Example sentences of "than giving " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some programmes , set up by North American and international development agencies in order to alleviate the population pressure on food and thus reduce poverty , were aimed at direct population control rather than giving the woman the right and freedom to control her own fertility . |
| 2 | But Whitehall should contract out as much as possible of this research to industry itself rather than giving it to government establishments . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Giving £10,000 credit for one month is always riskier than giving £5000 credit for one month . |
| 5 | But giving £10,000 credit for one month can be less risky than giving £5000 of credit for six months . |
| 6 | Giving credit for extended periods is always more risky than giving it for shorter periods . |
| 7 | That is , the word or words of the lexia are doing more than giving up their meaning as words . |
| 8 | Rather than giving the same recognition to differences among literacies which he proposes to be differences among languages , he uses what is in fact the ‘ autonomous ’ model of literacy as the basis for arguments about the specific nature of the English language . |
| 9 | As can be seen from the sample tasks above , identifying the place value of a column was generally rather easier than giving the place value of a particular digit . |
| 10 | In answering the question posed by the preliminary issue in this case affirmatively I believe that I am doing no more than giving the answer that is clearly called for by application of the common law principles of the law of negligence . |
| 11 | Antenor de Santa Cruz , commander of the Amazon , spoke on behalf of the military when he pledged to fight any defence of the ‘ environment and minorities ’ and to ‘ occupy the [ Yanomami ] area , rather than giving it up . ’ |
| 12 | They argue for the empowerment of subordinated groups , rather than giving them selective access to existing hierarchies ; for the ‘ democratization ’ of the curriculum by reorganizing knowledge to advantage the disadvantaged ; and for special teacher training for teachers to assist girls in resisting the sexist demands of their schools . |
| 13 | you know , the money is put towards their f food and things , rather than giving it to somebody else . |
| 14 | Sharp and Dust ( 1987 ) found that teachers rarely perceived art teaching as little more than giving pupils a title , providing materials and allowing the assignment to progress without any more guidance or evaluation . |
| 15 | But it 's better than giving handouts to the real mother in the first place , because with kids round her apron she ca n't find herself a job . |
| 16 | I got pregnant because you spent all my life filling my head with romantic ideas rather than giving me any practical advice . |
| 17 | I do not think that the hon. Member for Edinburgh , Central , his hon. Friends or the majority of my hon. Friends would say that the Government were wrong , rather than giving no status to people who have been in this country for a number of years , to have given them exceptional leave to remain . |
| 18 | In particular , they could provide an efficient and natural parser for Chomsky 's ‘ Government and Binding ’ model of grammar , because the modules of the grammar provide filters , rather than giving permitted productions . |
| 19 | Subjects seemed to provide No responses slower than giving Yes responses initially , but No response reaction time increased at a greater rate tending to converge with reaction time for Yes responses in larger memory sets of about four digits onwards . |
| 20 | If a bank has a surplus of cash , why might it choose to make a market loan with it rather than giving extra personal loans or mortgages to its customers ? |
| 21 | He saw three main problems , one , the lack of thoroughness in the guidance of the movement , two , defects in the Party organization and three , bureaucratic leadership , I E the cadres were very commandist rather than giving the peasants political education . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I think the bravest thing I ever did in my life was sing solo at that pantomime , I , I think that was braver than giving birth or having my wisdom teeth out . |
| 24 | What other things , what other things other than giving them actually |
| 25 | Rather than giving her any other jobs . |