Example sentences of "[subord] [vb infin] and [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said that her interview had laid stress on personal circumstances rather than experience and qualifications . |
| 2 | Rather than market and hierarchy being opposed to types , as in the Williamsonian formulation , it may be more appropriate to see them as alternative solutions to the problem of how to arrange functional alignment within the enterprise . |
| 3 | We shall examine each of these four claims separately though recognising that they are inter-related and that there are also other claims for the undermining effects of social policy on economic growth — the poverty trap and its damage to incentives , the encouragement of a general attitude favouring leisure and pleasure rather than work and saving , the lack of enthusiasm generated for profit in a welfare state , and so on . |
| 4 | But if it 's the same or related condition , we 're saying , it 's a continuation of the claim , rather than stop and start again . |
| 5 | There are hitches and hassles aplenty to contend with now and what makes it worse is that you 're powerless to do anything except grumble and grouse . |
| 6 | His wars with France between 1511 and 1514 and between 1522 and 1525 brought no economic returns , the occupation of Tournai from 1513 to 1519 involved loss rather than gain and subsidy payments to continental allies involved the export of national resources ( 82 , p.209 ) . |
| 7 | At the same time , some smart security companies have wised up and realized that such people are bad for business and they have duly set out to recruit the New Bouncer , who is trained to smile and defuse , rather than scowl and disembowel . |
| 8 | Make sure you have something to read ; a single person doing nothing but drink and smoke looks suspicious . ’ ) |