Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [subord] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They inspired the efforts of Admirals D'Estaing and De Grasse in the War of the American Revolution to seize British West Indian islands and evade rather than destroy the fleets to which they were opposed . |
| 2 | Shiftworkers lose sleep progressively while working the night or morning shifts , and may be employed in nursing , in controlling power stations or chemical plants , as well as in manufacturing industries . |
| 3 | At the same time , corporatist arrangements break down as does the class character of political parties . |
| 4 | Having said this , I feel presently available guidelines underestimate rather than over-estimate the prevalence of dementia in the community , since in general no account is taken of the rapidly rising prevalence with age increases beyond 75 . |
| 5 | In one of a series of flashy special effects that often intrude rather than enhance the action , Streep 's upper and nether regions instantaneously tighten as if bolted into an invisible vice . |
| 6 | In fact , on a fast PC with an average hard disk , it can be quicker to load a smaller file and decompress rather than to load the full-sized equivalent . |
| 7 | But I know better than to interrupt the hero with my babblings ; instead I ape the satisfied cadaver . |
| 8 | Together , they underpin rather than oversee the disciplines they serve , and reliance upon them can be so complete that procedures simply can not be carried out without their aid . |
| 9 | Held , allowing the appeal and substituting a period of postponement not to exceed six months ( Sir George Waller dissenting ) , that for the purposes of making an order for sale in favour of a trustee in bankruptcy under s. 30 of the Law of Property Act 1925 no distinction was to be made between a case where a property was being enjoyed as the matrimonial home and one where it had ceased to be so used ; that where a spouse , having a beneficial interest in such property , had become bankrupt , the interests of the creditors would usually prevail over the interests of the other spouse and a sale of the property ordered within a short period ; that only in exceptional circumstances , more than the ordinary consequences of debt and improvidence , could the interests of the other spouse prevail so as to enable an order for sale to be postponed for a substantial period ; and that , accordingly , since the circumstances of the wives and their children , albeit distressing , were not exceptional , the order sought by the trustee should be made . |
| 10 | Operating the 238S requires a separate mixer , which I actually find easier than using an all-in-one machine because working alone and trying to remember complicated bounces and mixes and all the things which have to go on tape is hard enough , so routing signals through the desk seems to make more sense to an already cluttered mind . |
| 11 | One can characterize make here as evoking the mere production of an effect for which the " maker " is entirely responsible . |
| 12 | Therefore complex data derived methods which obscure rather than highlight the provisional nature or sensitivity of the models should not be developed . |
| 13 | Anywhere else this would be natural Conservative territory , the kind of constituency where they weigh rather than count the true blue votes , but the university changes all that . |
| 14 | There is no across-the-board agreement on the importance of the independent variables ; the pooled data , except in the case mentioned above , weaken rather than strengthen the analysis . |
| 15 | The defendants applied to have the plaintiffs ' actions struck out on the ground that the proper forum for any claim against them was Scotland and that the special jurisdiction laid down in articles 5 and 6 of the Convention on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters 1968 , scheduled to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982did not apply so as to permit the defendants to be sued in England , notwithstanding that they were domiciled in Scotland . |
| 16 | When one foot is stuck in the Grey Miasma of H'rull it is much easier to step right in and sink rather than prolong the struggle . |
| 17 | IT seems that home-owners are now being told they can save Pounds 2,000 a year if they rent rather than buy a property . |
| 18 | The simple models so far considered ( which illustrate rather than justify the linear differential Equation ( 3.1 ) ) approximate to the behaviour of real materials but do not describe it exactly . |
| 19 | The case of J Sainsbury v O " Connor [ 1991 ] 1 WLR 963 is helpful on the question of what is needed to break the parent company 's beneficial ownership of Target , but on the question of whether " arrangements " exist so as to preclude the operation of the group income election the Sainsbury case has been superseded by the new " option arrangements " provisions in para 5B Sch 18 Taxes Act 1988 . |
| 20 | If they do not return to the office or call in as arranged the supervisor should ensure that contact is made with that address to determine if the visit has been made and concluded . |
| 21 | These statistics must be treated with caution , but if anything it is more likely that they underrate rather than overrate the political content . |
| 22 | It will add to inflation and aggravate rather than cure the current recession . |
| 23 | We should be vigorously selling the exciting worthwhile quality service that we have rather than selling the packaging . |
| 24 | New wards and accommodation blocks , laboratories and car-parks have all but masked the original building , whilst within it spacious airy wards , huge staircase halls and corridors have been extensively partitioned and bear no resemblance to their original plan . |
| 25 | The Yorkshire Dales feature prominently as does the Peak District . |
| 26 | He himself admitted so when he emerged , telling his followers that he thought he had killed Comyn , whereupon one of them rushed in ‘ to mak siccar ’ ( make sure ) : the Kirkpatricks of Dumfries have ever since carried the emblem of a bloody hand with dagger and the motto ‘ I mak siccar ’ on their coat of arms . |
| 27 | If you have ever considering fostering a child in need of a little homely care and attention , now is the time to get involved . |
| 28 | Beat thoroughly while adding the milk , then return the sauce to the heat and bring to the boil , stirring constantly . |
| 29 | Work upwards when brushing the rear legs . |