Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [subord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I suppose she 's thinking of Terry , she thought , and squeezed Sarah 's arm , although Believe Me If All had been Joe 's favourite rather than Terry 's . |
| 3 | It is a more muscular breed and , though the emphasis has always been slightly in favour of milk rather than meat , the breed is continually tested for growth and food conversion rates , especially as veal production is important . |
| 4 | Milk was generally carried by passenger trains , but increasingly milk rather than passengers became their raison d'être . |
| 5 | If you have a spinner in your family , you will keep some sheep ; possibly with fleece rather than carcase quality determining the breed . |
| 6 | It was based on a model of language derived from Latin rather than English . |
| 7 | This is not because language production is an unimportant aspect of language processing , but simply because almost all the research into normal adult language use has been on comprehension rather than production . |
| 8 | In fact , Hrabovszky and Miyan ( 1987 ) advocate land-use intensification rather than clearance of new land as the most effective way to increase food production in the Nepal Himalaya . |
| 9 | To a certain extent , this process may be seen as part of the more established technology known as OCR ( Optical Character Recognition ) , but OCR has traditionally been associated exclusively with machine printed text rather than handwriting . |
| 10 | What the New Critics emphasized was convergence within the text rather than deviation from an external standard . |
| 11 | features of the original production of the language , for example shaky handwriting or quavering speech , are somewhat arbitrarily considered as features of the text rather than features of the context in which the language is produced . |
| 12 | This part is also characterised by minimal linguistic analysis and a tendency for barren description rather than interpretation . |
| 13 | It seems to be commonly supposed that it is description rather than theory as such which makes the most direct contribution to language teaching . |
| 14 | ‘ My goodness me , was it really ? ’ he said laying on the Scottish accent so that it sounded more like Scotch by absorption rather than birth . |
| 15 | Again in contrast with many firms of the 1960s , GKR sought a general business coverage rather than specialisation in any particular sector . |
| 16 | The opposite case , where the departure from the norm is in the direction of sentence complexity rather than simplicity , is illustrated in Hemingway 's The Old Man and the Sea : the culmination of the Old Man 's battle with the fish is related in ( for Hemingway ) unusually complex sentences , conveying a climactic frenzy of movement against the background of Hemingway 's more usual simplicity of style . |
| 17 | To reassemble the joint , use a non-setting mastic rather than putty and apply it liberally to the socket . |
| 18 | The modern environmental movement began to emerge during the post-war period , although its initial emphasis was still on protection rather than conservation , and most of the effort was directed towards preserving large animals and their habitats in the Third World . |
| 19 | Strict rules about the handling of money should be agreed before the event with the emphasis placed on protecting those involved from any possible accusation of mismanagement rather than doubts about the level of honesty of individuals ! |
| 20 | Yet faith rather than fact is what such a belief is built on . |
| 21 | Intoxication is plainly outside the test : if the provocation was not enough to lead an ordinary sober person to do as D did , then the essence of D's defence is intoxication rather than provocation . |
| 22 | Writing of Andrewes ' public life he concludes , ‘ It is a cause of thanksgiving that Andrewes can be convicted of weakness rather than malice , but it is sad that either alternative should have to be attributed to such a man . ’ |
| 23 | But there was another element in the creation of its unusual nature , one which appears at first sight a source of significant weakness rather than strength . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ( If the case goes for trial rather than arbitration , solicitor 's costs will be allowed subject to the normal rules ) . |
| 26 | It focusses on small-scale interaction rather than society as a whole . |
| 27 | Chelsea , the club he joined four days later , are already paying Swindon 120,000 pounds in compensation for Hoddle the manager , but they 'd offered nothing for Hoddle the player , threatening to withdraw his playing contract rather than part with any more money . |
| 28 | The United Nations reception centres for Contra rebels to return and lay down their weapons , opened for business in an atmosphere of hope rather than anticipation . |
| 29 | They offer hope rather than salvation , consolation rather than cure , reform rather than revolution . |
| 30 | Compulsory education constitutes the initial basic and general stages , the difference between the two being mainly a matter of scope and level rather than intention or function , though it sometimes corresponds to the transition from primary to secondary education . |