Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [pers pn] [vb base] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between them they educate more than 800 choristers , as well as 12,000 other boys and girls . |
| 2 | ‘ And the Deeds of Rogal Dorn thereafter compose an entire hagiography , which we will now start to consider in detail — commencing with our Primarch 's role in the expulsion of the renegade Iron Warriors from the Human Imperium into the forbidden zone known as the Eye of Chaos , a region about which we speak softly if at all … ’ |
| 3 | Three , four years ago the seeds of what we know today as desktop publishing were being sown by companies like Xerox , Interleaf , Sun and Apollo . |
| 4 | Patrilocal residence , where women join the households of their husbands rather than vice versa , and the continued strength of the system of domestic production , where families consume most of what they produce rather than buy and sell in the market , have always been seen as obstacles to capitalist development in the Third World and as strong reinforcements for the maintenance of feudal-patriarchal relations . |
| 5 | Best stay with what we have rather than try to change for something else . |
| 6 | People will go along with what you want rather than actively supporting you . |
| 7 | It 's a question of how you dance round them I suspect rather than the actual pole . |
| 8 | For best results it is advisable to find a specialist in what you want rather than one whose main business is divorces , conveyancing or racehorses . |
| 9 | ‘ I would ask however that the next time you attempt plagiarize said that you take the opportunity of confirming your remarks to someone you know rather than one you purport to . ’ |
| 10 | Many people believe that the condition of a horse 's coat depends on what you feed rather than how you groom , but whatever your views there is no doubt that as long as his feet are picked out and the parts where the tack touches are clean he will come to no harm . |
| 11 | That depends entirely on what you do together after you meet her or him . |
| 12 | One explained : ‘ I have to be careful about what I say publicly because it is just not acceptable to be seen adding to the depression . ’ |