Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The PROFITBOSS pro-acts his way to profit rather than reacting to potential loss . |
| 2 | Without such funding the best way to process general language is to acquire rather than develop a parser ( Patten , 1992 ) . |
| 3 | Most of the torpedoes were built from fibreglass and cardboard tubing and weighted to fall properly when dropped . |
| 4 | The divisions are certainly latent , but the very manner in which , especially since President Muawad 's assassination , Syria has been trying to enforce the peace plan — with such haste , threats and bluster — tends to blunt rather than sharpen them . |
| 5 | After he had released the ropes , the huge crowd watched as Simon began to ascend rather than descend the pole . |
| 6 | It was significant that Tsongas decided to suspend rather than terminate his campaign , as it underlined the doubts which remained concerning Clinton . |
| 7 | The order for discovery is often the point of no return for the plaintiff in a libel action : it is the stage at which some prefer to discontinue rather than to open their files . |
| 8 | I all conscious that the most important thing is to be encouraging , to stimulate rather than to regulate . |
| 9 | In all forms of natural therapy , which aim to stimulate rather than to suppress the body 's natural defences , the axiom is : by creating favourable conditions in the whole person , body-mind-spirit , the body will heal itself . |
| 10 | The King now prepared to mount an attack on Granada and , thanks to the request of his queen in a personal letter to Rodrigo , El Cid joined him , raising the siege of Leira just as the city was about to capitulate rather than fail Alfonso . |
| 11 | He prefers to borrow rather than raise outside equity capital and thus dilute control . |
| 12 | But maybe these reactions are merely irrational vindictive emotions ( akin to vengeance ) which we ought morally to curb rather than indulge . |
| 13 | If there is an existing pipe organ and it is of good quality , it may prove to be more economical in the long run to restore rather than replace it . |
| 14 | It was designed to uphold rather than undermine older aspects of Japanese society . |
| 15 | Where before he went off at obtuse tangents , now he takes the songs where he wants them to go rather than let them control him . |
| 16 | When the effect of an additional task is to disrupt rather than facilitate performance then the two tasks are said to compete for the same " functional space " within the hemispheres . |
| 17 | As it was , however , the US was slowly , and not too slowly , getting itself into a position where its responsibilities tended to supplant rather than complement those of the French : and this was something which at least had to be offset against all the delays that would ensue in European rearmament . |
| 18 | But he says he 'll go to court rather than pay for the round which works out at £17.50 a measure . |
| 19 | Over the years , sensitive tutor-organisers , with the personality to work harmoniously with Federation and branch officers , have consistently been able to promote rather than to threaten voluntaryism . |
| 20 | The ‘ natural spelling ’ of beginners in many cases tends to condense rather than elaborate . |
| 21 | Cheney 's decision to cancel rather than rescue the stricken programme was also widely interpreted as an attempt by the Defence Department to repudiate the long-standing convention that defence contractors could enter into unrealistic contracts confident that the government would make good any losses suffered in cases other than fraud or gross mismanagement . |
| 22 | In contrast , an alternative approach is to invest so as to increase production . |
| 23 | Once a surface is disinfected it tends to remain so until used . |
| 24 | In either case the human intervention must be a very high level one based on complex diagnosis and innovative design-type thinking about how best to cope so as to avoid a catastrophe . |
| 25 | You encourage them to turn to romance rather than face reality . |
| 26 | Coalition governments imply , as civilized behaviour usually does , readiness to compromise rather than engage in conflict that can end only with winners and losers . |
| 27 | The Moldavians , given an ultimatum by Mr Gorbachev to settle their ethnic conflicts by the year 's end , decided to compromise rather than test the president 's readiness to resort to force . |
| 28 | These are designed to whet rather than satisfy the appetite — but short bibliographies help would-be students to delve further . |
| 29 | Orton 's camp is indeed constituted by playfulness and it acts as a solvent of morality — but it does this to provoke rather than disarm moral indignation . |
| 30 | The effect of high interest rates and a ‘ petro-pound ’ was to strengthen sterling ; the consequences were for exports to sag and for inflationary pressure to increase rather than diminish . |