Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [vb infin] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fortunes of the human capital theory began to decline as the growth in the economies of the advanced industrial societies began to slow down or stagnate in the mid-1970s . |
| 2 | Salt does not break down or decompose in the pond — it is diluted by partial water changes . |
| 3 | He was laughing at her , yet in such a nice way that she had to give in and join in the laughter . |
| 4 | Shall I go down and eat in the hotel restaurant , or shall I go out ? |
| 5 | It was n't as if I even wanted to sit down and write in the first place . |
| 6 | ‘ We might as well just lie down and call in the exorcists . ’ |
| 7 | The sa the same applies for pricing virtually to anything else if if you 're going to take the maximum advantage of flying by air you either have to book it well in advance through a package or whatever or whatever or else you 'd have to go along and sit in a bucket shop hoping that somebody 's gon na |
| 8 | And it 's inviting adults of all ages to go along and join in the fun . |
| 9 | Clothing designers from the ‘ cutting edge ’ of their profession believe that slavery to fashion will all but disappear in the Nineties . |
| 10 | The hon. Gentleman should perhaps concentrate on feeding his sheep rather than intervene in the debate at this stage . |
| 11 | Another American firm , McDonnell Douglas , has a smaller product range , and by the mid-1980s was wondering whether to get out of the industry entirely rather than compete in the next generation of civil airliners . |
| 12 | The Maccabees fought rather than acquiesce in the placing of a statue of Zeus in the Temple . |
| 13 | Some people engaging in the issue of disability representation have tried to affect the taste of non-disabled audiences and supporters , rather than engage in a political creativity within and about the disability struggle . |
| 14 | Further , rather than engage in an extended search for the maximising solution , they follow a truncated search process , accepting a solution which produces a merely satisfactory outcome . |
| 15 | This disingenuous acceptance of the status quo , pregnant with career opportunities , is basic to those who feed on the effects of social problems rather than engage in the struggle to deal with causes . |
| 16 | Nor was there a satisfactory body of analysis on matters of this kind : too many of the scholars concerned had preferred to write works that were ‘ reminiscent at times of complimentary toasts ’ rather than engage in the difficult task of examining the complex nature of nationality relations in real life . |
| 17 | I thought it was more sensible to walk to the library rather than go in the car cos |
| 18 | But a time arrives when you would rather do almost anything rather than sit in a stuffy fringe theatre on a Saturday night with a dozen heads all nodding aggrievedly in agreement on how South Africa is now really rather a nasty place . |
| 19 | The first point is that they were largely developmental rather than research in the accepted sense . |
| 20 | They could not understand a man who chose privacy rather than the comfort of comradeship and shared pleasures ; who read books on mathematics and astronomy rather than drink in the mess with his fellow-officers . |
| 21 | Rather than stay in a stuffy room we decided to carry on with our lessons out of sight of the road in the back garden , which was more distracting but more pleasant . |
| 22 | Graham 's devotion to his family has always been such that he drives home every night from Test matches in London rather than stay in the team hotel . |
| 23 | The situation is such that it is care by the community rather than care in the community . |
| 24 | Like all other sex programmes , this one will have no impact on the sex lives of the British ; it will simply provide another excuse for people to watch sex on television rather than participate in the practicals . |
| 25 | The teacher in higher education should be trying to promote genuine independence of mind , rather than act in the guise of a pied piper . |
| 26 | WITH increasing signs that people are preparing to spend rather than save in the run-up to the election , consumer confidence is at its highest level since July 1990 , according to a report from Business Strategies , the economic consultancy , and Gallup , the polling organisation , yesterday . |
| 27 | Rather than attempt in a short book a history of artistic developments at Rome from the early days on the Palatine to the rise of the Christian city , I have chosen to write about four important themes , which are briefly described in the introduction . |
| 28 | Grobbelaar , Anfield 's No 1 keeper for 11 years , lost his place a week later when he resumed his international career with Zimbabwe rather than play in the opening League game at Nottingham Forest . |
| 29 | Rather than revel in the recovery in house prices , therefore , a bold government would act now to prevent the next house-price boom , and thereby help make the longed-for economic recovery more durable . |
| 30 | Such splendour is not for most of us , either as patrons or purchasers ; but , if he is content to appreciate the diligence of the scribe rather than luxuriate in the extravagancies of the illuminator , the collector can assemble single leaves from a wide variety of manuscripts at modest cost . |