Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] [v-ing] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A drink problem is less to do with enjoying alcohol than with using it as a means of coping with pressures of various kinds . |
| 2 | De Gaulle was more interested in exploiting the process of change ( in the interests of France and of his regime ) than in forcing it to a fixed end-point . |
| 3 | The answer is to unwind some of the absurdities of the intervention system which mean that far too much money is devoted to financing the depreciation of beef rather than to putting it on the table . |
| 4 | But you can not sense radiation in any other way than by measuring it with a sensitive instrument . |
| 5 | In cases falling within this protected class , equity would hold the security given by the surety to be unenforceable by the creditor if : ( i ) the relationship between the debtor and the surety and the consequent likelihood of influence and reliance was known to the creditor ; and ( ii ) the surety 's consent to the transaction was procured by undue influence or material misrepresentation on the part of the debtor or the surety lacked an adequate understanding of the nature and effect of the transaction ; and ( iii ) the creditor , whether by leaving it to the debtor to deal with the surety or otherwise , had failed to take reasonable steps to try and ensure that the surety entered into the transaction with an adequate understanding of the nature and effect of the transaction and that the surety 's consent to the transaction was a true and informed one . |