Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [verb] [pron] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | " If that 's the trouble , you could n't do better than to entrust her to the skilled understanding of the Sisters . " |
| 2 | To take a trivial example , it is a cost rather than a benefit for me to pay my children to clean my car rather than to take it to the automatic car wash , even if the car wash charges more than my children . |
| 3 | It 's better to take them with you in the car rather than consign them to the chilly furniture van . |
| 4 | It is interesting to note that it is the present policy of some authorities to allow such a prisoner to die rather than to submit him to the indignity of forcible feeding . |
| 5 | From the seller 's point of view , rather than expose himself to the vagaries of litigation , and the need to negotiate with each buyer as to exactly what remedies are appropriate in each case , it is preferable to set out a specific and detailed procedure which deals with the remedying of defects . |
| 6 | In Rome , the Iranian chargé d'affaires rushed off to the seaside rather than commit himself to the Shah 's uncertain cause . |
| 7 | The challengers have also all adopted a slightly different approach to PageMaker in that they have provided many of the creation tools within the desktop publishing program rather than leaving them to the more specialised stand-alone products . |
| 8 | We may not yet be a vigilante state but there is no doubt that more people feel compelled to mete out their own justice rather than entrust it to the police and courts . |
| 9 | Although it may be beneficial to address this point at this stage rather than leave it to the flotation , the alternative argument is that such matters can only be decided at the time of flotation when the parties are better able to assess what is commercially necessary to achieve an optimum result . |
| 10 | Of course , you may prefer to choose outside alliances rather than restrict yourself to the family , but in times of hardship the family may be more dependable . |
| 11 | We should take them at their word and hold them to it , rather than resign ourselves to the judgment that they have been lying . |
| 12 | They have been fighting to keep their current size for more than three years , claiming that they wish to keep the school open to all-comers , rather than limit it to the number of children in Episcopalian families . |
| 13 | Because we , we have a large amount of cash which it suits us to get rid of rather than take it to the bank er to be added up and charged for cash handling . |
| 14 | What you are aiming at is a steady indication on the localiser needle , rather than returning it to the centre . |
| 15 | The touchline was the launchpad — more so against Ireland than France — of some of Scotland 's best driving mauls and highlighted the danger of players swelling defensive ranks rather than committing themselves to the maul . |
| 16 | No better example can be given than by citing the careers of Tamara Karsavina and Margot Fonteyn , both of whom worked with many different choreographers as well as submitting themselves to the severely classical discipline of the older Petipa repertoire . |
| 17 | The Guild consists of around 140 writers and winning projects have to be environmentally sound as well as contributing something to the local economy . |
| 18 | Groups come together for a specific reason and this reason should run like a thread through the liturgy as well as linking it to the whole community of the Church . |