Example sentences of "than having " in BNC.
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| 1 | Community Care Grants are to enable people to establish or maintain themselves in the community rather than having to be in hospitals , nursing homes and residential care homes etc . |
| 2 | The decision to press ahead with new builds on a large scale was based on Provincial 's conviction that it could reduce its losses if given the freedom to operate cost-effective diesel-mechanical rolling stock , allowing shorter but more frequent trains , than having to take on InterCity 's weary cast-off locos and hauled stock . |
| 3 | We need to share out the wonderfulness and all do a bit — a ‘ jobshare of the burnout ’ — rather than having wonderful people dying on their feet . |
| 4 | We need to share out the wonderfulness and all do a bit — a ‘ jobshare of the burnout — rather than having wonderful people dying on their feet . |
| 5 | Macmillan was thus able to pursue his own policies during his second term in office rather than having to concentrate on damage limitation forced upon him by Anthony Eden 's Suez disaster . |
| 6 | In essence I proposed that rather than having public investment we should substitute private investment without any Government guarantee . |
| 7 | Rather than having the whole of the public and the press against us , we gained support . |
| 8 | In particular I would like to know about your own background rather than having to guess at this while reading about a set of fictional characters . |
| 9 | ‘ Better than having claws like some people ! ’ |
| 10 | For example , if you feel like cheese on toast for lunch , rather than having a couple of slices of toast piled with cheese , have two slices of toast , one with just a moderate layer of cheese on top , and one with baked beans . |
| 11 | Have less hard cheese ; use it grated rather than having slabs of it . |
| 12 | It 's no worse than having your ears pierced . |
| 13 | While the President walked off after delivering his speech someone was able to slip in a pre-built ten-centimetre platform for Mrs Thatcher and Rajiv Gandhi , which was a lot less fuss than having to fiddle around re-adjusting the autocue height . |
| 14 | His smile , as I recounted my terrifying encounter — I am an arachnophobe — implied that there were worse things in life than having a spider wandering over one 's hair . |
| 15 | What better way to achieve that than having a top overseas player ? |
| 16 | There is , of course , an enormous difference between the private/public demands of the two examples : writing my own private notes protects me rather more than having publicly to make suggestions on how the teacher as ‘ patient ’ should , say , knock on a door . |
| 17 | Above all , as the Commission says , ‘ adopting a single currency rather than having national currencies with irrevocably fixed exchange rates would not only have a symbolic character . |
| 18 | Rather than having division lists , the official records merely report ‘ passed ’ , ‘ defeated ’ or ‘ passed with a few abstentions ’ . |
| 19 | The difference with this baby is that he himself has selected the time at which he will display the pattern , rather than having it imposed on him by a mother 's pattern of giving care . |
| 20 | Avoiding the crossing of a busy road , climbing a steep hill , or passing the shops can be much more important to parents than having to walk an extra few hundred yards . |
| 21 | The minuet is thought possibly to have originated as a dance movement ( one indication of which is that the violas double the bass line rather than having independent parts as was customary in Mozart 's symphonic works ) . |
| 22 | You are most interested in how you come across to other people , whether they think you are witty or pretty , rather than having a genuine interest in them and their views . |
| 23 | The realities of being in a situation where you ca n't choose your employment , which is an awful way to be when you do n't have any skills and you have to take whatever is dished out … there 's nothing worse than having to take what 's available . |
| 24 | There 's nothing worse in life than having no choice , I think . |
| 25 | Having a sense of humour is probably more important than having a fishing rod amongst ‘ The Naver Nuts ’ . |
| 26 | There is nothing more infuriating and destructive than having the discussion dominated by those who have not got a proper grasp of the subject because they have failed to read the material provided . |
| 27 | The second act rather concentrates on Chaplin 's ‘ non American ’ activities ( nothing worse than having Socialist views and an interest in Russia ) but it was enough to drive him out of the country . |
| 28 | Rather than having to go out to find people and ask them to be interviewed or to complete questionnaires , it may seem very attractive to have them safely on a panel where they can be used when needed . |
| 29 | Premises are often located near people 's homes and workplaces — customers just ‘ pop in ’ , rather than having to make a special journey |
| 30 | Rather than having its own satellites , AFSAT uses transponders ( relay devices ) on several spacecraft of different types . |