Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun sg] [noun] [adv] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why do n't you stay for school lunch instead of sandwiches ? |
| 2 | The principle of using a Doppler shift to indicate flow velocity can be applied with sound waves instead of light waves . |
| 3 | There are all kinds of reasons for Africa 's food problems — rich and precious land being used for cash crops instead of to grow food for local people ; a much smaller proportion of land fertile enough for cultivation than is the case in Asia or Europe ; farmers being paid such pathetic prices for food crops that they turn to coffee or tobacco in order to survive . |
| 4 | Black has been the colour of evening suits since the 19th century , but in the Thirties , smart gents followed the Prince of Wales 's liking for midnight blue instead of black . |
| 5 | Trial told of share sales ahead of profit warning |
| 6 | SCIENTISTS at Kyoto University , Japan , have built a prototype optical transistor which could form the basis of computers that will run on laser beams instead of electric signals . |
| 7 | So , there were no leaks or speculative articles about the paper 's contents and publication was deliberately timed so that it arrived on news desks ahead of the finalised Cadbury Report . |
| 8 | Well somebody said to me , when I get to traffic lights instead of turning right and going through the bar I turn left and go , as if I 'm off up to North Cross . |
| 9 | Also , in their Kauai ( Hawaii ) study , the analysis was based on pregnancy intervals instead of birth intervals , with relative mortality rates calculated for several gestational and childhood age groups showing clearly the disadvantages of the shorter intervals in each age group ( Yerushalmy et al , 1956 ) . |
| 10 | For example , new car assembly plants ( such as Nissan ) and electronic goods assembly plants ( such as JVC ) have been established in the UK by foreign multinationals and employ labour processes based on job flexibility instead of craft demarcation and specialization . |
| 11 | Fathers looked up at the uniform ceiling of grey cloud and decided to put on tweed caps instead of Panamas . |
| 12 | It needs to be borne in mind that the computer program will be protected by copyright law regardless of the patent situation . |
| 13 | Nursing has a well-developed managerial hierarchy , unlike medicine , and nursing audit has usually been introduced and run by nurse managers instead of being simply a peer group exercise . |
| 14 | The Government , he added , should take over the legal battle to reclaim millions of pounds which Robert Maxwell plundered from pension funds instead of leaving professional advisers charging £1m a month to unravel the complexities of the disgraced tycoon 's financial dealings . |
| 15 | Somebody put on Herb Alpert instead of The Doors . |
| 16 | The clear beneficiary was Tony Benn , who immediately launched a six-month campaign to have himself elected as deputy leader instead of the hated Denis Healey , who was , in the opinion of many , the architect of the sell-out of socialist economic policy during the Wilson-Callaghan government . |
| 17 | In 1928 ten new Pullman cars , fitted with pantograph collectors instead of trolley poles , took over the Fleetwood service . |
| 18 | The doors between end vestibules and saloons are now controlled by push buttons instead of floor sensors , but how do you press the button if both hands are carrying luggage or a tray meal from the buffet ? |