Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] than for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was the former Republican leader in the House of Representatives , and had been chosen as Vice-President for his reputation for honesty rather than for any outstanding political qualities . |
| 2 | More to put her at her ease again than for any other reason I picked up The Times and showed it to her . |
| 3 | Erm , I 'd like to , I 'm glad you picked up the children looked after by the local authority , but what bothers me is the children in families that are causing concern rather than for those that are actually erm , in care . |
| 4 | Plundering en route was forbidden , probably because it reduced the speed of the army rather than for any ethical reasons . |
| 5 | Thus it may well be that French Canadian is derived historically by the addition of an adjectival sufffix to the geographical term French Canada , but it is clear that in the mind of most users the adjective is used to take a subset out of the larger class of things or people Canadian , as shown , for instance , by the general refusal in Canada to use the historically natural opposite term English Canadian otherwise than for those descended from inhabitants of Great Britain and in particular England ( see Orkin , 1971 ) . |
| 6 | ‘ There is a better atmosphere now than for many years — fewer stoppages , better relationships . |