Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [noun] [adv] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Servants in the blue and gold livery of the Prince and the Lord Gaveston scurried round with silver plates which the guests would use as dishes instead of the usual tranches of thick square slabs of stale bread . |
| 2 | Shall I just look past Matthew instead of trying to look through him ! |
| 3 | With such equipment , staff could work from home instead of commuting to offices . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's a shame he did n't stick to chess instead of cards , ’ the old man finished . |
| 5 | Expenditure patterns will shift to services instead of goods : education , arts and entertainment , leisure , communal activities and personal development will all play a bigger part in our lives . |
| 6 | where defendants conduct leads plaintiff to incur expense in the reasonable belief that the action will proceed to trial regardless of the plaintiffs delay , the defendant is estopped from claiming that the action should be struck out for want of prosecution on the grounds of delay — even if the E limitation period has expired . |
| 7 | If Senna becomes champion , and to do it he must win in Japan and Australia , then Prost 's recent criticism of his treatment at the hands of Honda will immediately spring to mind regardless of a subsequent and rather naive document , signed by all sides and designed to give the impression that all is sweetness and light . |
| 8 | In 1846 there was a good chance that the new main line of railway from London to York would pass through Stamford instead of Peterborough , then a place of no consequence . |
| 9 | Moreover , some topics are placed by law within the ( co-determination ) jurisdiction of the works council , a formally union-independent system of interest representation in which all eligible employees may vote and stand for election regardless of union membership . |
| 10 | On occasion , it might refuse to work at all and we find ourselves longing for the days of youth when it would stand at attention regardless of any identifiable sexual stimulus . |
| 11 | They can put in ramps instead of stairs , widen doorways , fix rails in bathrooms , lower working surfaces in kitchens , extend tap handles , place electric points within reach , etc. all these things can make life much easier and increase the independence of a disabled person , though clearly it would be simpler in many cases to provide bungalows or flats designed especially for the disabled , in particular those confined to wheelchairs . |
| 12 | Indeed , if the change is to enable the accounting reference periods of parent and subsidiary undertakings to coincide or because an administrator has been appointed , it may operate in respect also of the immediately preceding accountancy reference period . |
| 13 | Why should he write to Maudie instead of me ? ’ |
| 14 | Maybe he 'll get to Arivegaig ahead of us . ’ |
| 15 | One would be recruited ; the other Reg Raven , would remain at work instead of retiring . |
| 16 | Prisoners were to be made to perform productive work within the prison in a consistent and regular manner in order that they should acquire rational work habits which they would continue after release instead of returning to crime . |
| 17 | ( 8 ) In proceedings to enforce a liability arising by virtue of subsection ( 3 ) above , it shall be a defence for the defendant to prove that he believed , and had reasonable cause to believe — ( a ) that the residential occupier had ceased to reside in the premises in question at the time when he was deprived of occupation as mentioned in subsection ( 1 ) above or , as the case may be , when the attempt was made or the acts were done as a result of which he gave up his occupation of those premises ; or ( b ) that , where the liability would otherwise arise by virtue only of the doing of acts or the withdrawal or withholding of services , he had reasonable grounds for doing the acts or withdrawing or withholding the services in question . |
| 18 | You heard him ask for diamonds instead of cash . |