Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although McMahon at first was an abrasive force in midfield , where United missed the steadying influence of the injured Robson , he began to lose possession — and control — in his first Manchester derby , and he was robbed of the ball by Sharpe and McClair . |
| 2 | In fact the mode of behaviour required has little to do with performing other than keeping open the normal communication channels between people as players do in a game . |
| 3 | As a matter of procedure , it was agreed that all the monitoring and control components of the model would be given the suffix ‘ .1 ’ , whereas all other components would be numbered in a convenient order , ie depending on their place in the diagram , rather than annotated to indicate a logical sequence of events . |
| 4 | The URNG , although refusing to offer a total ceasefire , promised to halt attacks on communication links and economic targets for the period of the campaign for the presidential elections due to be held in November . |
| 5 | The following description of the two forms of right is thus necessarily brief and the emphasis is on computer equipment rather than attempting to give a detailed account of design law . |
| 6 | rather than keep using the big tins for the school . |
| 7 | This failure was largely due to the doctrinaire approach to reform which other than striving to establish the democratic consensus , also sought to pay off old scores against the conservative right and build a sectarian leftist regime , isolating moderate support . |
| 8 | However , one aspect I did like is the way you can select merge codes from menu choices rather than having to remember the correct syntax yourself . |
| 9 | Premises are often located near people 's homes and workplaces — customers just ‘ pop in ’ , rather than having to make a special journey |
| 10 | Perhaps the availability of some defensive shield would help convince national leaders that international security could be based on something other than threatening to blow the other side to oblivion . |
| 11 | Sambals are also pepper sauces , although reduced to give a thick relish used as a chutney ( see p54 ) . |
| 12 | You will then still have enough material with which to create an attractive picture , rather than try to make a suitable design from a few odds and ends . |
| 13 | On a complex site , rather than try to cover the whole site , it may be far better to structure a worksheet around the investigation of one particular feature , or one particular theme . |
| 14 | Rather than try to change the reluctant-to-move employees ' attitudes or even find out why they reject the transfer , companies may accept the easy option and transfer other willing individuals . |
| 15 | The basic idea is fairly simple ; that individual shareholders , disappointed with the firm 's performance , gradually decide to sell their shares rather than attempt to surmount the free rider problem discussed earlier . |
| 16 | Rather than attempt to determine every possible parse and associate a goodness score to each parse , APRIL employs simulated annealing techniques . |
| 17 | Rather than attempt to make the painful transition to a new reality where those who were yesterday 's ‘ enemy ’ today become the ‘ friend ’ , some guards preferred the strange safety of death . |
| 18 | It says a great deal about our attitude to the role of the opposition that you regard everything that they do as being a little more than attempt to seek a political advantage . |
| 19 | I replied that if Seius Oceanus ( to whom the estate ought to be made over when he reached the age of sixteen , under trust under the will of Seius Saturninus by the trustee-heir Valerius Maximus ) died before he completed the set period of time , the estate under trust belongs to the person to whom the rest of his property will belong , since the trust vested during his lifetime , that is if by postponing the time for payment the testator would seem rather to have granted the trustee-heir custody than to have imposed an uncertain term on the trust . |
| 20 | When in 1769 at a ball in St James 's palace the French ambassador in London , the comte du Châtelet-Lomont , risked provoking a diplomatic incident by pushing forward to assert precedence over his Russian colleague , Count Chernyshev , he was felt by most contemporaries to have been rude and indiscreet rather than to have shown a proper concern for the honour of Louis XV . |
| 21 | As much as I want to agree with you , I ca n't accept that standing and watching Southport has more atmosphere than sitting to watch a major game like Liverpool 's midweek clash with Spartak Moscow . |
| 22 | Rushmere spent 71 balls over his 29 , and at times it seemed as if Wessels and Kirsten were more interested in spending much-needed time in the middle than trying to set a challenging target . |
| 23 | Teaching children should always be taken at the child 's pace , answering questions as truthfully and accurately as possible , rather than trying to tell the whole story . |
| 24 | Sixteen teachers commented on this absurd situation , six more than had mentioned the social context of the previous question . |
| 25 | With most gliders the attitude for the nose during the slip needs to be no higher than required to maintain the chosen approach speed . |
| 26 | Although tripodding involves an additional operation ( and unnecessary extra work in good weather ) , in high-rainfall areas it will often reduce the need for extra turning and tedding and the risk of crop loss or damage . |
| 27 | But if the problem consists of nothing more than needing to replace a non-key component , Sun will simply send a courier to the relevant site . |
| 28 | Nearby , several rocks have been piled up as if intended to make a rudimentary windbreak or wall . |
| 29 | An offer is something which is clearly intended if accepted to form a binding agreement . |
| 30 | But this much I must tell you — ’ He looked around the chamber , as if expecting to see a silent listener at every corner . |