Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [subord] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We need to look , then , for the specific practices that produce gender roles rather than stopping at the roles themselves . |
| 2 | In 797 Barcelona , the main Catalonian city , fell to the Franks and the Saracen governor , Zeid , rebelling against his master in Cordova , sought vassalage with the Christians rather than defeat at the hands of a fellow Moslem . |
| 3 | He thought to take Mr gross salary in the present financial year , to reduce it by a third to get from gross to net earnings and to do similar calculations for the rest of the three and a half years so as to arrive at the figure of fifty three thousand nine hundred and six pounds . |
| 4 | Belinda listened on tenterhooks to one side of the discussion as Tom somehow managed to present his case forcefully while driving at the same time . |
| 5 | Lady followed her example rather than suffer at the hands of her infuriated master . |
| 6 | It was a time when children were encouraged to fantasize about machines and outer space rather than marvel at the open spaces where the deer and buffalo roamed . |