Example sentences of "[subord] go [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It is a better strategy to create resources for industrialization to go for a rich peasant economy than to go for a middle peasant economy . |
2 | Would not it be far better to seek an effective non-proliferation treaty than to go for a new generation of nuclear weapons ? |
3 | It is easier , for example , to say ‘ Jezebel ’ than to go into a particular description of a certain sort of woman . |
4 | It has been much easier to give an overdraft than to go through the whole process of studying a plan for the business and coming up with longer term loan financing . |
5 | But Hilary Witt , head of Cambridgeshire 's catering service , admits : ‘ The trouble is , going into a school hall for dinner is less exciting than going into the Wimpy bar . |
6 | ‘ In the end , we played positionally rather than going for an all-out assault , otherwise we might have had an even bigger score . ’ |
7 | ‘ The British diet has started to change , but a far greater rate of progress can be achieved if we now shift to a positive message about what to eat , rather than going down the old road of saying do n't eat certain foods . |
8 | We found that a lot of young couples that because you do n't go to church on a regular basis but erm , to go along with their parents ' wishes too , rather than going through a big church wedding in a church , they go to a hotel and they have the erm , wedding ceremony and the reception all in the hotel , and are married by a minister . |
9 | Small wonder , then , that A. J. P. Taylor 's advice was to ‘ run away to sea rather than go to a secondary modern ’ . |
10 | The hearing was told Miss Dixon was bound by a grievance procedure at the home which meant she must raise matters of concern internally rather than go to an outside body . |
11 | This is cheap enough for a user to want to buy one rather than go on a commercial training course . |
12 | In 1940 he had been quite prepared , if need be , to serve in a dangerous capacity in the ranks because he felt he could be more useful in such a rôle at that critical moment in the country 's affairs , rather than go through the extra time and training there and then for a commission . |
13 | Rather than go through the entire process again in a later session , it would make more sense to take it up at the point where it was left off in the previous session , if desired . |
14 | Chairman , if I could just er , erm , some words that are n't included in this pa paper , I understand that the Deregulation Bill is published on the eighteenth erm , and presented to Parliament for the first reading , erm , it 's still far from clear what 's going to be said in it , but erm , it 's still widely expected that in fact , on major contentious issues will in fact be the suggestion that sections of Acts of Parliament will , could be revealed by ministerial order rather than go through the parliamentary process again . |
15 | Managing director Prabhdyal Sodhi told the hearing Dixon conspired to alert the health authority rather than go through the proper channels and complain to management . |
16 | But his finger never pulled the trigger for he , too , felt an explosion in his chest and , as if going into a slow dive , he dropped to the earth , the gun still gripped in his hand , and as he died he heard a voice yelling , ‘ Christ ! |
17 | Choukeir will now decide whether to go for the French equivalent of an appeal ; a cancellation in the Supreme Court . |
18 | Annie 's voice all but went off the chromatic scale when Kelly told her that she was turning down Ibn Fayoud 's invitation . |
19 | Some scholars , however , see Matthew 's interest in the Church as going beyond the mere mention of the word . |
20 | Ex exactly the same as going to the present day . |
21 | ‘ Scared ? ’ he asked casually on one occasion when going down a steep hill that had a sheer drop on one side . |
22 | Another little problem which sometimes occurs is that , when going to a full needle setting from rib , you get a row of little holes between the two . |