Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This can affect almost every employee in virtually every type of business — not simply in factories and warehouses but in offices , shops and any working environment where handling a load presents a risk . |
| 2 | Radial circuits are sometimes used for socket outlets , where installing a ring circuit would waste cable . |
| 3 | In a Soviet Union where getting a film developed is not a simple matter Aleksandras Macijauskas has still managed to document the people , and lifestyle , of his native Lithuania . |
| 4 | In a Soviet Union where getting a film developed is not a simple matter , photography can not be the action of a consumer — of holiday , sports event or sight-seeing tour — but has to be , at the very least , a technical hobby ; at the best , an art form |
| 5 | I can see this in my own case , where losing a job or a home has in certain instances reopened old wounds . |
| 6 | There is no subject where attending a polytechnic increases the statistical likelihood of being unemployed by more than three or four times . |
| 7 | In England , by contrast , although there were some villages where having a widowed parent in the house ‘ was very much the ordinary , expected thing ’ at a certain stage in life , already by the late middle ages it was not the normal pattern . |
| 8 | Baldwin 's ( 1985 , p. 142 ) work on bringing up handicapped children indicates that grandparents often buy necessities such as food and clothing , and this can be vital to the finances of a household where having a handicapped child creates additional expense . |
| 9 | Where stated a baby 's cot can be supplied at a charge of £5 per week . |
| 10 | He even came across a restricted locality where lived a colony of what must have been a new sub-species of the extremely rare , Small Mountain Ringlet butterfly , for they were at a much reduced altitude to their normal haunts , and altogether smaller than the regular species . |
| 11 | Into the largely unexplored Hose Range , and an area called the Bukit Tengah , where lived a number of rare and uncollected species , including the ratbird , happy until this juncture in their uncollected state . |
| 12 | The List will now be available in areas e.g. ‘ Norfolk & Suffolk ’ ‘ London ’ ‘ Home Counties ’ etc. or where required a complete set of the whole country on receipt of a SAE or at Q.T. Day on 15th March . |
| 13 | ‘ Newspapers have promoted a witch hunt rather than reassure a worried public , ’ it says . |
| 14 | Although using a road map , she managed to lose herself and so stopped to ask a young man the way . |
| 15 | Although using a tinted background may not be the traditional mode for watercolour , you can achieve unique colour effects and moods . |
| 16 | Other instances of racial prejudice can be found in the fact that the church used by the black community is used by the white men as a gambling den in the week although using a white church for such purposes would not be allowed , if even thought of . |
| 17 | As well as the advantages of uniformity ( which include ease of maintenance ) and cost , microprogramming offers greater flexibility than hardwired logic ; it is easier to alter a control store than to rewire a control unit . |
| 18 | This subject has been debated many times over many years and , after much deliberation , it was felt less confusing to say ‘ Basket Only ’ rather than stipulate a specific number of items [ at least for the majority of our stores ] as this tended to cause confrontations between some cashiers and customers as to the quantity of items in the basket . |
| 19 | This works even when recipients are away from their desks providing their PC is left on — ‘ far more efficient than sticking a Post-It note on their screen , ’ Richard smiled . |
| 20 | There are few simpler things than cooking a salmon . |
| 21 | It 's better this than wasting a load of money that carpets we 're gon na bin anyway |
| 22 | Peter began by saying he had decided to use his spare time for research rather than editing a new series . |
| 23 | Is Labour still reflecting the ideals of the past rather than organizing a response to the problems of the future ? |
| 24 | In running the same course of action is likely to do little more than raise a few curious glances from fellow competitors . |
| 25 | However , rather than realising a £17m loss , Tootal 's figures show a £3.4m profit , with most of the difference written off earlier through the balance sheet . |
| 26 | As table 3 shows , the key legal services used by businesses tend to be the sort that are need-driven — litigation , commercial property and employee legislation — rather than reflecting a broader and continuous relationship . |
| 27 | I 've better things to do than make a fool of myself with you . |
| 28 | ‘ Surely people have better things to do than make a great song and dance about missing a dinner party . ’ |
| 29 | In offices with E-mail systems a fax can be copied to hundreds of different destinations without having to do more than make a few entries on the key-board . |
| 30 | And I 'd rather you eat it than make a mess of it eh ? |