Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | We appreciate your concern in allowing ‘ strangers ’ to live in your home but it is better to have your home cared for rather than leaving it empty . |
| 2 | He did not compromise easily , but was willing to accept less than he had hoped for rather than to make no gain at all . |
| 3 | A powerful Japan could work either for or against South Korea ; so long as the United States exercised a controlling influence over Japan , it would work for rather than against South Korea . |
| 4 | You might have to be more clear about what you 're specifically asking for rather than use handles titles . |
| 5 | To create a Chebyshev filter , equation ( 12.22 ) shows that the poles of must be arranged to satisfy Making the helpful substitution so that the required condition ( 12.27 ) becomes or on equating real and imaginary parts Since can not be zero , and and it follows that the poles of are given by equation ( 12.28 ) subject to the two conditions where p is any integer ( positive or negative ) including zero , and Of course , the poles can also be obtained through similar substitution for rather than . |
| 6 | Cutting into ‘ four ’ or ‘ three ’ tends to be talked about rather than ‘ quarters ’ or ‘ thirds ’ , although fractions are sometimes used . |
| 7 | and it 'll come up that he 's and that 's probably the sort of person your going to get somebody who 's is a smell about rather than |
| 8 | the fact that she 's , she 's intelligent as well erm she , you know , she 's gon na s she knew that I did n't know what I was talking about so she said right you look , yo you look er you , you ask them about this , this , this and this and they might say this to you , so I knew what , if they asked me , I knew what I was talking about rather than |
| 9 | A statement from the council 's environmental health department said the authority would rather see dogs cared for properly than have to catch them as strays . |
| 10 | The third element , the innovative practice advocated , became refined during rather than before the project . |
| 11 | Twenty years ago lager accounted for less than 10 per cent of total beer sales . |
| 12 | Result — a rock-steady garden seat , built in less than a day , for less than £40 . |
| 13 | Yet I do not doubt that Aristotle and St Paul have done more to frame the Prime Minister 's mind and therefore the destiny of her Government than any thinkers who have been dead for less than 1,900 years . |
| 14 | You can get a fine Bonnard print for £2,500 ; a Pissarro for less than £7,000 . |
| 15 | But he had been Bishop of Durham for less than three years , and was in a see which fitted his gifts perfectly . |
| 16 | With an established , respected management company it is unlikely that any band would secure an agreement for less than five years . |
| 17 | No indication has yet been given of the price of the G40 , but it will need to retail for less than £11,000 to keep the GTi in touch . |
| 18 | Secondhand Sierra XR4x4s are generally good value for money , providing strong performance and plenty of grip for less than £5000 . |
| 19 | The aircraft will land , disgorge the troops and take off again immediately , being on the ground for less than three minutes . |
| 20 | Today US-registered vessels make up only one-third of the fleet , and account for less than 16 per cent of the total number of dolphin deaths . |
| 21 | It already supplies Fokker with fuselages for Fokker 's small jet and could make that product its own by buying the Dutch company for less than $1 billion . |
| 22 | At this point Peru had been conquered by Spain , in the name of Christ , for the exploitation of its mineral wealth ( gold and silver ) for less than fifty years . |
| 23 | you can buy a 1.3 carburettor version for less than £6000 . |
| 24 | His predecessors had farmed these revenues for less than £50 a year , and in some years failed to make any payment at all . |
| 25 | This little-known town also boasts a charming hotel , the Logis du Guetteur , built under the citadel tower , and a wonderful market ( chic Provenal printed fabric at £5.50 a metre and the ingredients for a four-person lunch of sardines , shrimps and giant prawns for less than £3 ) . |
| 26 | In El Salvador , about half the active agricultural population are employed for less than six months of the year ( Miró and Rodríguez 1982 ) . |
| 27 | ‘ No , ’ Barry concluded , ‘ there 's no way to do it for less than six hundred dollars . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ If you want to go swimming you can do it for less than £800 a day . |
| 29 | The other countries in Central America and the Caribbean will account for less than 10% of total energy demand growth . |
| 30 | Although Africa 's gas reserves are far larger than Europe 's , African production is less than one-fifth of European production and in 1983 indigenous consumption accounted for less than 10% of energy demand . |