Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [adv] [subord] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes older people do not use a service , because it does not suit their inclination or purse rather than because they have no access to it . |
| 2 | There was so much new knowledge in science , and degrees in science came to be seen as an alternative to degrees in classics or mathematics rather than as something to be done afterwards as an optional extra , or taken as a merely voluntary course of lectures . |
| 3 | Molly went on laying the table , placing knives and forks neatly as though her sanity depended on it . |
| 4 | Blocks of this kind have the advantage of being regular and of uniform size , making planning , estimating and building easier than if using natural stone . |
| 5 | She ran across the airport like a newly born antelope unsteady on its legs , and stood with elbows bent and legs apart as though afraid of toppling through her fantasies into womanhood . |
| 6 | The standard way to think of the manager-employee relationship is again as principal and agent respectively though as we will see shortly , the relationship can be reversed . |
| 7 | He went on : ‘ I told the lads they can create something to tell their kids and grandchildren about because if we do beat Reading 's run , the record will stand for a long , long time . |
| 8 | I can handle success and failure better than when I was young . |
| 9 | The poor poppets were being forced to attach lifelines to the upper cables and edge across as though their lives depended on it . |
| 10 | The aim of this research is to examine these early decisions by police and prosecutors both before and after the Crown Prosecution Service is introduced . |