Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] [vb base] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We would rather pay for designer labels than go to high street shops . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I think I 'd rather climb ladders than sit at a checkout . ’ |
| 3 | If you can not afford to invest the maximum allowed each year or would rather make regular monthly savings than invest in lump sums , you can put by as little as £10 per month . |
| 4 | presents than worry about the tree at the moment . |
| 5 | There are more kil , children killed on our roads than die of disease , than die of malnutrition in this country , er many , you know and we just do n't take it seriously . |
| 6 | On an average Sunday , more people hear these two programmes than go to church in the whole of Britain . |
| 7 | Even his fond parents do n't call him that when he rampages through the flat creating mayhem , and Joyce was recently heard to declare that she 'd rather do Rob 's tax returns than look after the baby . |
| 8 | I 'd sooner think about my insides than think about my face or my body . |
| 9 | Administrators , on the other hand , are entirely the creatures of statute and it is possible that different considerations apply to administrators than apply to administrative receivers on the question of unregistered companies . |
| 10 | Far more of the current national movements than care to be reminded of it have in practice given up envisaging total state independence as their final aim , at all events in Europe , the traditional home of the principle of nationality . |
| 11 | In periods when demand for output is high , it is unlikely to be found . |
| 12 | The function of the pre-trial review is made clear by the instructions to the district judge whereby he or she is required to ‘ … give all such directions as appear to be necessary or desirable for securing the just expeditious and economical disposal of the action or matter . ’ |
| 13 | It is the duty of the trustee to report to the committee all such matters as appear to him or as the committee have indicated to him to be of concern to them with respect to the administration of the estate ( r 6.152(1) ) . |
| 14 | Er I mean , all I want Win , is something to do for four years than sit at home being a housewife and hang yourself as well ! |
| 15 | I thought that perhaps I would sooner have swum in the pool with the crocodiles than draw to myself the hostile attention of that girl . |
| 16 | Commissioners may , without compulsion , take evidence in one State in aid of court proceedings commenced in another State , on the same conditions as apply under Article 16 . |
| 17 | Much of the same sorts of observations as apply to Marx 's and Engels 's notion concerning labour also apply to their discussions of property . |
| 18 | Another and perhaps even more striking example of the undesirability of the practice can be found in the case of Woolwich Equitable Building Society v. IRC where the finance Act 1985 had included sections enabling the Inland Revenue to make regulations for the payment by building societies of tax on ‘ such sums as may be determined in accordance with regulations ’ and went on to provide that any such regulations might contain ‘ such incidental and consequential provisions as appear to the Board to be appropriate ’ . |
| 19 | In practice , it has been extremely rare for the Lords to use even such powers as remain to it to reject Commons Bills . |
| 20 | — ( 1 ) Where , at the beginning of the transitional period , there is no students ' association established for the students of the college , the college council shall , as soon as is practicable after that date ( after consultation with such persons as appear to them to be representative of students of the college ) , make a scheme for the establishment of a students ' association for students of the college . |
| 21 | Under the Housing Act 1980 he was empowered to ‘ do all such things as appear to him necessary or expedient ’ to enable tenants ‘ to exercise the right to buy ’ . |
| 22 | Indie rock is the traditional playground of scruffy teenagers approaching college age who prefer to celebrate gazing at the stars than admit to peeking at the opposite sex . |
| 23 | But inspection under these schemes is entirely voluntary , and although it is impossible to gather figures , it is certain that many more organisations ( both private and public ) operate outside the recognition schemes than operate within them . |
| 24 | Repeated non-availability or failures to show up after agreeing to an engagement are likely to result in a discontinuation of offers of work , and in this sense casual working requires an acceptance of many of the same disciplines as apply to working in a regular fashion . |
| 25 | ( 1 ) For the purposes of the discharge of its functions under this Act , every licensing board ( a ) shall hold a meeting in January , March , June and October of each year beginning on a date in each such month fixed by the licensing board at least eight weeks prior to the meeting ; ( ii ) may hold such other meetings as appear to the board to be appropriate . |
| 26 | ( 4 ) Where any such property is disposed of , the Funding Council shall pay to the Secretary of State such portion of the proceeds or value of the consideration for the disposal , after deduction of such expenses as appear to the Secretary of State to have been reasonably incurred in the disposal , as the Secretary of State may , after consultation with the Funding Council , determine . |