Example sentences of "[subord] opposed [prep] [art] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the very existence of any examination at 16+ ( whether GCE , CSE or a unified examination or examination system ) as opposed to a series of assessments at the right stage of development for the individual pupil is questionable because firstly sixteen has already ceased to be the date for leaving education for the majority of pupils , secondly employers look increasingly to school recommendations , college course experience , and examination expectations rather than evidence of ‘ O ’ Level/CSE achievements , and thirdly the Universities and Higher Education look for and stipulate ‘ A ’ Level achievements rather than ‘ O ’ Level evidence . |
| 2 | Water temperature : This species prefers a slightly higher temperature range as opposed to the species from the Indian sub-continent . |
| 3 | However , the company ran at a net loss of $28.7m as opposed to the $2.7m in profit it got in 1990 or the $4.2m it tallied in 1989 . |
| 4 | On the Lineker transfer , quoting from Mr Sugar 's sworn statement , Mr Mann said : ‘ Another example of Mr Venables ’ so called mastery of the transfer system was when I realised Tottenham were only receiving £850,000 for Lineker , as opposed to the £4m that I understood we were to get . |
| 5 | The news out of Marlborough , Massachusetts-based fault-tolerant Unix systems builder Sequoia Systems Inc continues to get worse , and the company now says that its audited financial results for the year to June 30 will reflect total revenues of about $65.7m as opposed to the $71.0m previously reported , and that the decline in reported revenues will cause the loss for the year to be significantly higher than the previously reported loss of $860,025 . |