Example sentences of "than for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even though the same might be argued for painting , the technical obstacles to be overcome for painting are very much less than for sculpture . |
| 2 | On the sons and daughters of the farming family was imposed the strict necessity of abstaining from sexual activity other than for the first born , so as not to impair the integrity of land succession . |
| 3 | For let me tell you something : I 've respected myself far more for doing cleaning jobs well than for doing teaching jobs badly — and it is entirely appropriate that I should do so . |
| 4 | He was also a disciple of Ezra Pound , more ( one suspects ) because Pound was ‘ the most controversial , dynamic and stimulating figure in modern literature , ’ than for personal rapport between the two men . |
| 5 | A better case can be made out for its subject being Salmo salar : the Atlantic salmon , than for Orpheus ! |
| 6 | The book highlights such subjects as animism , Jewish , Christian and Hellenistic ‘ mythologies ’ ; the realities of health , sickness and death ; of nature — its seasons ( notably Spring and Winter ) and its glories , as well as its decadence ( we find no evidence for Djwa 's contention that ‘ the book moves through cycles of winter death followed by spring rebirth , ’ any more than for her ‘ structural myth ’ or ‘ controlling Orpheus myth ’ which form the foundation for her critique of the book ) ; of rationality and madness ; loneliness and intimacy ; of truth and treachery , prayer and protest ; of prophet and priest , doctors and teachers , angels and devils ; freedom and slavery , sainthood and sinning , wonder and despair , war and peace , love and loss , beauty and brutality ; regret and humour ; sensuality and discipline , joy and sadness ; of the greatness of God and his creation , and the pitiful smallness and incompetency of man ; the city and the breadth of nature itself : sea and air , rivers and countryside ; savagery and urbanity ; loss and its disappointing pangs . |
| 7 | What clearly frustrates him is that so much of the money now sloshing around in professional tennis , is being spent in damaging — or at least potentially damaging ways — rather than for the good of the game , as well as for the good of the individuals who are benefitting . |
| 8 | Considerably greater downward pressure is required than for planing wood . |
| 9 | However , the price of gas and electricity for slot meters is generally higher than for quarterly billing . |
| 10 | He has cared deeply that his contemporaries and juniors should write well ; he has cared less for his personal achievement than for the life of letters and art . |
| 11 | Another post-Tiananmen worry , greater for for Hong Kong than for any other interested party , must be the future of China 's economy and economic policies . |
| 12 | ‘ The differences in our electorate are much bigger than for the conservative parties , ’ says Heidi Wieczorek-Zeul , a member of the party praesidium . |
| 13 | They value their architects more for their business demeanours than for their designs , and choose them from a limited number of established companies , more valued for reliability than originality . |
| 14 | For his universally lauded efforts , successful or continuing , to help resolve diplomatically such issues as Namibia , Afghanistan , Iran-Iraq , Western Sahara , Central America , Kampuchea , Cyprus and the Middle East , Secretary-General Perez de Cuellar is deemed a ‘ classic bureaucrat ’ , while the peace-keeping forces are recalled for their funny names rather than for their receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize last year . |
| 15 | It is , of course , mere coincidence that Gooch 's passage to India is considerably smoother for World Cups and Nehru Trophies than for a full England Test tour . |
| 16 | Dismissing the myth that recycled paper is sub-standard , Papersave is offering finishes as fine as watermarked business papers , and in many cases prices are cheaper than for ‘ virgin' paper . |
| 17 | Designer John Byrne is probably better known for his stage plays and quirky graphics than for his stage sets , and his work generally has a sardonic and ironic quality eminently suited to Figaro . |
| 18 | They submitted that the commissioner had no jurisdiction to adjudicate on the status of the road verges generally or otherwise than for the limited purpose of deciding what entries should be contained in the register . |
| 19 | ‘ There is a better atmosphere now than for many years — fewer stoppages , better relationships . |
| 20 | There is the inevitable paperwork , but this is much less than for section police although , given the antipathy to paperwork in all police forces , it is surprising how the neighbourhood men welcome it on cold , wintry mornings . |
| 21 | This is more likely to be feasible in relation to questions relating to demographic and other background characteristics , than for behavioural or product market data . |
| 22 | Data will be more readily available for some countries than for others , and sources of data will differ . |
| 23 | Every one of these nine sources was rated better for providing information than for helping people decide how to vote . |
| 24 | Relative preferences for the Alliance were much less predictable than for Labour or Conservative . |
| 25 | This figure was 2.7 times higher than for employees in large-scale industry . |
| 26 | Only people with a good driving record may drive a contract hire car , and any driving conviction ( other than for parking ) must be reported to the insurance company . |
| 27 | On the other hand , tasks of party management and maintaining Cabinet cohesion are more insistent , though perhaps less so than for a German Chancellor or Italian Premier . |
| 28 | It was easier for her than for many , for she had always lived in two kitchens , under the different and Indifferent ministrations of two cooks . |
| 29 | As a result , the majority of farmers continued to concentrate their efforts on the production of food for their own families , rather than for the market . |
| 30 | The German Ideology represents , therefore , a first foray into anthropology , which is important more because of its attempt to isolate such general problems as the relation between property and the State , the growth of consciousness , and the way material circumstances produce mental concepts than for specific formulations about the nature of pre-capitalist systems or the way the evolution of society had taken place . |