Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The college was founded as a radical , even visionary institution , being intended to widen women 's culture and thus their whole lives , rather than merely provide vocational training for future governesses . |
| 2 | When teachers are trained and develop expertise in particular subjects , they do more than merely master appropriate content and gather relevant bodies of technical expertise . |
| 3 | The inverted-U relationship has been empirically demonstrated for a number of different tasks ( e.g. Courts , 1942 ; Stennett , 1957 ; Bolanger & Feldman , described in Malmo 1959 ) , however , it is often regarded as a purely descriptive relationship rather than necessarily implying that arousal per se is affecting performance . |
| 4 | Our current and future workload in the Middle East does more than just spell good news for the company . |
| 5 | I would need to do more than just win this game , I would need to annihilate her like the cockerel ; more , I would need to break her completely . |
| 6 | ‘ We 'll be competing rather than just surviving this season and the game against Wigan will be a indicator of what we are up against . |
| 7 | Firstly the lexicon is pre-processed by using an array to hold the tree nodes , so that the memory required is allocated in one contiguous amount , rather than dynamically allocating each node . |
| 8 | It is then more important than ever to include some topsoil to introduce the essential bacteria . |
| 9 | The indigenous media need more than ever to promote lasting peace with justice , through ecumenical and interfaith dialogue . |
| 10 | Entering the third year of the Intifada , it is more than ever clear that time is of the essence : how to keep it going long enough at a level which does not yield to the temptations of ruinous , reciprocal escalation , but still disturbs the outside world enough to get them to bring the Israeli extremists to heel . |
| 11 | I enjoyed that drive , and when it ended was more anxious than ever to shake some sense into Margaret . |
| 12 | One of the top ANC men came back from the Dar Es Salaam talks and told us , ‘ I am more than ever convinced that violence is not the way . |
| 13 | This was a pity because the score , an EQ commission , although hardly suggesting musical revolution , does invite some spicy variation in sounds , and provides opportunities for rhythmic pointing . |
| 14 | The 1988 figures confirm Korn/ Ferry 's leading position with $91.5m. ; although now facing strong competition from Russell Reynolds , they have far more consultants ( 258 ) . |
| 15 | In areas of resistant rocks the wavecut platform ( Plate 27 ) , although often showing some degree of concavity , may be considerably flatter than the average sand and shingle beach . |
| 16 | Rather than simply criticizing quantitative analysis as a whole , she adapts slightly the standard method of measuring linguistic variables , pointing out that the three variants of ( r ) which can be distinguished ( [ ? ] , [ ? ] and [ ? ] are difficult to place on any rationally motivated social continuum . |
| 17 | Even so , when handling and riding horses , we really need to be able to anticipate their emotions , actions and reactions , rather than simply expecting perfect behaviour and performance from them . |
| 18 | He might have to do something more radical than simply leave this job . |
| 19 | Modern organization theory stresses that political and administrative elites must decentralize policy implementation into sub-organizations with their own problem zones , rather than simply expand central government departments into vast line agencies with direct control over all administration . |
| 20 | The renewed interest in using literary texts as a means of inculcating the kind of critical competence which could comprehend rather than simply dismiss contemporary culture in all its complex manifestations , was one kind of response to this crisis . |
| 21 | The moral to be drawn from this is , let us apply the same committed and co-ordinated approach to deliver a Scottish parliament , which could tackle a whole range of problems , rather than simply showing piecemeal enthusiasm over a few issues like water and the poll tax . |
| 22 | The reason the market economy or catallaxy produces fresh wealth rather than simply redistributing existing wealth is critically bound up with the way in which market prices act as signals containing vital information . |
| 23 | The generative system is able to operate on a sentential level rather than simply consider local word combinations . |
| 24 | Lozanov emphasises that inputs on the two planes should support each other , rather than partially cancel each other out . |
| 25 | The 1350s had seen relatively little fighting at an ‘ official ’ level , but the decade had witnessed the growth , in both numbers and size , of bodies of soldiers who , although sometimes finding local employment , more often than not roamed the countryside in search of adventure and the easy pickings of war . |
| 26 | With this model , Starfield have entered the semi-hollow arena occupied by such notables as Godin and Washburn , although again avoiding any kind of slavish imitation . |
| 27 | A problem sometimes associated with salespeople who have worked for the same company for many years is that they rely on established customers to provide repeat orders rather than actively seeking new business . |
| 28 | Amis has taken time to rehearse the arguments about politics hijacking literature , and in the end the novel may even surprise some readers with its air of amused tolerince : ‘ Even bad poetry had to exist , if only to heighten good poetry by contrast , to make the good poets shine out as even bette . ’ |
| 29 | Like his big brother paratroopers , our favourite Teddy deserves a decent flying outfit , if only to give extra comfort on the occasion of that terrifying first drop into the void . |
| 30 | It is important to ensure that only current partners appear as lessees/trustees of partnership premises , if only to avoid any possibility that a retired partner who has not been duly replaced on the title could be regarded as still being held out as a member of the firm . |