Example sentences of "for [pron] [adv] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who were kind now would remember him in future — if for nothing else than the thank-you letters . |
| 2 | The irony for England was that had he decided differently he would have been playing for them rather than against them , for his parents had brought him from Barbados at the age of twelve to live in Reading , and he had played for England schoolboys . |
| 3 | Such nurses need to benefit from an individual appraisal and assessment of their experience and skills so that re-entry becomes a natural progression for them rather than a hurdle to be jumped . |
| 4 | I have said before from the Dispatch Box that the attitude of other parties in the House to that Act is a matter for them rather than for me . |
| 5 | It was a continuous process , and all of the people tended to see the computer as working very much for them rather than for the other department next door . |
| 6 | Take our kids away from us because you reckon you know what 's good for them better than what we do ? |
| 7 | Margaret Thatcher once pleaded that it would be the ‘ cruellest thing ’ for her colleagues to unseat her after she had obtained for them more than a decade in power . |
| 8 | Oh God , I hope my belly spoke for me better than my fucking brain , in other words . |
| 9 | to enable us to cope we have find space for ourselves , do something , purely for ourselves rather than always be thinking about our children , thinking about the home thinking about the family , we 're as important and I think that 's what people must realize to begin with . |
| 10 | And yet does n't Shetland does n't seem so difficult to un maybe it 's because we 're Orcadian but Shetland does n't seem to be so difficult to understand for somebody outside than Orcadian is I wonder why ? |
| 11 | John Sculley at Apple Computer Inc is another name that has been canvassed , and he is the exception that proves the rule that an outsider ca n't run a computer company , but he came in fascinated by the business and devoted all his efforts in the early days learning about it for himself rather than relying on his minions , something no-one taking over IBM now has time to do . |
| 12 | This shortcoming can be explained in part by the alleged deficiencies of the respective approaches ( social administrators have been criticized for their less than rigorous historical investigations ( Thane , 1992 ) whilst historians have been taken to task for their reluctance to engage in broad theoretical debate ) . |
| 13 | The winners of the Stableford competition will be invited on a hot air balloon flight which is sure to give those who do not relish the though a good excuse for their less than perfect scores . |
| 14 | Nonetheless there are titles for which more than one source of information needs to be consulted — either because the titles are borderline choices , and/or because one source does not give all the information needed . |
| 15 | How would you know if it was an internal call for you rather than an external . |
| 16 | People have been studying the behavioural functions of the brain for something less than two centuries and , for much of that time , their efforts have been hampered by a combination of inevitable ignorance and adherence to implausible psychological theories . |
| 17 | The purpose of the planning system I think is to develop government guidance er and therefore we think there 's a need for something further than P P G three . |
| 18 | For her at this stage , not crying is a great achievement but she hopes that some day she will reach a better balance so that her tears will be for herself rather than to make an impression on others . |
| 19 | It had taken a week to obtain , and had Hapsburg officialdom realized that it was for him rather than Aranyos it would have been unlikely to arrive before the end of the war . |
| 20 | So pray for him as much as you talk to him ; raise questions rather than make statements ; use the rapier and not the sledgehammer ; care for him rather than judge him . |
| 21 | Do you whore for him rather than for Matilda ? ’ |
| 22 | That 's why I asked for him rather than his partner who is , so I 've been told , both charming and susceptible . ’ |
| 23 | So he had the Sierra and he said I do n't know whether he 'll want it for , it could be sort of three or four weeks if they 're gon na repair his car or if we can get one within the company like at another depot obviously they 'll get that for him rather than hire one off you . |
| 24 | She wanted to tell someone how it had counted for her rather than against her ; how in that dimming world of the Left Bank nearly ten years before , she 'd set lovers adrift on Gauguinesque , and Baudelairean voyages of luxe , calme et volupté . |
| 25 | A any photocopying that needs to be done in great bulk , erm get quotes , and let the company pay for it rather than you paying for it and then pay you back , because I might be able to for instance get an account thingy somewhere |
| 26 | And sometimes that means sending a drawing out getting a contractor to price for it rather than him doing it , er using standard books and goodness knows else like Sponds . |
| 27 | Exercise for yourself rather than to impress or conform with anyone else . |
| 28 | We are talking here about notes you are talking for yourself rather than a piece of work which requires your best copper-plate style . |
| 29 | It assumes that you need to organize it for yourself rather than expecting other people to be responsible for your development . |
| 30 | They have to rely on doing everything for themselves rather than sharing the tasks . |