Example sentences of "[adv] than [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He can do no better than argue that it involves apprehending things simultaneously rather than in succession though he does not explain how the successful mystic can transcend the limits of the magic number seven , which most psychologists agree is the maximum number of entities that can simultaneously be held before the mind . |
| 2 | In the middle of the nineteenth century Faraday ( 1791–1867 ) , one of the wisest of men , could do no better than to say that the strength of solids was due to the cohesion between their fine particles and that the subject was a very interesting one . |
| 3 | If your interest in the past centres on some figure in particular from days gone by you could perhaps not do better than to consider whether he or she would make a detective , as the American writer Lilian de la Torre did with a series of short stories about Dr Sam Johnson , Detector . |
| 4 | But if , as seems increasingly likely , Mr Clinton will soon tell Congress and the public that American fighting men will have to be sent to Bosnia , he will have to do better than say that he has thought things over carefully . |
| 5 | Babyish even for nine year olds perhaps , but better than waiting until they are teenagers . |
| 6 | She believed in love , but she had been too impatient , her eagerness to experience it persuading her to believe that what she had felt went deeper than liking and a mild physical attraction . |
| 7 | Let's rewrite that slightly differently and just say l over L open brackets into D T P L over D L minus T P over L , alright , what 's that in economic terms , well that 's simply , right , marginal product of labour in the brackets , right , minus the average product of labour , okay , so if if the marginal product of labour here is greater than the average product right , the righthand side is going to be positive right , therefore , average product is going to be positive okay , the marginal product is greater than the average product ah change the slope of the average product curve is going to be er positive therefore average product itself is positive and rising let's write that down as the marginal product of labour is greater than the average product of labour that implies changing slope of the er average product curve right , is positive implying that average product is positive itself and rising Okay , if the marginal product of labour , right , is less than the average product right , that implies the slope of the average product curve is positive therefore the average product itself , right , is positive and falling sorry right , so we can rewrite that somewhat succinctly , using the following D A P L over D L , right , is greater than equal to or less than zero if D T P L over D L , right , is greater than , equal to , less than right T P L over L the average product . |
| 8 | Industrial production , he said , had grown by 5.5 per cent in 1989 , less than expected because of interrupted production in the second half of the year due to sabotage of power transmission lines to Maputo from South Africa . |
| 9 | She said that her interview had laid stress on personal circumstances rather than experience and qualifications . |
| 10 | Indeed , it was in a mood of celebration rather than panic that the garotters were actually toasted for having ‘ taken upon themselves the duty of upsetting a whole fabric of amiable delusions ’ concerning the reformation of criminals , and further congratulated that through their ‘ inexcusable crime ’ they had made a salutary impact on public opinion and ‘ created a general belief that right and wrong are , after all , essentially distinct ’ . |
| 11 | Fishermen fish yellowfin rather than skipjack or albacore tuna because it commands a higher price — its flesh is white , while skipjack and albacore are a darker , red colour . |
| 12 | To sum up , it seems logical to prevent rather than cure but of course prevention as well as being a politicoeconomic consideration , demands knowledge and self-discipline , and for these to be applied , individuals must develop an understanding of the nature and purpose of maintaining a safe environment . |
| 13 | They set up a dichotomy thus : ‘ Rather than scheming as to what a Left-Labour government should do , it is vital to consider the political basis on which such a government will become a possibility . ’ |
| 14 | Leaving aside any general perceptions of Basic , the Pick version was interpreted rather than compiled and consequently did n't sparkle in speed bench tests . |
| 15 | A quick end , rather than torture and rape at the hands of those barbarians in the hall . |
| 16 | Well i that was to sort of try and make you focus on the gifts of the Holy Spirit that we 're going to receive , that we receive through or that you have strengthened through Confirmation , rather than receiving because they 're already there . |
| 17 | Can it be , that when Gandhi refers to morality without religion as being similar to a house built on sand he is simply expressing in a different way his belief in the convertibility of these terms rather than suggesting that morality has to be related to a particular religion ? |
| 18 | Never forget that these assumptions are just that ; we can never prove that a variable is prior rather than intervening or ensuing . |
| 19 | rather than start and |
| 20 | To be fair to him , he had repeatedly hinted that , when the evidence was in , it would show that Pound 's contribution went far beyond the mere passing of judgement on particular passages ; and indeed it turned out that the very structure of the poem had been extricated by Pound , rather than conceived and composed by the poet whose name appeared on the title-page . |
| 21 | It tends to be exclusive rather than inclusive , in that our thinking may be confined to those matters which fall within accepted categories rather than accepting that all situations to which the law pertains can give rise to legal problems despite the fact that there is no immediately available legal framework for their solution . |
| 22 | Not only are biblical accounts of supernatural visitations during dreams and dreams foretelling the future repeated without comment , even where ambiguity exists , the authors writing for children insert more accounts of dreams rather than asserting that visitations happened to people who were awake . |
| 23 | Rather than presume that a motorway is required , will my hon. Friend the Minister acknowledge that there is at least one other option — to leave things as they are ? |
| 24 | Only since the general adoption of the policy of specialisation engendered by the Industrial Revolution has it become common to demolish and rebuild rather than to adapt and extend . |
| 25 | They thought in terms of a right or wrong time , rather than long or short duration . |
| 26 | The ferreting season has just ended and those people with no more than a passing interest , perhaps a failed interest , will then be keen to dispose of their stock rather than feed and maintain them to the start of another season . |
| 27 | Writing as late as 1971 , John Erickson could still pinpoint a widespread frustration with the absence of a clear C.-in-C. of the Armed Forces and with military policy imposed by ad hoc command changes rather than clear and systematic institutional mechanisms and procedures . |
| 28 | A constant retreat ; putting your senses to sleep rather than facing and destroying the cause of your distress . |
| 29 | Talk in a firm steady voice rather than shouting or rambling . |
| 30 | We are peers ( rather than boss and subordinate ) . |