Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While S & N has announced itself ‘ perfectly happy ’ with the way things have gone since the switch and said it had been successful , some observers are convinced that operating costs have increased substantially and cite political rather than cost or environmental reasons behind the decision . |
| 2 | In fact , the priority of base layers , as most manufacturers prefer to call them these days , is to keep you dry rather than warm . |
| 3 | Their offspring had one each but were tall rather than intermediate in height because the tallness factor is ‘ dominant ’ to the shortness factor . |
| 4 | There are good reasons why I prefer to purse-net whenever possible rather than kill the bolting rabbits with a shotgun . |
| 5 | Moral : never start a big warren system other than at the beginning of the day 's work , since you need to complete it if at all possible rather than have to extend the work into another day . |
| 6 | Eat as much fresh produce as possible rather than relying on tinned , packed and frozen foods . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's better to triumph in as many races as possible rather than winning the World Cup with a series of good placings , ’ said the Italian , who has 28 career wins . |
| 8 | In Chapter 2 , I argued that it is very important to test the system as a whole as early as possible rather than to develop components in isolation . |
| 9 | And the Friar was somewhere in the forest visiting an acquaintance ; he had decided to do that rather than sit here in the young sun and sleep . |
| 10 | Decide why you did that rather than meeting A. Starter : A says , " Where were you last night ? " |
| 11 | It is different in that rather than lose V1 altogether in favour of V2 , the London speakers of Creole use V2 alongside V1 . |
| 12 | All that rather than allow him to marry me ? |
| 13 | That rather than making a block grant for somebody because we know they do a good job , that we do more directly relate that to services they 're providing to us and output . |
| 14 | Within a healthy tradition of Goddess-worship , there is assigned to the Goddess an ambivalence , a sense that left to herself she will be destructive rather than nurturing . |
| 15 | Darlington 's Conservative MP , Michael Fallon , said : ‘ It is far more important to get the valuations right rather than fulfil time limits set down by local councils . ’ |
| 16 | If they accept a contractual obligation to provide care , they may find that voluntary sector care increasingly substitutes for services which otherwise would have been provided by statutory agencies ; they will thus become mainstream rather than supplying supplemental , additional services . |
| 17 | A report commissioned in March [ see p. 38822 ] published on July 2 described LMX underwriters as showing " seriously flawed " judgment in assessing the risks involved , while the repeated reinsurance risks of other Lloyd 's syndicates meant that risks became concentrated rather than spread across the market . |
| 18 | Overall , it seems fair to conclude that the right hemisphere does possess some word processing capacity , probably more so for the written than for the spoken word , for concrete or early-learned rather than abstract or later-learned words and for receptive rather than executive aspects of language . |
| 19 | It seems police failure to raise a national alarm may have fooled Stewart into lying low rather than making a run for it . |
| 20 | Tip of the nose well developed , broad rather than round , with relatively large nostrils and always black in colour . |
| 21 | Except in the three ILP seats the Communists would support Labour rather than ILP candidates . |
| 22 | The purchaser may elect to claim damages for misrepresentation ( whether innocent , negligent or fraudulent ) and complete rather than rescind the sale . |
| 23 | The A flat was the only Polonaise Cortot recorded ( though Music and Arts have a Polonaise-Fantasie previously unissued and dating from 1947 and there is a 1923 recording of Op. 22 , mutilated rather than cut and minus its preceding Andante spianato — CD MACD615 ) which is regrettable considering the fire he brings to Poland 's most ebullient and regal dance . |
| 24 | In particular , the floating charge is practicable only if created by a body corporate , there is a separate system for the registration of company charges , there are distinct statutory procedures for the enforcement of the floating charge , certain provisions of the Insolvency Act 1986 affecting company charges are unique to corporate insolvency , and the floating charge can be used tactically in order to veto the making of an administration order . |
| 25 | The draft rules for the asylum appeals procedure were issued unfinished so as to aid discussion . |
| 26 | The optional words in brackets in subclause 8.1.2 should be included for obvious reasons , and it is suggested that if those words were included then so should the words at the end of subclause 8.1.4 so as to avoid a conflict . |
| 27 | The Americans were anxious to see the Russians engaged in the Far East as soon as possible so as to minimise American losses . |
| 28 | Perhaps cyclists using the service could be asked to clean their bikes as much as possible so as to minimise the risk of oil stains etc . |
| 29 | Governments should aim to make their policy instruments as predictable as possible so as to minimize confusion and hence undesirable fluctuations in output . |
| 30 | Get actual local conditions as early as possible so as to have time to make any amendments to your plan . |