Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] [prep] [v-ing] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The emphasis of paraprofessional training needs to build upon and extend the qualities and skills that these workers bring to the team rather than to concentrate on socializing them to professional or organizational ways of doing things . |
| 2 | But I 'm sure it was much more important to pave over history and build this — this autostrada than to worry about preserving something like the Appian Way ! ’ |
| 3 | As events since the early 1970s have shown , many advanced capitalist states have in fact had much less trouble than anticipated in extricating themselves from the provision of collective consumption . |
| 4 | The onus is on us to extend our understanding of that society , rather than to insist on seeing everything in terms of our ready-made distinctions . |
| 5 | Julian , although knowing through putting them on his arms that they were of different lengths , said they were ‘ the same ’ . |
| 6 | The good thing about having the machines on the vehicle are that we can give him that electric shock as opposed to taking him to the hospital to have that electric shock . |
| 7 | Traditional grammar The teaching of grammar through analysis , as opposed to teaching it through analogy ( compare the audio-lingual method and the grammar translation method ) . |
| 8 | One important aspect of attributing differences to biology as opposed to attributing them to culture is that the second type of explanation leaves room for views to change , while the former appears to rule this out . |
| 9 | Take the example of the burglar in Austin 's famous essay on pretending — surely a classic example of saying something with deeds as opposed to doing something with words . |
| 10 | The fact that he gets it by being told it , as opposed to observing it for himself , is incidental . |
| 11 | He looked at her doubtfully , as troubled at leaving her with the distressed child as Edna had been at leaving Liza with Celia a short time before . |