Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The international economy consists of relations between these national entities and is shaped by them rather than by a world system which dominates and determines national conditions . |
| 32 | Some sociologists claim that an individual 's class position is largely achieved ; it results from their personal qualities and abilities and the use they make of them rather than ascribed characteristics such as the status of their parents or the colour of their skin . |
| 33 | Yeah , if she 's got a young family , I mean , nine times out of ten it 's her that 's got to watch them rather than saying to the husband , oh I 'm off to play football dear ! |
| 34 | Because much of the product is already familiar to readers this review will concentrate , so far as is possible , on the upgrades and the reasons behind them rather than the existing features . |
| 35 | Both philology and Catholicism are here presented as ‘ languages ’ which Julia is unable to master because she wants to question them and change them rather than accept their inherent systematicity . |
| 36 | A different direction is taken by projects such as DASI ( Developing Anti-Sexist Initiatives ) where the aim is ‘ to give girls a positive self-image , and make them aware of the way society controls them rather than to direct them into ‘ male ’ areas of study or work' ( Whyld 1983 , p. 303 ) . |
| 37 | Evidence suggests that working class wives were prepared to put up with occasional drinking bouts by their husbands and the physical abuse that sometimes accompanied them rather than lose the economic support normally provided . |
| 38 | But perhaps your first mistake was to think that a shop could give you totally impartial advice — their prime concern was probably to make sure you actually made a purchase and from them rather than elsewhere . |
| 39 | It has chosen to steer a middle course between them rather than undertake a strategic review . |
| 40 | I have said before from the Dispatch Box that the attitude of other parties in the House to that Act is a matter for them rather than for me . |
| 41 | But it is easier to show that the Aquitanians ' identity as a people was imposed on them rather than felt by them in Carolingian times . |
| 42 | I think everyone 's got their own ways of dealing with them , you know certainly some people ignore them , you know I prefer to ignore them rather than taunt them , er possibly because I was n't really friendly with any of them that did go back , I think people who were close friends have found it very awkward and I know even now they 're probably looking daggers at each other you know , that sort of thing . |
| 43 | Occasionally some of the other ranks could be seen driving old Chevvies ( they brought their own cars with them rather than risk going to local garages ) with number plates proclaiming their owners to be from the Potato or Sunshine States or , ironically , from the Land of the Free . |
| 44 | Similar sequences , known as self-initiated insertion sequences , are common in the talk of monolinguals : " self-initiated " because the current speaker starts them rather than being prompted by another , and " insertion sequences " because they disrupt the " normal " flow of the conversation . |
| 45 | German supermarkets have resisted the idea of the PVC eating robot , as they would much rather customers took discarded packaging home with them rather than have their premises swarming with robots . |
| 46 | I just wonder erm , if this could n't be helped if you like , by increasing them rather than decreasing them , taking over perhaps some of the , not absolutely statutory , but some of the extra use of staff , and I do n't know if it 's possible , but at the moment I worry because some of the homes are only being inspected and visited by members anyway . |
| 47 | The rules appear to assume that a higher level of disclosure should be made to private customers , but unless the common law rules are altered by reference to the entirety of the rules and the assumptions in them rather than to a specific rule , this result may not be achieved . |
| 48 | The advantage of the hybrid model is that the courts retain some control over the regulatory rules in the sense that they are not bound to give effect to them rather than the general law if they are considered unreasonable . |
| 49 | D S S will actually pay them rather than telling us to pay them . |
| 50 | Probably better just to take them home , and look at them rather than compile them now . |
| 51 | It was a continuous process , and all of the people tended to see the computer as working very much for them rather than for the other department next door . |
| 52 | And that people who told porkies went into the oven , and serve them right so she 'd better watch out . |
| 53 | You could n't see them right if you were a few yards from them , but just the figures moving you know , and their arms going backwards and fore cleaning the windows . |
| 54 | The reader should not reject them outright if it so happens that they do not correspond to his own personal impressions . |
| 55 | Our hearer may even reject them outright as false . |
| 56 | The waitress added up the modest sum , and then asked them regretfully if they were leaving the district for good . |
| 57 | Employment aspirations also differentiated the school-leavers ; those who aspired to manual jobs were more likely to obtain them locally than were those who aspired to non-manual work , especially professional and managerial posts . |
| 58 | Better find a little dish to put them on so you do n't wa |
| 59 | Nails put them on because he had no choice , the mood Biddy was in . |
| 60 | But often I wanted her to keep them on because , wearing them , she was beautiful . |