Example sentences of "[adv] than be [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible to paint with quite a small brush the details of shadows and shapes of clouds — in fact more so than is generally accepted . |
| 2 | The breakthrough follows research into so-called neural networks , in which ordinary computers are instructed to behave like the human brain , enabling them to be ‘ taught ’ to solve problems , rather than be laboriously programmed . |
| 3 | Yeah but as they become more influential and er basically he talked about the erm demonstration on the anniversary of the October revolution , erm and then victories of the northern expedition and , and et etcetera and various victories erm I do n't , you , you know , there is a the idea that , you know , the tu the tu er tide is turning erm you know they ought to join now rather than be firmly left behind |
| 4 | Indeed , it floats about in fluid so its physical position varies , but every location along the chromosome is precisely addressed in terms of linear order along the length of the chromosome , just as every location along a computer tape is precisely addressed , even if the tape is strewn around the floor rather than being neatly rolled up . |
| 5 | Rather than being closely correlated with any absolute level of poverty , unrest has generally been sparked by a decline in living standards or by the disappointment of rising expectations . |
| 6 | It will take time and sensitive marketing to ensure that the housing market recovers progressively rather than being artificially injected with activity . |
| 7 | But I do not believe that H. Ward Marston 's transfers are surpassable , and am grateful that the surface noise of the original discs remains intact rather than being artificially eliminated . |
| 8 | The local density in our galaxy could be a million times higher than this figure if primordial black holes were concentrated in the ‘ halo ’ of galaxies — the thin cloud of rapidly moving stars in which each galaxy is embedded — rather than being uniformly distributed throughout the universe . |
| 9 | If the changes in connectivity which form the memory are localized to a particular small set of cells and their connections within the brain , rather than being widely diffused , then removal of the set of cells should also remove the memory — or prevent it from being formed . |
| 10 | Perhaps because Christianity has no law as such , the concept of purity became veiled behind ideas of spiritual goals rather than being simply defined by physical states . |
| 11 | The impression is given that , rather than being positively valued for its autonomy , housework is negatively valued as a retreat from a disliked alternative — employment work . |
| 12 | It is possible , of course , that the depression or anxiety is felt in response to the physical symptoms — rather than being directly caused by the food itself — or that the person experiences certain mental responses to certain foods simply because they expect to do so . |
| 13 | The increased number of urinary tract infections seen in uncircumcised young children may be due to ‘ hospital strains ’ of uropathogenic P-fimbriated Escherichia coli acquired in the unnatural environment of modern obstetric units rather than being directly related to the foreskin . |
| 14 | The wavenumbers of the unstable modes are determined by the considerations leading to ( 23.20 ) rather than being directly related to the layer depth ( as they are in ordinary Bénard convection , Section 22.2 ) . |
| 15 | but it 's not television , i i it 's , it 's Doctor Who and , and Prisoner and , you know er very interesting and very easy for enthusiasts to direct a lot of their time and energy to maybe I do n't maybe there was a increased pressure to work and study which was erm self motivated rather than being externally imposed , maybe he maybe there was a fundamental lack of enthusiasm in him for what is described as the hardware of computing , the , the , the , the , the instruments , the machines maybe there was a less than comprehensive understanding of what is known as the firmware , that 's to say I mean operating systems that are built into the thing to make it work , you 've got to understand the firmware because otherwise you do n't understand what the machine will think you mean and what that will do and I would have thought that whereas superficially you can ignore the firmware , it 's all in there , it understands as you , I would have thought , grew into a er a graduate computer scientist you 've got to have some idea about that . |
| 16 | Once , she did slide just the briefest look that way — to find Matthew , rather than being happily engrossed in entertaining his giggly companion , staring blackly right at her . |
| 17 | Collections of small objects should always be gathered together and arranged in a group rather than being thinly spread around the house . |
| 18 | Within each group each individual had a specific ranking , but now the hierarchy was imposed by convention rather than being formally assigned . |
| 19 | Despite being repudiated , condemned and persecuted , Nazarean teachings continued to survive , for much longer than is generally suspected . |
| 20 | It usually takes a great deal longer than is originally planned and hence , to a lesser degree in most cases , a larger amount of resources . |
| 21 | Naturally experience enables one to give a reasonable estimate — but we are constantly being taken by surprise , both by those who manage to overcome their problems amazingly quickly and by others who take longer than was initially estimated . |
| 22 | It will however , be obvious to the dedicated teacher or parent , and it will be sooner than is often expected . |
| 23 | The first is that people are able to learn much more quickly than is commonly assumed . |
| 24 | There is concern that cracks in some 747 fuse pins could spread much more quickly than was previously realised . |
| 25 | The arrival of this ‘ adventitious ’ rural population goes back further than is often assumed , and is by no means a purely post-war phenomenon . |
| 26 | During proceedings in Committee in the House of Commons , it became apparent that there was all-party support for extending the law rather further than was initially proposed , and this Part of the Bill was substantially redrafted . |
| 27 | It was more than was strictly required . |
| 28 | It is possible that hormonal fluctuations which occur while a woman is pregnant can affect both mood and pre-natal development more than was once recognised . |
| 29 | Spiritual congress of this kind is , in fact , found all over the world and throughout history — as the biographies of famous Christian and other mystics confirm and occurs more often than is generally supposed in our own contemporary Western world . |
| 30 | For this reason , I think that such difficulties arise a good deal more often than is generally appreciated . |