Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] [pron] [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He loves driving , rather than seeing his car as a way of getting him from A to B , and sees his car as a status symbol , and means to power and freedom . |
| 2 | Medical research company Medirace , which is trying to develop a drug to treat cancer and Aids , is more than tripling its size through an £87million takeover . |
| 3 | Electoral studies of the period show that an increasing number of people were making their support for one or other of the main parties conditional upon the calculation of ‘ rational self-interest ’ or ‘ governmental competence ’ , rather than basing their voting upon a ‘ class reflex ’ . |
| 4 | We did little planning other than booking our accommodation in a chain of well positioned youth hostels , but the holiday was memorable . |
| 5 | Over all , you 'd have fared much better than keeping your money in a bank or building society . |
| 6 | ‘ The answer is to stand off and let him play in front of you , rather than wrestling his way round the back . ’ |
| 7 | My father was still forced from time to time to act as an interpreter , but from now on he spent much more time at home , rather than meeting his friends in the cafés for a game of cards . |
| 8 | Better than enduring his fumbling during the night in the vain hope of satisfaction when the need was strong in her . |
| 9 | An occasional application of lindane at a concentration of 2 per cent to kill headlice is certainly likely to be more effective than breaking their legs with a nit comb and avoids the discomfort of literally feeling lousy . |
| 10 | In the general election the Labour Party made sweeping gains , more than doubling its share of the seats in the Dáil at the expense of Fianna Fáil , which won its lowest number of votes since the 1920s , and Fine Gael , which suffered its worst result since 1948 . |
| 11 | So there 'd be something rather odd about people voting out of moral motivation for a utilitarian because they would be voting their estimate of where the general happiness lies , rather than putting their input into the sum from which someone else can calculate where the general happiness lies . |
| 12 | Put on , on the bottom of the blank line , rather than putting it top of the total line . |
| 13 | He stared at her , almost as if seeing his daughter for the very first time , his eyes boring into her , and she suffered his scrutiny as best she could . |
| 14 | One of the children pawed at my lap , as if returning my attention to the lady on the velvet throne . |
| 15 | She held the seahorse out and gazed at it , as if searching its curves for an answer . |
| 16 | If fitting your blind inside a window recess you will need to measure the full recess width and depth . |
| 17 | Sheldukher stared down at her suddenly , as if registering her presence for the first time . |
| 18 | Dacourt looked at me under lowered brows as if recognising my existence for the first time . |
| 19 | They 're now considering taking their campaign to the European Court . |
| 20 | Cairn is also considering merging its interests in the United States with Omni Exploration , a quoted American company , where Cairn acquired a 64 p.c. stake in December . |
| 21 | This challenge can be very threatening to men and to white people , partly because changing your interpretation of the world is an uncomfortable experience , and partly because a change of attitudes inevitably causes social change , and this in turn brings about a shift in power relationships . |
| 22 | Bernice and Defries were lying on the floor , edging backwards while firing their blasters at the black-robed androids . |
| 23 | To pan a camcorder smoothly , hold it normally while rotating your body from the hips to mimic the action of a pan-and-tilt head on a tripod . |
| 24 | A hegemonal class may be more or less ingenious at furthering its political interest while maintaining its position in the power bloc ; the working class may make better or worse use of a revolutionary situation . |
| 25 | By announcing America 's ‘ preparedness ’ to intervene in the European conflict , while maintaining her neutrality between the combatants , Wilson had emerged as the main hope for peace in Europe . |
| 26 | The following evening he was shot dead while walking his dog along the wharf here . |
| 27 | It accounts for the curious , rather comical way they have of standing perfectly upright and perfectly still while surveying their surroundings with a quick 240° swivel , like a furry periscope . |
| 28 | I got up , staggered to the window and , while keeping my head below the level of the sill , attempted to close it . |
| 29 | For stomach curls you lie on your back on the floor , bend your knees upwards slightly ( while keeping your feet on the floor ) , then lift your head and shoulders a few inches off the floor ( do not use your hands or arms to support your weight ) . |
| 30 | The chemists encouraged people to have fun in the sun while protecting their skin from the harsh rays which can prove dangerous . |