Example sentences of "[conj] they [verb] [adv] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | These statistics must be treated with caution , but if anything it is more likely that they underrate rather than overrate the political content . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | look at and browse and take the information that they want rather than putting what sounds to me a lot of work on some |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Denis made threatening noises , but they knew better than to take him seriously . |
| 8 | But they have all but disappeared in the West . |
| 9 | Elizabeth Lewis reviews the existing philosophical underpinnings of social group work in the USA and finds these deficient , because they constrain rather than liberate individuals . |
| 10 | ‘ Let's black him , ’ Fergal suddenly announced , when they had all but drunk their way through the bottle . |
| 11 | Some produce little useful pollen of their own , even though they set well if fertilised by another tree . |
| 12 | Formative evaluation ( to use the current jargon ) , is so obviously more important than summative , since you need to modify things as they develop rather than wring your hands over them when they have failed . |
| 13 | He made no further sign of life as they drew near than to continue to watch them . |