Example sentences of "than through " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soderstrom has been , in her distinguished career , much more than an operetta singer , but her virtues , solid attack , excellent diction , and a clear , fine voice appealing more through its silvery edge than through depth or human vulnerability , are essentially charming rather than thought-provoking . |
| 2 | He pointed out that peasant opposition to government did exist , but on account of Russia 's huge distances it expressed itself more by evasion than through open fighting . |
| 3 | She was supposed to do this , unless it was raining , by going out the front door and down the area steps , rather than through her grandmother 's bedroom . |
| 4 | There is no better way to help people in need than through supporting Care . |
| 5 | In backing a Petrakov plan , Mr Gorbachev risks popular unrest as well as revolt within the Communist party ( and perhaps the resignation of his prime minister , Mr Nikolai Ryzhkov , if economic policy is rammed through by decree rather than through his government ) . |
| 6 | And 11 of the 12 biggest OECD countries sell more in America through foreign subsidiaries based there than through exports . |
| 7 | To the unaided eye , the jug does appear slightly restored , but the true extent of the restoration is starkly revealed by the X-rays , which pass more easily through the relatively light plaster make-up than through the denser ceramic . |
| 8 | Most of the dogs that come up for rehoming do so because of a change in domestic circumstances rather than through any temperament problems . |
| 9 | It involves only small changes to existing slurry disposal practices , the chief one being that slurry is applied through injectors rather than through a discharge nozzle . |
| 10 | SHe wondered whether , other than through the blunder in Malamute 's office . |
| 11 | ‘ Trade union involvement must remain at the heart of the party but it must be based far more on individual choice and decision rather than through the exercise of a block vote , ’ he said . |
| 12 | Co-operation with the LEAs was equally important and was to be sought on a basis of complementary provision rather than through competitive relationships . |
| 13 | … if the approach is through the intellect rather than through intuition , that is , through a tangible and examinable process of understanding and thinking , rather than through an imaginative and emotional and therefore intangible process of relishing and enjoying , irrespective of whether or not there is full understanding ( p. 8 ) . |
| 14 | Autobiographical recollections of grandparents , although indirect , allow us to push back considerably further in time than through direct memories : from the early twentieth back to the mid-nineteenth century . |
| 15 | Negative ions pass through a membrane containing positive ions more easily than through one that is neutral or negatively charged . |
| 16 | By studying science through its pathology rather than through some preconceived criterion , it is easier to see the process as it is . ’ |
| 17 | This strategy was possible because they have sold mainframes mostly to computer vendors in the country concerned rather than through direct sales channels . |
| 18 | They argue that redshifts can be produced in other ways than through the expansion of the Universe by gravity ; by the rapid motion of an object , a true Doppler shift that , thanks to relativistic effects , produces a redshift even if the object is moving across the line of sight ; or by other , unknown , means . |
| 19 | television audio and video signals because there is less loss of signal than through a twisted pair of wires or flex . |
| 20 | There is no other route to real human progress than through the correct teaching of young children , and humanity ignores this at its peril . |
| 21 | To look back through a history of censorship in libraries is an instructive and fascinating experience ( and there is no better way than through Thompson 's Censorship in public libraries in the United Kingdom during the Twentieth Century ) . |
| 22 | Emotions , and particularly conflicting emotions , are powerful in their ascendance over intellect and they may display themselves more accurately through the body than through words . |
| 23 | Some people express more of their feelings through their eyes , their hands or their whole posture than through their words . |
| 24 | Governments do not exercise the same sway over the House of Lords ; notwithstanding that the House of Lords is sensitive of its constitutional vulnerability and hence wary of obstructing governments , it can be more troublesome for a government to negotiate the passage of a Bill through the House of Lords than through the House of Commons . |
| 25 | The considerable flexibility mentioned earlier could not be better illustrated than through one of John Barker 's much-used parachutes . |
| 26 | If this is the right Elizabeth , can we come much closer to him than through the loved child christened at Stratford ‘ Elizabeth , daughter of John Hall , gentleman ’ and her Bible , so tenderly inscribed by her husband ? |
| 27 | Stepping gingerly on to more dangerous ground , I would also suggest that women are more able to give direct expression to the light principle through creative and artistic activity than through religious involvement . |
| 28 | Professor Cox and his team compromise by stressing the value of knowledge and grammatical discipline , while recommending that these should be achieved through experience with words rather than through the study of grammatical terms in isolation . ’ |
| 29 | Learning about the construction of an effective text is much better done … through writing than through critical analysis . |
| 30 | More working days are lost in Britain through back problems than through any other single health problem . |