Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] in [adj] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hennessy moved in closer now that he knew that he was n't placing communication at risk . |
| 2 | It is possible that here , and again in Norfolk in 1549 , the basic grievances lay in local rather than national conditions . |
| 3 | I know of others who feel much the same — it 's called consensus politics , and it requires cooperation and a concentration on what the parties have in common rather than exaggerating their differences . |
| 4 | But this is a problem which can be lived with because mutations in a test-tube population come in hundreds rather than thousands of billions . |
| 5 | Some primates live in patrilineal rather than matrilineal descent groups . |
| 6 | Convinced of her unfaithfulness , Herod had Mariamne executed in 29 BC and her sons in 7 BC . |
| 7 | Once again a similar argument exists in administrative law-namely that the function of judicial review is to ensure that public bodies only take decisions which are within the scope of their expertise . |
| 8 | I jab a finger forward and Lucker nods in big up and down sweeps . |
| 9 | His dealings with the Liverpool and Manchester commenced in 1829 even before that line was opened . |
| 10 | Contrast the situation described in 4.3.1 above where , on a share sale , those of the management who are vendor shareholders can be " connected " with Newco . |
| 11 | and then someone scores and the guy goes in straight calmly and scores straight away . |
| 12 | Compared with this , uranium reserves are accepted by the nuclear industry itself to have a lifetime measured in hundreds rather than thousands of years . |
| 13 | Why was group identity expressed in this rather than in some other way ? |