Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Gandhi maintains that by means of prayer he invokes the divinity within himself it is evident that he draws no hard-and-fast distinction between the Self or Ātman within and God or Truth . |
| 2 | Sometimes the transistor is operated with advantage as an amplifying four-terminal network with the collector or base rather than emitter common between input and output , giving the so-called common-collector and common-base configurations . |
| 3 | And that would be calculated as the total amount dissolved in the ocean divided by its rate either of addition or removal so if we 're assuming steady state the two will be the same , whichever is easiest to ma measure and that would normally be expressed in years |
| 4 | I like to draw a diagram or chart rather than write or talk about something |
| 5 | Where money rather than people is the primary concern , financial modelling techniques can be used . |
| 6 | Like the Serpent , the Swastika crystallizes fundamental principles relating to the activity of Universal forces and their relationship to terrestrial life , and was designed to evoke an intuitive realization or response rather than an intellectual understanding . |
| 7 | The 1959 obscenity test is one of effect , which directs the jury 's attention to the extent to which a work tends to encourage such feelings of aversion or revulsion rather than of corruption or depravity . |
| 8 | Far more AB ( upper middle class ) people read the Daily Mirror than The Times or Guardian even though they were a tiny proportion of the total Mirror readership . |
| 9 | any accident loss damage or liability directly or indirectly caused by or contributed to by or arising from nuclear weapons material |
| 10 | any accident loss damage or liability directly or indirectly caused by or contributed to by or arising from nuclear weapons material |
| 11 | be misleading to categorise as pornography works of art or literature merely because they were capable of being treated primarily as sources of sexual stimulation . |
| 12 | Muslim fundamentalists demanded the death sentence be carried out by stoning or crucifixion rather than the usual Moroccan method of a firing squad . |
| 13 | Capillary fittings are now sold with solder based on copper or silver rather than lead . |
| 14 | There 's nothing quite like having breakfast , dinner or tea outside or even stealing a quiet nap in the sun . |
| 15 | Mass media treatment of women 's issues , while broader than before , is too often confined to a ‘ women 's page ’ or programme rather than integrated into broader content , and many stereotypes and negative images of women prevail in media content as well as advertising . |
| 16 | Up to recently , scientists have tended to shy away from such questions , feeling that they belong to metaphysics or religion rather than to science . |
| 17 | 2 were excluded because they studied monochemotherapy ( etoposide and nitrogen mustard ) , and 1 because the supportive care group was in fact a ‘ wait and see ’ group with treatment by chemotherapy or radiotherapy only when symptoms appeared . |
| 18 | But all of them are individuals — with hopes , needs , desires , feelings of pain or pleasure just as the rest of us have . |
| 19 | Use lime juice or zest rather than lemon . |
| 20 | 12.1 Except to the extent that liability may by statute not lawfully be excluded in an Agreement of this nature and between the respective Parties hereto , any statement , condition or warranty , expressed or implied , statutory or otherwise , as to the quality , marketability , suitability or fitness for any particular purpose of the Licensed Software is hereby excluded and shall not be liable to or to any other persons for loss or damage , whether direct or consequential , arising directly or indirectly from the use of the Licensed Software or any modification or enhancement thereof and any documentation , manual or training relating thereto . |
| 21 | Sometimes older people do not use a service , because it does not suit their inclination or purse rather than because they have no access to it . |
| 22 | There 's no animosity within my region on the fact that one person felt one thing and one felt another and as democratic trade unionists there should n't be any in-fighting or animosity just because we need to discuss something on which we disagree . |
| 23 | Just dined an officer or diplomat now and again . |
| 24 | This in turn enables Janssen 's customers to start production or synthesis sooner than they might have thought possible . |
| 25 | Apart from a general limitation relating to development which ‘ requires or involves the formation , laying out or material widening of a means of access to an existing highway which is a trunk or classified road or creates an obstruction to the view of persons using any highway by vehicular traffic at or near any bend , corner , junction or intersection so as to be likely to cause danger to such persons , particular conditions are also laid down for each of the different classes of development listed . |
| 26 | Eck 's reputation was that of a sophist or dialectician rather than a profound thinker but in his day he exercised tremendous influence . |
| 27 | In the next century the practice petered out , though it was still occasionally revived for particularly distinguished visitors , who might expect to have their names recorded on silk or satin rather than plebeian paper . |
| 28 | Cultural attributes ( English language skills , style of life , adoption of US or European rather than local ‘ attitudes and values ’ ) appear to be just as important as more formal job skills in the promotion of women as well as men in the TNCs in developing countries . |
| 29 | It is not yet known whether research would confirm these hypotheses of the character of certain distinct twentieth-century paranational cultural formations , though they provide an initial basis for considering the contradictory character of the history of the avant-garde movements : that they represent sharp and even violent breaks with received and traditional practices ( a dissidence or revolt rather than a literal avant garde ) ; and yet that they become ( in ways separable from the important facts of their dilution and commercial exploitation ) the dominant culture of a succeeding metropolitan and paranational period . |
| 30 | The school could n't afford to adapt the toilets or playground so that younger children would n't be scared by the older ones , so the situation was less than ideal . |