Example sentences of "[adv] than give [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the market were weak , the authorities intended simply to withdraw rather than give support until it strengthened again , when gilt-edged sales would be resumed . |
| 2 | But it might occasionally happen that , rather than give way , the Government might prefer to reconstruct itself as a Coalition Government with the support of some middle-of-the-road members of the Opposition . |
| 3 | But , read the chapter this way or that , if there was ever a case for recognising that unions have a right to share in the management of companies , that case depended critically upon a general expectation — amounting to a near-certainty — that , rather than give primacy to their sectional interests , unions would and could act in the general interest whenever it was necessary or desirable for them to do so . |
| 4 | I B M is just one of many companies , who now feel that lending employees rather than giving money , is a better way to work with a voluntary sector . |
| 5 | Sometimes members of a family look for something that is convenient to them or that will solve their own feelings of guilt , rather than giving weight to the elderly person 's own strong preferences . |