Example sentences of "than use " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of the degree of processing involved , hop extracts are not necessarily cheaper than using whole hops . |
| 2 | It was reflected in the expressions used by some members of the RUC ( ‘ OK , let's hit the streets and do it to them before they do it to us ’ , ‘ This is where the law stops and I take over , sucker ’ , the reference to probationary police as ‘ rookies ’ and to bullets as ‘ slugs ’ ) , their dress ( mirror sunglasses , blue jeans , and white T-shirt , sometimes with the Miami-Vice parallel reinforced by the words being printed on the T-shirt ) , and other ephemera ( the engraving of ‘ San Quentin' on the keys to the cells , jumping through the enquiry room window rather than using the door ) . |
| 3 | It may well become obvious that more can be gained from tiny hooks and tiny fish than using more orthodox tackle and regarding undersize fish as as nuisance . |
| 4 | They take the intensity of soul and clench it into a fist rather than using it as a form of release . |
| 5 | To put it crudely , the experts may ( perhaps ) have done better than the widow in Boise , Idaho , would have done for herself , but still a lot worse than using a pin . |
| 6 | You could do more domestic tasks by hand rather than using electrically operated gadgets . |
| 7 | This is simpler than using the old text menus . |
| 8 | ‘ We can tell very quickly what 's happening , so we can tackle the problem as soon as it arises rather than using a pesticide until it fails . |
| 9 | The company has found that this is more successful than using conventional training , or senior managers . |
| 10 | This process saves energy because making new products from virgin materials is less efficient than using secondary materials . |
| 11 | Fitzroy Maclean and Bill Cumper , the engineer , managed to obtain a pair of small black inflatables , with the intention that the team would operate them rather than using SBS personnel . |
| 12 | This is better than using thick foundation to cover scars . ’ |
| 13 | Therefore rather than using ‘ he or she ’ , it is only fair that ‘ she ’ should be used . |
| 14 | Making job descriptions an integral part of the daily work arrangements however , goes much further than using it to identify what sort of person you want to recruit . |
| 15 | So straw-burning rather than using straw for animals is something which is bad for the environment and for welfare . |
| 16 | Do not attempt to give massage at floor level when standing and bending at the waist ; this is even more harmful to your back than using a bed . |
| 17 | With the benefit of experience , the authors feel that a more sensitive , qualitative approach , possibly incorporating a few standardised items , would have been better than using standardised scales for the difficult task of assessing depression and dementia in elderly people . |
| 18 | It may be that we need to offer love , support and encouragement rather than using anger to force a child into what we believe they should or should not do . |
| 19 | Often these advertisements are delivered by hand , which is cheaper than using the postal service . |
| 20 | Children talk about size as ‘ big ’ rather than using finer definitions like ‘ tall ’ or ‘ wide ’ or ‘ long ’ . |
| 21 | Other than using turps , products to thin and make your oil paint freer-flowing are small quantities of stand oil mixed with turps , or Roberson 's glaze medium , obtainable from L Cornelissen & Son , London . |
| 22 | Collect rainwater to use on the garden rather than using your hose . |
| 23 | Rather than using analogue voltages the servos operate with digital pulses of varying width to form a pulse width locked loop . |
| 24 | Operating the 238S requires a separate mixer , which I actually find easier than using an all-in-one machine because working alone and trying to remember complicated bounces and mixes and all the things which have to go on tape is hard enough , so routing signals through the desk seems to make more sense to an already cluttered mind . |
| 25 | Because the dishes were dried in hot air , it was much more hygienic than using a tea towel or leaving the dishes to drip dry . |
| 26 | They were less likely than men to mention the possibility of getting cash discounts as a reason for paying cash rather than using credit . |
| 27 | I shall deal with this last question first , since I think that approaching the subject of content analysis from a cultural and qualitative perspective can be more informative than using quantitative methods which involve counting column inches and sitting with radio and stopwatch . |
| 28 | Other than using turps , products to thin and make your oil paint freer-flowing are small quantities of stand oil mixed with turps , or Roberson 's glaze medium , obtainable from L Cornelissen & Son , London . |
| 29 | In other words , rather than using a notepad and pen , you have the privilege of paying £100 for a piece of complicated electronics that does the same thing . |
| 30 | When searching for the right adjective , bear in mind that your effect on the reader will be stronger if you can create physical sensation , if you can make the reader conjure up a colour , a texture , a smell or a sound , rather than using a word like ‘ soothing ’ , or ‘ lovely ’ or ( worst of all ) ‘ evocative ’ . |