Example sentences of "than [not/n't] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He then asserted that it was greater to exist than not to exist . |
| 2 | Anselm 's definition is seen as part of a clever philosophical con trick whereby he argues that it is greater for something to exist than not to exist , and thereby that the definition of God ( as the greatest thing conceivable ) demands that He exist ! |
| 3 | So , then , I decided it was better to see the finish than not to finish at all . ’ |
| 4 | Their initial meeting at dinner in Hall was not quite accidental : the nature of the placement was such that strong scholarship candidates were more likely than not to find themselves sitting together . |
| 5 | Doubly authentic , because I have often observed that where , these delicate questions are concerned most listeners are more inclined than not to accept the most improbable of two or three possible explanations for the vagaries of a person 's conduct . |
| 6 | It is much worse to begin too soon , he wrote , than not to begin at all . |
| 7 | In some ways it is better to communicate with the client and say that nothing has happened , than not to communicate with the client because nothing has happened . |
| 8 | Better to have a go and fail than not to have a go at all . ’ |
| 9 | Comments that the ‘ recession is bottoming out ’ seem more often than not to have a hollow ring about them . |
| 10 | It 's better not to have to have pensions than not to have pensions , surely not . |