Example sentences of "[verb] stop short [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But the Pru has stopped short of offering a discount to motorists who convert to lead-free petrol . |
| 2 | Microsoft has stopped short of bundling the Sybase SQL Server it offers with Windows NT , but the two firms are working on a System 10-derived add-on package , with new tools for the third quarter , that 'll scale to personal computers , minicomputers and mainframes . |
| 3 | Yet the argument against Ashdown 's triumphalism has to stop short of encouraging the same fatal hubris among Labour politicians . |
| 4 | In the end , the compromise reached stops short of making nursery places a universal entitlement but does acknowledge the changing role of mothers in the labour market . |
| 5 | It is revealing in how clear f was and yet I managed to stop short of naming it as racism . |
| 6 | But he had stopped short of throwing them out , because then he would only be punishing himself . |
| 7 | Ambulance crews were able to give them fluids but doctors had to stop short of giving blood . |
| 8 | But they have stopped short of rejecting the idea altogether . |
| 9 | Ethologists concerned with the evolution of human behaviour have stopped short of attempting to explain the further reaches of the human mind ; consciousness , self-reference , the construction of identity , and intersubjective relating . |
| 10 | The Tories have stopped short of making trade union membership illegal but is it legal to punish trade union members financially through selective redundancies , and as collective agreements are cancelled through offering inferior individual contracts and withholding pay rises ? |