Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [subord] [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondary school classes have also grown , with more pupils staying on rather than face the dole queue . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been using a Les Paul Gold Top for a long time — a ‘ 59 reissue with P-90s — but I 've got this unfortunate habit of getting pissed off onstage and tossing the odd guitar , so rather than risk the Gold Top any more I 've bought one of these new Hamers , which is styled after a '50s Les Paul Special . |
| 3 | Should the latter ever happen , it is best to land ahead regardless rather than attempt a circuit . |
| 4 | After discussions between Bond , the Shrewsbury board and Burnley police , he agreed to stay away rather than run the risk of provoking incidents on the terraces . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Rather oddly , in the context of a crisis in which the abolition of the House of Lords was under consideration , it seems to have been assumed that this reservation would present a realistic safeguard against a majority party in the House of Commons seeking to keep its government in power indefinitely rather than face the country . |
| 7 | However , the tally of six underestimates the total effect because some MPs unsympathetic to Left-wing ideas may have decided to retire a little early rather than face a battle for re-adoption . |
| 8 | They begin to look back rather than construct a future for themselves . |
| 9 | True , we have seen the evil of fur coats ( those in Lynne Truss 's story bite back rather than coset the wearer ) , but we have yet to heed Helen Simpson 's caution that even New Men may well be beasts in gourmet cook 's clothing . |
| 10 | They would analyze racism now rather than fire an egg at a racist . |
| 11 | ‘ In cold weather some people come here rather than leave the building but there 's not much enticement when it 's dry and sunny outside . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It is an invitation to hoof the ball forward rather than use the goalkeeper to play the ball from the back , as Tottenham prefer to do . ’ |
| 13 | Some Tories even forecast that Mr Major would quit voluntarily rather than face the humiliation of a Tory leadership challenge . |
| 14 | Some Tories even forecast that Mr Major would quit voluntarily rather than face the humiliation of a Tory leadership challenge . |