Example sentences of "than simply [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To begin with , geometry has more value than simply as a means of acquiring a grasp of mathematical concepts . |
| 2 | The computations are thus interpretative processes , carried out by the visual system considered as a symbol-manipulating system rather than simply as a physical transducer ( though Marr attempts to ground his computational hypotheses in specific facts of visual psychophysiology ) . |
| 3 | It is also relevant here that the story of the weeping bitch was a widely known one , albeit in moralized versions , as an exemplum , rather than simply as a fabliau . |
| 4 | Many of the large old psychiatric hospitals have succeeded in making good use of their facilities , in breaking down the whole organization into smaller , semi-autonomous units , and in ensuring generally that the emphasis is on the treatment and rehabilitation of the patients rather than simply on their care and custody . |
| 5 | In the case of non-resident discretionary trusts the Inland Revenue are effectively increasing the amount of tax due as the flat rate of 35 per cent applies on the combined amount of the dividend and a notional tax credit of 20 per cent rather than simply on the net dividend as before . |
| 6 | Yet though irregular both in incidence and attendance , assemblies provided a golden opportunity for the dissemination of royal propaganda , to insist on the notion of ‘ public ’ war ( see p. 288 ) , and to depict royal campaigns as undertaken ‘ for the defence of the realm , ’ rather than simply for the king 's self-interest . |
| 7 | They must also ensure that educational adaptation corresponds to local circumstances rather than simply to national value systems which may have no positive role in helping people to develop their own resources . |
| 8 | His poor showing was attributed to public disillusionment with the government , rather than simply to his withdrawal . ) |
| 9 | However , care must be exercised in the analysis of unfamiliar languages , as demonstratives are often organized with respect to contrasts between participant-roles rather than simply to distance in concentric circles from a fixed deictic centre ( the speaker 's location at CT ) . |
| 10 | The position is perhaps best described by saying that the directors owe their duties to the present and the future shareholders , rather than simply to the particular persons who are shareholders at the relevant time . |
| 11 | It challenges these discourses , too , by valuing women 's active sexuality positively , and by defining lesbianism very broadly , as a matter of political or cultural identity , rather than simply of sexual relations ( e.g. Rich 1980 ) . |
| 12 | In Three Coins in the Fountain ( 1954 ) , the Roman backgrounds are the whole point of the story , not just for the audience but also for the Romanian-born director Jean Negulesco ( Romanian is the only Latin language of Eastern Europe ) and , most important , for the three American girls ( Dorothy McGuire , Jean Peters , and Maggie McNamara ) who throw coins in the massively theatrical Trevi fountain in the hope of romance rather than simply of returning to Rome — which , indeed , gave its very name to romance . |
| 13 | Price is directly related to size , and comparisons should always be made by the m 2 rather than simply between individual rugs . |
| 14 | For this reason both are oriented towards criterion-referenced assessment in which achievement is measured against a given level of performance , rather than simply against the performance of other pupils . |
| 15 | This is because the change in the stock in the current quarter ( ) consists of revaluations ( which are a function of the change in asset prices over the quarter ) and new purchases which are a function of expected gains from the time of purchase rather than simply from the end of the current quarter . |
| 16 | Work of this kind demonstrated the significance of the Bronze and Iron Ages in reducing the forest cover of the British landscape particularly in upland Britain , where blanket peat growth may have been influenced by deforestation rather than simply by climatic change ( Simmons , 1980 ) . |
| 17 | I have my doubts about the latter vision since archivists , librarians and museum creators deal with materials which are differentiated by the type of activities which created them , rather than simply by the physical form of those artefacts . |
| 18 | Then I suggested that , when she felt ready to do so , she should try to carry out the exercise in reality rather than simply in her imagination . |
| 19 | The fact that such grammatically incorrect combinations are frequently systematic ( Berko 1958 ; Ivimey 1975 ) suggests that children are organising their utterances on the basis of a knowledge of rules , rather than simply in response to environmental contingencies , and that such rules are , at least to some extent , generated spontaneously . |