Example sentences of "[prep] it [adv] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | At other places people have often sought to reduce casualties by carrying the toads across the road and putting them into the breeding pond , but as often as not the toads they put into the pond were moving out of it rather than in , so the toads have to run the gauntlet of the road a second time . |
| 2 | It can be argued , to the contrary , that the more the courts are opened up to arguments based about the interests of the public or of significant sections of it rather than of particular individuals , the more likely are the judges to be drawn into political battles which ought to be resolved in the political arena and not in courts . |
| 3 | But maybe you can educate people out of it rather than ban ? |
| 4 | Erm that way you 'll have an understanding of it rather than just saying , Well this bit is always . |
| 5 | I think you would draw a different picture of it here than you would in Manchester or the Derby area . |
| 6 | It was the shock of it more than anything . |
| 7 | The deposits produced by Vulcanian eruptions are similar to those produced by Surtseyan eruptions , in that they too consist of highly-fragmented material , with a large proportion of it less than one millimetre in size . |
| 8 | Alfalfa is suggested as the reward , as horses like it more than other hay , and it wo n't matter how much they eat . |
| 9 | Lehmann noted that Minton was ‘ at his happiest and most intimate — and less hysteria underneath it all than often of late ’ . |
| 10 | Where shall ye now get as much money as ye owe ? ’ , and when she was given forty pence she bought herself a furred cloak with it rather than paying off any of her debts . |
| 11 | These motives can be exploited to good effect by skilful MPs who understand the system and work with it rather than try to change it . |
| 12 | If a bank has a surplus of cash , why might it choose to make a market loan with it rather than giving extra personal loans or mortgages to its customers ? |
| 13 | The need for arousal thought well should I be absolutely calm when I 'm giving a presentation but I never am so is it right and now understanding that you need a certain level of arousal to be able to perform at all is is satisfying for me because at least I understand the situation now and able to work with it rather than against it . |
| 14 | Yeah I know it 's well again , you know , kind of once you can see , once you can see what 's wrong with it rather than just sort of , you know , screwing it up and throwing it away , you know kind of if you can use that as a basis for , for , you know , kind of putting more of the stuff in that makes it look a bit more academic |
| 15 | I would n't underestimate the problems of famine , but this is largely a question of mild distribution , and I think we 're learning to cope with it better than fifty years ago . |
| 16 | Attracted by the lion 's share of a $10m industrial assistance fund , a bit of McDonnell Douglas has already arrived , bringing with it more than 1,000 jobs . |
| 17 | The treaty on foreign policy carries with it more than a commitment to co-ordinate our policies . |
| 18 | The white foamy part of a broken wave is largely made up of air bubbles and the board often digs into it rather than riding over it . |
| 19 | had supported League of Nations sanctions against Italy and Cripps resigned from it rather than accept this decision . |
| 20 | ‘ Why women suffer from it more than men do , why ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Women suffer from it more than men — especially women who have been brought up to think that it is enough just to look beautiful . ’ |
| 22 | But Big Black were the sort of band who , having invented a blueprint , worked within it rather than move away . |
| 23 | The structure was there and I think anybody who 's been in this business for any number of years , some of us have been in it longer than others er know that you actually need a structure er of that , of that little . |
| 24 | Well you can keep different things in it now than you could n't before . |
| 25 | I get up fairly early , as you know , so he would n't be in it more than a few hours . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ He 's in it more than Tony Benn and Ken Livingstone , ’ he says . |
| 27 | Oh , it 's two more grains in it more than the other I expect ! |
| 28 | inside it rather than |
| 29 | He and his wife had fallen out over it more than anything else . |
| 30 | If clients are better able to use another office , the team will direct them to it rather than act as key workers . |