Example sentences of "[subord] wait for the " in BNC.
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1 | Rather than wait for the release of the third cinema outing , Ocean have written an excellent multilevel extravaganza , incorporating and improving on existing styles from the other two RoboCop games . |
2 | Taylor wishes that in Sweden he had substituted the frustrated Gary Lineker with the pace of Tony Daley in the second match against France , rather than wait for the third and final game against Sweden to bring the curtain down on his captain 's international career . |
3 | The World Cup referees must have felt that the ball had ‘ been killed ’ on the ground and that it was therefore necessary to blow straight away for the penalty rather than wait for the advantage to occur . |
4 | Moreover , if the tables are to be turned , the USSR will do so at a time of her choosing , rather than wait for the hour of maximum danger to herself . |
5 | But rather than wait for the English to be lured on to these snares , he decided to launch the first attack himself . |
6 | To link things up we have to act on the information rather than wait for the information to act on us . |
7 | We also sought to provide a link for residents of Murieston to Livingston centre while the Murieston area is still developing , rather than wait for the completion of this housing area before taking action . |
8 | Rather than wait for the 28th CPSU congress due in July , as had been expected [ see pp. 37234-35 ] , a plenum of the CPSU central committee had given the party 's endorsement to the changes on March 11 . |
9 | At the summit , which was by all accounts an exceptionally heated affair , President Mubarak broke with Arab tradition and forced through a majority vote , rather than wait for the emergence of a unanimous compromise . |
10 | I wanted the sugar and rather than wait for the waiter to return or ask this boy to get it , I asked Harvey for the sugar . |
11 | Rather than wait for the groaning lift , I use the stairs . |
12 | Hahnemann felt that the ‘ single dose and wait ’ philosophy left too long a period of inaction and the speed of cure often too slow as the practitioner could do nothing but wait for the remedy to complete its ' curative curve . |