Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [pers pn] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is much better to attempt to prevent fears arising , rather than having to rectify them at a later stage . |
| 2 | He proved how difficult this feat is by failing to repeat it at the second time of asking . |
| 3 | It is much better to step in and help people firmly rather than having to punish them at a later stage . |
| 4 | He led her inside and left her at one side of the room , walking softly away and stopping to face her at the other side . |
| 5 | This is very contrary to our traditional view of trying to segment and fragment the information and trying to keep it at the business specific level or trying to keep it at the corporate level . |
| 6 | In some West Indian islands a yacht arriving without one will be confronted with a customs officer producing a rolled-up flag from his pocket and offering to sell it at an inflated price in an atmosphere of thinly disguised pressure . |