well to think of a plot in terms more of melodrama than if you were writing a book set today . |
| 2 | Without such basic knowledge , you might gain some small insight into the sport , but at a much lower level of appreciation than if you had done some reading in advance . |
| 3 | But if you can arrange for experienced selectors to be present then this may lead to a more objective assessment of the candidates than if you act alone . |
| 4 | Although if you are redundant or long-term unemployed you feel you have heard all of this before , the truth is that if you manage to keep alive some enthusiasm and initiative you have more chance of getting an interview than if you do not . |
| 5 | When you are working on curved designs you should try to sort through your material and choose stems that are curved , as they will give a much more natural effect than if you have to use entirely straight pieces and encourage them to curl . |
| 6 | You will have realized , for example , that if you crunch your car into your neighbour 's gatepost at 20 miles an hour you will do much more damage than if you nudge it at 10 . |
| 7 | In addition , if you become more actively involved in Compact , you are more likely to influence its direction than if you sit on the sidelines . |
| 8 | I mean the you 've probably got more chance of having an audience with her if you 've got aids than if you have n't catch aids , meet the princess |
| 9 | When you live alone , money assumes a greater importance than if you share your life with someone . |
| 10 | Note that your essay in this case is not centrally concerned with Coleridge ; in fact you will almost certainly do less well if you write about Coleridge than if you discuss a different author . |
| 11 | A wet suit will also enable you to spend more time on the water than if you only venture out when the sun is shining . |
| 12 | Unpleasant symptoms are a lot easier to cope with if you know you have Whatsisname 's Syndrome than if you 've been told that it 's ‘ all in your mind ’ . |
| 13 | The Modern Language Association Bibliography from 1985 to the present is available on compact disc , so you can do much quicker searches than if you had to haul out each year 's book one by one . |
| 14 | If you g if you attend a nursery school , you 're less likely to fall into criminal ways than if you have n't attended a nursery school . |
| 15 | If you can shop only once a week for example , you will need much more deep freeze space than if you can shop every day . |
| 16 | If you insure all the property in your flat against theft , fire etc. you have less of an incentive to make the place thief-proof and to check over it carefully before going out or going to bed than if you were not insured . |
| 17 | If you have already given thought to your self-assessment and how well your qualifications match the job you will make a better showing on the form than if you have not bothered . |
| 18 | Erm in terms of if you , if you 've got a very strong presence you might adopt a different line than if you have n't . |
| 19 | ( Try thinking about your finger movements when you play a well-known tune on a keyboard — you make more mistakes than if you let your fingers do the thinking . ) |
| 20 | Um , if you look at erm who 's bringing people up , again according to Daley and Wilson , I think this is where the information originated , in Canada where they 've looked at um looked at some statistics on this , if you 're being brought up by step-parents you 're seventy times more at risk than if you 're being brought up by your as it were biological parents . |
| 21 | Well you 're in a stronger position than if you take somebody on and find out six months later that they ca n't do it , where you gon na put them ? |
| 22 | If you are travelling by car , carrying extra bits and pieces is less of a problem than if you are going by air . |
| 23 | If ( and hopefully when ) you do finally quit , it may create more of a problem than if you gird your mental loins at the outset and make up your mind to do it first and foremost . |
| 24 | So if you already own land you would end up with a larger unit than if you owned no land before . |
| 25 | What 's more , you can bring home a larger allowance than if you buy duty-free — usually half as much again . |
| 26 | I read in the paper this morning that if you smoke you 're less likely to develop Alzheimer 's disease than if you do n't . |