Example sentences of "[subord] [vb infin] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this is a valid criticism , rather than make an excuse accept it , apologise and offer a reason — a true reason if you can . |
| 2 | Rather than win an added year , |
| 3 | I 'm not saying you may not lose a few good people but on balance it 's worth that sacrifice rather than pursue an enforced redundancy policy . |
| 4 | First , encouraging the women to run their own preschool facilities rather than seek an extension of statutory resources is deceitful because it promotes a form of provision which such women can not supply for themselves . |
| 5 | Due to this ancient enmity Dwarfs and Goblins are implacable foes and will often fight to the death rather than give an inch of ground to their enemies . |
| 6 | The reasons for using some form of external assistance in recruiting key people are often quite clear : the confidentiality , the know-how and the experience are all obvious factors ; why bring in a headhunter rather than use an advertising consultant is sometimes more difficult to explain . |
| 7 | Rather than use an arbitrary measure of commission costs ( since these can vary according to the exact size of the deal and the market makers spread ) we have attempted to capture the competitive effects associated with changes in transactions costs by using a measure of turnover on the UK Stock Exchange . |
| 8 | ‘ We also urge people to take advantage of the larger organised displays rather than run an event themselves . ’ |
| 9 | If there were more busts , it is difficult to see them ( in light of the heavy guilloche " and cornice pattern ) as other than insets which would be subsumed by the whole design rather than provide an independent pictorial element . |
| 10 | Rather than lay an etch-resist pattern directly onto the copper foil of a board , it is much more convenient to prepare artwork on a polyester film where the opaque transfers and crepe papers decals can be altered at will . |
| 11 | ONE OF Czechoslovakia 's most prominent dissidents , Stanislav Devaty , has gone underground rather than face an appeal hearing which could have confirmed a 20-month jail sentence . |
| 12 | His remarks were seen as a hint that the Conservatives might let a minority Government led by Mr Kinnock stay in office if it toned down its programme , rather than force an immediate second election . |
| 13 | They would analyze racism now rather than fire an egg at a racist . |
| 14 | Although Patrick Lundy was almost twenty , Katherine still considered him a child and treated him accordingly , and often it was easier to go along with her rather than risk an argument . |
| 15 | The study of the voice what we say and how we say it I then introduced you to if you like advanced body language and based on the work that Marion North did and rather than take an individual movement of the body we took a cluster and how many aspects where there to cluster I wonder there were three were n't there . |
| 16 | Rather than attempt an exhaustive classification of all remaining types of software , two important classes will be considered , data management systems and application packages . |
| 17 | ‘ Nothing ’ she was constrained to admit , rather than tell an out and out lie , however tempting the lie was . |
| 18 | The main concern was that it would not be ideal for the mentally handicapped people themselves , rather than prove an inconvenience or embarrassment to the respondents . |
| 19 | There are those , including Germany 's 1990 World Cup coach , Franz Beckenbauer , who believe that world champions should be made to qualify for the following World Cup , rather than receive an automatic place . |
| 20 | ‘ Agreement was reached that , rather than play an anthem for one team and not the other , which would have been discourteous to the visiting team , no anthems at all would be played . |
| 21 | Compliance strategy seeks to prevent a harm rather than punish an evil . |
| 22 | So the Resistance-trained amateurs were gradually shunted to filing jobs or forgotten overseas stations where they needed do nothing but show an invisible flag and curl a lip at the way the CIA did the real work . |