Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] [subord] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I know better than to interrupt the hero with my babblings ; instead I ape the satisfied cadaver . |
| 2 | Moreover , the Stewart kings ' lamentable habit of dying young had two consequences , both of which enhanced rather than diminished the strength and prestige of Scottish kingship . |
| 3 | These effective treatments , along with his rejection of blood-letting , purging and polypharmacy which weakened rather than helped the patient , gave homoeopathy the edge over orthodox therapy for most of the nineteenth century . |
| 4 | Therefore complex data derived methods which obscure rather than highlight the provisional nature or sensitivity of the models should not be developed . |
| 5 | The simple models so far considered ( which illustrate rather than justify the linear differential Equation ( 3.1 ) ) approximate to the behaviour of real materials but do not describe it exactly . |
| 6 | The difference is that Orton 's pastiche is comic but in a way which interrogates rather than presupposes the norm . |
| 7 | She sensed rather than heard the collective sigh of relief that went up as her acceptance rang round the studio just a moment before the signature tune flowed through the headphones , signalling the end of the programme . |
| 8 | ‘ I should have thought that even you knew better than to leave the car hermetically sealed . |
| 9 | Something had punched her chest ; she felt the refrigeration unit of her suit cut in , she felt rather than heard the tearing , rippling , screaming boom of the explosion . |
| 10 | Have a leader who co-ordinates rather than directs the team ? |
| 11 | Secondly , the professional may insist upon controlling the work that he or she does rather than allowing the administrator to impose control . |
| 12 | But the road that ran from the town , called Théovard , by-passed Les Glycines five hundred yards to the north , and we dismounted rather than run the motor cycle over the pitted lane . |
| 13 | We should be vigorously selling the exciting worthwhile quality service that we have rather than selling the packaging . |
| 14 | Together , they underpin rather than oversee the disciplines they serve , and reliance upon them can be so complete that procedures simply can not be carried out without their aid . |
| 15 | In the latter situation subjects were given a cue prior to the stimulus presentation ( pre-cued condition ) so that they knew beforehand whether to report the inner or outer column or the letters printed in a particular colour . |
| 16 | Anywhere else this would be natural Conservative territory , the kind of constituency where they weigh rather than count the true blue votes , but the university changes all that . |
| 17 | These statistics must be treated with caution , but if anything it is more likely that they underrate rather than overrate the political content . |
| 18 | However he knew better than to put the thought into words . |
| 19 | In the reply he is not allowed to introduce any new matter and must confine himself to replying to the points made in the discussion and to summarising the main arguments he put forward when moving the motion . |
| 20 | He had twice before seen the Colonel walk through the garden to Dr Tariq 's office , but on each occasion his assistants had still been at work . |
| 21 | The test of any methodology or specialized mode of study is the degree to which it illuminates rather than obscures the primary cultural values inherent in literature . |