Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [conj] [verb] [prep] " 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 | Further evidence that Castro was pursuing his own course rather than responding to US actions is given by the testimony of US Ambassador Philip Bonsal , who found his efforts to meet with Castro and to pursue negotiations thwarted . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Why do you think many of the farmers prefer to have a long ley in each field rather than changing from arable crops to grass every one or two years ? |
| 5 | And if we were going to be bored , and we were usually bored , rarely being self-motivated , we could at least be bored on our own terms , lying smashed on mattresses in ruined houses rather than working in the machine . |
| 6 | By the use of this technique , it will be possible to gain precise information about the nature of reading difficulties at the time of comprehension rather than relying on inferences made from memory performance . |
| 7 | It means a government whose chief policies were offered to the voters before the election rather than concocted in political trading after it . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The hon. Gentleman should perhaps concentrate on feeding his sheep rather than intervene in the debate at this stage . |
| 10 | ‘ She wanted to be doing things like playing on her home computer rather than looking after the rest of the family . |
| 11 | The job analysts within E L T , are Neil Butterfield , John Dennis , Anne and Claire Nichol , and they are , in fact , if you like , a sort of second or I mean you can go to them to get advice about how to fill in the job description rather than go to your manager , or if if if you have some dispute or disagreement or whatever the job analysts can can can help in that . |
| 12 | It concluded that the best graduates in these subjects tended to stay on at university rather than go into industry or teaching . |
| 13 | professional distancing by prescribing change rather than working through the problem with the family |
| 14 | to develop opportunities , relationships and patterns of living , in line with their individual wishes rather than rule of thumb normality ; |
| 15 | ‘ I wish our church leaders would deal with the problem of young , male violence in the inner cities rather than talk about the Social Chapter , ’ he said . |
| 16 | Naturally a lot of people are scared witless of getting on Microsoft 's blacklist and will only cooperate under subpoena rather than appear to be volunteering information . |
| 17 | They are interested in what new machinery is available , certainly , but at the moment it 's a case of window-shopping rather than parting with hard cash . |
| 18 | We only wish our insomnia was due to our street lights being too bright or , at the very least , being in existence rather than concern about our families , friends and neighbours walking through our dark paths and streets . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | From his wrinkled face and sunburned skin he looked as though he had risen from the ranks rather than graduating from Saint Cyr or the Ecole Militaire . |
| 21 | Boards with wider tails are more suited to jumping since they will leap off the top of a wave rather than digging into it . |
| 22 | Mr Bewick was criticised strongly yesterday by Mr Sells for carrying out too many operations rather than reflecting on the ethics involved . |
| 23 | The biotechnology companies would then directly buy a licence for a particular technique rather than negotiating with individual universities . |
| 24 | They seem determined to spend their community charge payers ' money on the most irrelevant and frivolous projects rather than concentrating on the real problems that the hon. Gentleman described . |
| 25 | Savile Row tailor R.J.W. Gieve suspects that it was an attitude born of the realization that the tailor would probably wait for his money rather than press for payment and jeopardize goodwill and the prospect of future orders . |
| 26 | This does n't just mean doing a sedentary job but refers rather to the type of person ( who could well be a housewife , doing a basically non-sedentary type of job ) who calls the children to bring something from the next room rather than getting up herself , or who goes to great lengths to avoid journeys up and down stairs , or who will drive round for five minutes to find a parking spot near the exit of the car park rather than walk for two minutes … |
| 27 | The cause of the accident was held to be the unsafe system of work used by the plaintiff 's employers rather than use of the premises . |
| 28 | This train will be departing from Alfreton and Mansfield Parkway , calling at Langley Mill , Nottingham , Beeston , and Loughborough rather than commencing from Butterley Station . |
| 29 | There has to be a new definition of sexuality : nurtured by everyday physical experience rather than separate from it , revered for its danger yet ribald and jolly , both everyday and sacramental . |
| 30 | giving inaccurate advice based on previous experience rather than listening to the family |