Example sentences of "[subord] [vb infin] and [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Traditional administration has been supplanted by active management with its focus on results rather than process and year-on-year improvements in performance . |
| 2 | In other cases , people had no inner-city ties , and ties with neighbours tended to be uniplex and open-ended , rather than multiplex and dense . |
| 3 | Writing as late as 1971 , John Erickson could still pinpoint a widespread frustration with the absence of a clear C.-in-C. of the Armed Forces and with military policy imposed by ad hoc command changes rather than clear and systematic institutional mechanisms and procedures . |
| 4 | We are peers ( rather than boss and subordinate ) . |
| 5 | The mountain goat is built primarily for steady , tireless climbing rather than speed and great agility : its short legs and short body , which allow it to place all four feet close together , also give it great stability on narrow , uneven ledges . |