Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [vb infin] [pers pn] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She 'd do anything rather than drive it at first . |
| 4 | However , if he suspects that the adventurers are here to cause harm to his Master , he 'll die rather than help them at all . |
| 5 | State enterprises had been hoarding goods rather than sell them at unprofitable retail prices , thereby exacerbating shortages in the shops [ see p. 37902 ] . |