Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This month the clergy forced the hierarchy to issue a letter requesting ethnic Hungarians to stay in Transylvania and work for change rather than seeking to flee to Hungary . |
| 2 | The existence of the process element means that evaluation is usually oriented towards detection of need for change rather than towards choice between temporally co-existing alternatives . |
| 3 | He tends to opt for change merely because team A have had a go and it is time to give team B a chance . |
| 4 | Not that I want to kill anybody now , but it is all for defence rather than offence , and it does make me feel a lot more secure . |
| 5 | Asked what they think women want , they opt for tenderness rather than sensuality . |
| 6 | ‘ You ca n't pester the poor man about money just after he 's had such a dreadful shock ! ’ |
| 7 | He was the former Republican leader in the House of Representatives , and had been chosen as Vice-President for his reputation for honesty rather than for any outstanding political qualities . |
| 8 | The results , as we have seen , were parliamentary government in the sense of government through Parliament rather than government by Parliament , with a largely ceremonial head of state . |
| 9 | That is , just as a county council in eighty five , all the councillors are up for re-election just as in a parliamentary general election , yeah ? |
| 10 | Is there any point in trying to go away for Easter now if there 's so much going on ? |
| 11 | ( If the case goes for trial rather than arbitration , solicitor 's costs will be allowed subject to the normal rules ) . |
| 12 | I must have wandered off course more than I had thought . |
| 13 | The steam engine and boiler were sold for scrap shortly after the mill ceased working , and the tall brick chimney , so long a distinctive landmark of the area , demolished some time later . |
| 14 | A defendant engaging in such conduct would , of course , be liable if injury to the animals ensued but his liability would be in what was classified before the abolition of the forms of action as case rather than trespass . |
| 15 | On the whole , however , Face Pack offers a good variety of scalable fonts and is exceptional value for money especially where there is frequent use of DTP . |
| 16 | He must have a nose for money better than any hound for any fox . |
| 17 | The coral does n't seem to gain anything from the relationship ; the gobies can sometimes be seen pulling mucus off the coral , but this could be interpreted as parasitism rather than symbiosis . |
| 18 | East African Asian children are sent for assessment even when they speak fluent English … |
| 19 | Social , environmental and daily living activities were suggested as the appropriate basis for assessment rather than clinically based assessments and tests . |
| 20 | Bullied , beaten , criticized , indoctrinated , sent to the countryside and sacked from the newspaper job he loved , Liang Heng 's father goes on working for Communism even after his health is wrecked . |
| 21 | It is well equipped , and warrior for warrior better than almost any other . |
| 22 | It went through cleavage just as it would have done in contact with its sister-cell … |
| 23 | Most frequently the group had several alternative plants to consider for closure rather than an obvious choice . |
| 24 | He should further refer to and reflect upon the continuous Labour search for excuses for crime rather than for the introduction of any sensible policies to deal with crime . |
| 25 | These more direct techniques have been developed to give the counsellor a more active role within the family , based on the idea that change is more effectively brought about through action rather than the development of self-awareness . |
| 26 | The physicality of the artefact lends itself to the work of praxis — that is , cultural construction through action rather than just conceptualization . |
| 27 | But perhaps the obvious disparity between individual talents and dispositions which clearly fit some for action more than others , the obvious tension involved between the pressures of active involvement in affairs and the inner detachment necessary for thought and contemplation , and the history of the development of Western institutional Christianity with its strong tradition of groups separated from the world in convents and monasteries , or priests distinguished from the laity by their religious calling , make it after all not so surprising that the discussions of active and contemplative life tended to stress their separation from each other rather than draw attention to a more fruitful affinity . |
| 28 | This is an aspect of canal finance for recognition rather than exaggeration , for at no time did total investment in waterways approach the sum in the " funds " . |
| 29 | Without patronage , however , political interests withered in time , for the needs of the voters would drive them to look for aid elsewhere if there did not seem a reasonable probability that their present connections might recover their lost influence in London . |
| 30 | In his second oration against Verres Cicero describes hypocrisy in terms which sound like a scenario for Iago 's undermining of Othello : In the Academica he attacks the simulatio of virtue which is assumed not out of duty but in pursuit of pleasure , and in De Finibus he denounces those whose actions are motivated by personal desire for pleasure rather than respect for the moral law . |