Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [verb] [pron] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next issue is whether the managers benefit from their position as directors or employees so as to acquire something for less than its full market value . |
| 2 | Rather than commit you at this stage to the costs of detailed accounting , due diligence and contract drafting , which may subsequently prove to be abortive , MAS would intend performing a short key features review devised to highlight potential deal breaking points and other inevitably contentious issues ( such as possible earn-out terms ) which will need to be resolved with the vendors prior to proceeding . |
| 3 | This was the main value they attributed to school work experience rather than seeing it in any direct sense as preparation for engineering work . |
| 4 | By the time word got out that the whole thing had been a spoof , there was a sizeable demand for the book and , rather than leave it at that , Jean Shepard was persuaded to write the book proper . |
| 5 | ‘ For God 's sake , let's take another drink , or shoot the dogs , or call in Claire to dance the fandango , rather than indulge ourselves in this misery ! |
| 6 | As we shall see more clearly after studying Chaucer 's other fabliaux and uses of fabliau , the Shipman 's Tale stands out as the particular instance when Chaucer uses a fabliau to place fabliau in a critical light , examining fabliau as an extant genre rather than exploiting it for some other purpose . |
| 7 | However , if he suspects that the adventurers are here to cause harm to his Master , he 'll die rather than help them at all . |
| 8 | The reason why they maintained these holdings in dollars , rather than selling them for some other currency , was that dollar investments in New York remained attractive despite the decline in the relative value of the dollar in the early seventies . |
| 9 | Describe the nature of qualitative factors and give three examples that may influence a decision to make a component rather than buy it from another firm . |
| 10 | Rather than follow him into this detail , it is more important here to underline an important general characteristic which Hobbes says the claim has . |
| 11 | But she 'd bite her tongue off sooner than ask him for any favours . |
| 12 | If you only need to check the base memory and also wish to know how much space remains on your HDD ( hard disk drive ) then the CHKDSK command will convey this information , as well as informing you of any HDD errors such as lost files and bad sectors . |
| 13 | In common with the best of our competitors , Sainsbury 's have made it their policy to incorporate on-site bakeries into every new store opening , as well as adding them into many existing locations . |