Example sentences of "[subord] be [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Resources may be organised to support the family as a whole , rather than be geared to the needs of the individual . |
| 2 | In that case , the electorate might well prefer to be Red and live to fight another day rather than be consigned to a nuclear crematorium . |
| 3 | On the strength of a prayer from a loving soul , she would suggest an unfortunate soul be reborn and given a chance to reform , rather than be doomed to purgatory . |
| 4 | They , too , formed a housing co-op rather than be dispersed to the outer edges in identikit " corpy " houses . |
| 5 | Under the new system , we want people to have rights to choose the sort of care that they receive , rather than be directed to it . |
| 6 | The Home Support Project was both an action project ( to provide a service for elderly people with dementia which would help those who wished to remain at home rather than be admitted to an institution ) and a research project ( to evaluate the success of the action project ) . |
| 7 | The ‘ society-as-parent ’ school is further illustrated by quoting from respondents interviewed by the author , though fewer of these took this position than were committed to a ‘ defence of kinship ’ view and their views tended to be less strongly and less explicitly-stated . |
| 8 | They were sometimes denied the authority necessary for the fulfilment of their expected role , and it was critically important that they were seen as part of a school 's management team rather than being relegated to the position of mere facilitator . |
| 9 | It is known from occupational medicine , that exposure to two chemicals at once can be far more damaging than being exposed to each chemical individually . |
| 10 | Behaviour is observed in its natural setting , and it is possible to make a study of social process , rather than being limited to the snapshot or series of snapshots of the survey researcher . |
| 11 | ‘ The more I see of you , the more I 'm convinced that we have a great deal more in common than being related to a tiresome adolescent . |
| 12 | All these are not merely parts of our descriptive model ; we assume that they correspond very directly to aspects of the activity which goes on in the mind of speakers ; by contrast the relation of instantiation which links particular items of the English vocabulary and the elements E and P is metalinguistic , since in any particular use of a linguistic structure the word-meanings which are present , supported of course by the word-forms which are the overt carriers of the meanings , are the Es and the Ps , rather than being related to them . |
| 13 | The briefing pack accompanying Working for patients ( DoH , 1989h ) claims that at ‘ Regional and district level planning will be able to respond more effectively to the health needs of the population rather than being tied to details of the operational delivery of services ’ . |
| 14 | Yes erm , we 've actually linked with a firm of independent mortgage brokers erm so rather than being tied to a particular building society as most estate agents are erm what they will do is they 'll shop around and tell you which lenders are offering the best terms and particularly good schemes at any one time erm , it 's literally free information they simply phone you up and say get some idea of what your salary is and what your requirements are and then they 'll send through some information for you . |
| 15 | The archosaurs stemmed from the thecodonts , an order with teeth set in sockets rather than being welded to the jaw as with modern-day lizards . |
| 16 | It seemed a part of nature 's force , as though it had erupted from the earth rather than being bolted to it . |
| 17 | The pituitary gland is one of the endocrine glands also known as ductless glands , since the materials which they produce pass directly into the bloodstream rather than being channelled to specific parts of the body . |
| 18 | For the first time since independence the opposition alliance included Malays , whose dominance was enshrined in the constitution , rather than being restricted to the Chinese and Indian communities . |
| 19 | People are active , conscious , and choose to behave as they do , rather than being driven to it by social forces outside their control . |
| 20 | Rather than being confined to the church , therefore , Puritan religious life also focused on the household and various voluntary forms of public worship . |
| 21 | For instance , inspectors ' powers to acquire information about accidents needed to be extended to include inquiries made to determine whether an investigation was appropriate , rather than being confined to those cases where the Chief Inspector had already ordered an investigation to take place . |
| 22 | Syndicated euro-credits also enable banks to spread or diversify their risks by having a wide loan portfolio rather than being over-committed to a few customers . |
| 23 | It is assumed here that juries and others do attach considerable importance to the label when it is a question of homicide , and therefore that the excessive use of force in self-defence is a matter which is properly reflected by a separate qualified defence , rather than being left to sentencing ( which means executive discretion , if the mandatory penalty for murder remains ) or forced artificially into the doctrine of provocation ( when there may be no real evidence of loss of self-control ) . |
| 24 | Furthermore , recording them on video allows for discussion in which the ‘ rules of appropriateness ’ can begin to be described rather than being left to instinct . |
| 25 | There is nothing a five-year-old likes better than being read to , although he may spend considerable time looking at books himself and may even pretend to read . |
| 26 | A further advantage of these unions is that money saved locally is spent locally , rather than being switched to other areas , as often occurs with normal banking arrangements . |
| 27 | You need a lot of time to yourself in order to explore your dreams , rather than being pinned to the work place . |
| 28 | Following a stroke , the patient may be kept at home , rather than being admitted to hospital . |
| 29 | Data types can be defined by the user , rather than being constrained to certain pre-defined types . |
| 30 | In this work , rather than being reduced to utility or competitive status display , goods are examined in terms of their expressive and symbolic function , and the central thesis with respect to this is one which has largely been assumed in the present work . |