Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] [adv] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her only escape was in the paddock , in the motor home or the pits , where she scowled ferociously if disturbed from her work , and even there the journalists sometimes prowled , always on the look-out for a good story . |
| 2 | Secondly , the professional may insist upon controlling the work that he or she does rather than allowing the administrator to impose control . |
| 3 | A sense of loss of identity causes the voyager to project what he or she encounters so as to perceive it as an external phenomenon , and also to introject elements of the familiar world in order to recreate a recognizable context . |
| 4 | This meant that I walked further than recorded . |
| 5 | As someone seduced by the clever remake that was ‘ Iron Lion Zion ’ , I ca n't say that I feel quite as lubricated by this one . |
| 6 | Erm and that also makes sure , if you 've got it all in front of you , erm that ensures that you 're getting all the information that you need rather than thinking oh hang on , what else do I need sort of thing . |
| 7 | ‘ But we are confident in that we respect rather than fear their talents . |
| 8 | We should be vigorously selling the exciting worthwhile quality service that we have rather than selling the packaging . |
| 9 | Women 's immense contribution during the war led directly to their enfranchisement and to greater professional and social opportunities than they had ever before enjoyed . |
| 10 | These statistics must be treated with caution , but if anything it is more likely that they underrate rather than overrate the political content . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | look at and browse and take the information that they want rather than putting what sounds to me a lot of work on some |
| 13 | The tremolo is especially worthy of note : it is extremely smooth in operation and although it detuned slightly when used in real anger , it settled in more each time I played it . |
| 14 | Although , at 12% , the proportion of Catholics employed is still out of step with the Northern Ireland population , Short 's points out that it has more than doubled over the last 10 years , while the proportion of Catholic apprentices taken on has trebled to 20% . |
| 15 | She had lived many times on the edge of danger and she knew better than to sink back to sleep . |
| 16 | Turning to the mirror , she saw herself in the long white silk dress , clinging to her slender body , curving off the shoulders , accentuating her fine collarbones , tight at the waist then flaring out with clouds of taffeta below that made it seem as if she floated rather than walked . |
| 17 | No if you sit here cos look I and we sit here . |
| 18 | If you have ever considering fostering a child in need of a little homely care and attention , now is the time to get involved . |
| 19 | and we know better than to surrender . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | But if we go ahead as planned , then Miranda will own forty-five per cent — a minority holding — and after acquiring her shares , and taking up your rights issue , you will own thirty per cent . ’ |
| 22 | He never gave an explanation and they knew better than to ask , but they guessed it would be a problem connected with his increasing consumption of drink . |
| 23 | IT seems that home-owners are now being told they can save Pounds 2,000 a year if they rent rather than buy a property . |
| 24 | More than five years of rebellions and civil war had honed his instincts to a fine edge , and he knew better than to ignore them . |
| 25 | Graham was only a little impatient , and he knew better than to try to hurry Slater up . |
| 26 | The marathon four mile trip brought out the best in Keep Talking and he rallied well when challenged by the useful Irish raider High Peak to win by four lengths . |
| 27 | And it does so while providing a perfect fit . |
| 28 | The deployment of a relatively big budget and the use of a really big screen ( Cinerama in major cities , Super Panavision 70 where projection facilities were available ) , together with a show of ‘ serious ’ ideas comparable to printed sci-fi , raised the status of the whole genre , and it has never since sunk back to the level of , say , stalk-and-slash movies in critical regard . |
| 29 | Our press date prevents us giving details of this run but it must have been quite a spectacle if it went ahead as reported , and would have provided a fitting finale to an outstanding season of operations . |
| 30 | But I knew better than to broadcast those ideas around school . |