Example sentences of "than going " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is much harder than going into the side-slip from the final turn where it is easy to apply the opposite rudder and straighten up correctly . |
| 2 | Rail travel to Prague costs only slightly less than going by air . |
| 3 | If you 're unhappy and miserable because you 're lonely , then you have to find other ways to address that than going out and buying something to wear , or getting drunk . |
| 4 | Wherever possible , though , he recommends turning to family and friends for emotional help with the problem , rather than going it alone . |
| 5 | Having your hair cut in a professional salon can be even more traumatic than going to the dentist . |
| 6 | For Claire King , the European promotions manager for EMI , going to the hairdresser is worse than going to the dentist . |
| 7 | They have been issuing equity instruments ( eg , convertible bonds and warrant bonds ) on the capital markets rather than going to their bank managers for costly old-fashioned loans . |
| 8 | Such untimely celebrity death provides our nice clean ending and saves us having to contend with the natural processes of ageing and decay , for some reason considered more horrific and obscene than going out with a bang . |
| 9 | It was quicker than going along the ride . |
| 10 | As your fitness increases you should find that you are naturally walking places rather than going by bus or car . |
| 11 | Richard Agutter , head of Peat 's merger and acquisition network , said the relatively low average values indicated that British companies were making cross-border deals for strategic reasons ‘ rather than going for the mega-deals ’ . |
| 12 | When asked why he took that particular route , he reckoned he thought it would be quicker than going along the busy main streets . ’ |
| 13 | I found being introduced to people individually , as they arrived , much easier than going into a room full of new babies and it was good to share experiences . |
| 14 | We learnt that working together was a lot easier than going solo ; but arguing brought out the better ideas . ’ |
| 15 | As a very old colleague points out : ‘ It 's better than going to war over it . ’ |
| 16 | This broad approach at least is common ; it is certainly more than going on courses . |
| 17 | Far better , it seemed to me , was the simple strategy of waiting for nature to come to you , rather than going clumsily to look for it . |
| 18 | It will be able to negotiate directly with the Council on proposed amendments rather than going through the Commission and , in the last resort , it will be able to reject the agreed position of the Council on legislation , although it is unlikely to do so often . |
| 19 | When released from prison he shows how he relied on others , by needing to be with the church after release from prison rather than going off and licking his wounds by himself . |
| 20 | Cheaper than going to the specialist , and you may still benefit from some after-sales service . |
| 21 | Whenever that happens , rather than going back to the track I play something else that will fit , or I leave it as an improvisational section , so to speak . |
| 22 | Sleep is also very important for me , much more than going out to the newest disco or restaurant . |
| 23 | Trailing 6-3 , Cardiff won a last-chance scrum on the Swansea line and the players pressured Hall into running the ball rather than going for a drop goal which would have given them a draw . |
| 24 | ‘ In the end , we played positionally rather than going for an all-out assault , otherwise we might have had an even bigger score . ’ |
| 25 | It was even better than going by barge . |
| 26 | As Mr Lawrence explains , ‘ it 's tilted the balance in favour of borrowing rather than going to shareholders … |
| 27 | In the weeks that followed he built up a regular round of customers and boasted that it was better than going to work , especially on cold winter mornings . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's like you were just out there to work , not mess about , so we got more into the music than going out and celebrating . |
| 29 | But Hilary Witt , head of Cambridgeshire 's catering service , admits : ‘ The trouble is , going into a school hall for dinner is less exciting than going into the Wimpy bar . |
| 30 | Why ca n't people accept things for what they are rather than going all out to destroy the things they do n't agree with ? |