Example sentences of "[subord] in [v-ing] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This entire case depends on the assumption that the trust to set up a building in the town will be enforced in specie , The plea that payment should be allowed instead is ignored : the town has a greater interest in acquiring a ready-made building than in constructing or commissioning one itself . |
| 2 | In any case , most women are less interested in being ‘ like men ’ than in discovering and using their own gifts . |
| 3 | In Chapter 3 I observed that most feminists have been more interested in studying linguistic sex differences than in critiquing or questioning this activity . |
| 4 | Government ministries and departments and state-controlled companies were sometimes more engaged in ‘ turf wars ’ ( ‘ la guerre des administrations ’ ) than in overviewing and collaborating over long-term developments . |
| 5 | Yet one may also assume that royal interest was more constantly engaged in collecting fines for damage to the king 's highway than in ensuring that the damage was repaired . |
| 6 | It follows that the power that results when shareholders pool their resources in corporate form is legitimate , because in possessing and exercising it they are doing only what they have a right to do . |
| 7 | The duty was a subjective one , as in considering whether it had been broken , the court had to take account of the resources of the occupier . |
| 8 | There is much vocal participation by all who are present , in singing and in giving testimonies or prophecies , as well as in speaking or singing in tongues . |
| 9 | This may be done in a rigid way , as in setting or streaming , where allocation to a different group occurs infrequently , as in Example E. By contrast , there may be flexible groupings for particular activities within the classroom . |