Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The examination , therefore , can now be seen as the culmination of the course rather than viewed as an unwelcome intrusion as it was previously . |
| 2 | There is no reason why a couple should continue to have sex into old age if they decide together that they do not want to , but it is important that they make a decision rather than lapse into no sex as a result of neglect or unresolved problems . |
| 3 | He also claims DEC , leery of its margins , has reworked its low-end Alpha price structure to pitch the machines against Hewlett-Packard Co rather than get into a price struggle with Sun Microsystems Inc . |
| 4 | ‘ She wanted to be doing things like playing on her home computer rather than looking after the rest of the family . |
| 5 | professional distancing by prescribing change rather than working through the problem with the family |
| 6 | The death of a renowned foe usually brought mourning rather than triumph to the victorious camp ; when Boelcke himself was killed ( in collision with his best friend ) , planes from every British airfield within range dropped wreaths on his base , regardless of the risk involved . |
| 7 | giving inaccurate advice based on previous experience rather than listening to the family |
| 8 | All four versions include a skipper 's cabin accessed from the upper deck only and sandwiched between the anchor well and the forward bulkhead of the owner 's cabin . |
| 9 | Almost exclusively inspired by the essence rather than seduced by the charm of this region . |
| 10 | The temptation to stay alone at home and hear a favourite programme rather than go to a party is after all vividly real . |
| 11 | communications , where people prefer formal communication from the department rather than relying on the ‘ grapevine ’ ; |
| 12 | The obvious question arises — what amount of use would justify material being purchased for library stock rather than borrowed through the interlending network ? |
| 13 | Furthermore , the escapement is hinged to the key rather than fitting into a slot and the hammer points towards the player . |
| 14 | However , the court agreed with the views expressed obiter by another division of the court in the case of Emerson ( 1990 ) 92 Cr.App.R. 284 ; where a transcript was provided it was merely a means of presenting the exhibit , which was the tape itself , to the court : if the jury wished to hear the tape rather than rely on the written transcript , there was no proper reason why they should not be allowed to do so . |
| 15 | As the wind increases above this level it is better to go directly to the No 3 to help the stability of the boat rather than changing to the No 2 . |
| 16 | In his second oration against Verres Cicero describes hypocrisy in terms which sound like a scenario for Iago 's undermining of Othello : In the Academica he attacks the simulatio of virtue which is assumed not out of duty but in pursuit of pleasure , and in De Finibus he denounces those whose actions are motivated by personal desire for pleasure rather than respect for the moral law . |
| 17 | O. M. Honoré pointed out that even if an ( informal ) arbitration concluded in my favour , if I later become convinced that my original claim was mistaken I should acknowledge the claim of the other litigant rather than rely on the arbitrator 's decision . |
| 18 | The courts will , however , avoid constraining a statute so as to dispense with a hearing completely . |
| 19 | He held the parcel out and then let it fall , and it had time enough to turn lazily over before it landed with a solid smack on the terrace below and bounced towards the rail . |
| 20 | On 19 June 1991 Mervyn Davies J. [ 1992 ] Ch. 160 set aside the registrar 's order on the ground that section 238 of the Act of 1986 did not have extraterritorial effect so as to apply to a foreign bank incorporated and resident abroad having no place of business in the United Kingdom , with the consequence that the court had no jurisdiction to make an order under the section against the bank . |
| 21 | The afternoon dance publicised in The Northern Echo yesterday and run by the Dolphin Sunday Dance Club at the Dolphin Centre , Darlington , is not taking place tomorrow . |
| 22 | Well , what it 's all about is that er , the insurers have seen things on the telly etcetera and horrified with the result , |
| 23 | The show gathered momentum quickly and finished on a high that lasted through the party held afterwards at the neighbouring Holiday Inn . |
| 24 | As the truck was about to hit him , the Doctor turned the steering wheel sharply and drove along the hedge , avoiding the cursing figure . |
| 25 | The biopsy specimens were immersed immediately in Dulbecco 's modified Eagle 's medium ( Serva , Heidelberg ) , prewarmed to 37°C , with the mucosal side upwards and placed on a filter paper under a dissecting microscope . |
| 26 | While pulling down the ropes between the stalactites , crane your neck upwards and peer at the bolted lines of Jacky Godoffe 's grade eights , such as Autoportrait ( 8b+ ) . |
| 27 | Mr Macdonald said the most significant thing was that Brown had gone back to his car nearby and returned to the fight armed with the knife which had a 12in blade . |
| 28 | Older Marxist criminologies ( notably Bonger 's ) saw the link between economic conditions and crime precisely as lying in the culture of egoism which was stimulated by economic advance under capitalism ( Bonger , 1916 ) . |
| 29 | This was once an important industry there and survived until the 1870s . |
| 30 | Plummer lowered the weapon , easing the hammer forward and slipping on the safety catch . |