Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can actually address the person rather than just speaking to mister customer . |
| 2 | I think that cuckoo nestlings must be doing rather more than just ‘ fooling ’ their hosts , more than just pretending to be something they are n't . |
| 3 | But I do n't know how we 'd go about that other than just writing to town councils . |
| 4 | If I can get through this season and maybe onto the ‘ B ’ tour to New Zealand , then I would hope to be in a position to start having a big influence on matches , rather than just reacting to events as they happen ’ . |
| 5 | This particular client seems to follow the policy of staging a shootout or competitive pitch between firms for each assignment , and trying out an increasing range of firms , rather than just sticking to those it has known and worked well with in the past . |
| 6 | Rather than just listening to us do all the work , we 're going to divide up into two groups just to do one or two trial interviews as it were , to get the feeling for the thing , to get some of your opinions coming up . |
| 7 | We heard him talking , but heard no response , so we guessed that he was on the phone to one of the chefs rather than just moaning to George . |
| 8 | In such circumstances , the counsellor is acting on behalf of the counsellees rather than directly according to their wishes . |
| 9 | Although ostensibly listening to what Jonadab was saying , he could not take his eyes off Sarah . |
| 10 | ( 'You have to attain a high degree of musical stupidity in order to find watching the beat , or the conductor 's inane face for that matter , easier for the purpose of knowing how or when to play than simply listening to the music , ’ he argued . ) |
| 11 | The tight links between journalists and the flourishing independent label scene , local entrepreneurs and key grass-roots venues meant that they all helped to form tastes rather than simply reacting to them . |
| 12 | In this role he was more specifically practical than his novels might suggest , advising Angela Burdett-Coutts to consult with the Board of Health , rather than simply trusting to her architect , in order to ‘ get good sanitary arrangements on the most efficient and simple terms ’ . |
| 13 | These are reasons for recording rather than simply performing to the class but would n't audio recording do just as well ? |
| 14 | My Lord erm just to sweep up one or two of the other , very briefly the points my learned friend has just raised , erm I , I think it follows that our provisional position at the moment is that we think that reference is probably more satisfactory than simply going to the commission , what went , if your Lordship went to the commission and then found that they were unsatisfactory or did n't really take matters further , for one of the reasons it might very well not , is because the original complaint put to the commission was not framed in the same way as the defence and counterclaim are now framed , er there 's been a very considerable amount of refinement , both parties would no doubt wish to put submissions into the commission as to how the answer should be put or to provide information so the commission can answer them and so on and so forth and it may not be any quicker doing it that way |
| 15 | On March 28 , 1990 , the Cabinet agreed to tighten procedures for ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe , requiring them to apply for West German citizenship in their country of residence rather than simply coming to West Germany . |
| 16 | He seems to spend most of his day doing little other than occasionally walking to the pub ( usually in the middle of a row ) where he can spend up to 3 hours . |
| 17 | He seems to spend most of his day doing little other than occasionally walking to the pub ( usually in the middle of a row ) where he can spend up to 3 hours . |
| 18 | Although publicly subscribing to the sectarian theses of Kharkov , the party continued to countenance the dissemination of a heretical collaborative policy within the pages of Barbusse 's Monde . |
| 19 | They were both gazing out of the window like homesick boys , as if desperately wishing to be elsewhere . |
| 20 | B 's possible responses listed above , while overtly responding to the question " you know what I mean ? " are actually heard by parties to the conversation as supporting A's proposition , " I ca n't make head nor tail of this " . |
| 21 | As the title of this paper shows , I am sure that we can not hope to do this rethinking while still clinging to the currently orthodox view that there are no natural , genetically determined sex differences . |
| 22 | Its hard to see that there will be much demand for it at that price , but AT&T Co has introduced a phone called Picasso Still Image Phone , which enables people that both have one to transmit television-quality colour still images over standard phone lines while still talking to each other — but it costs a cool $3,300 for one ; Picassos will be installed at 39 Marriott convention hotels under an agreement with Washington , DC-based Marriott Corp and AT&T is looking into co-operating on image technology with Eastman Kodak Co — the phone , designed mainly for advertising , design and photography agencies , will work with the Kodak 's Photo CD system . |
| 23 | A further bout of pneumonia during 1897 , followed by depression , forced him to return home to rejoin Y Faner as a sub-editor , while also contributing to the recently founded North Wales Times . |
| 24 | X interrupted while simultaneously listening to the Air/Ground transmissions . |
| 25 | Britannia said he had asked for permission to see the flight deck and apparently made the threat while casually chatting to the captain . |
| 26 | At the end of the Saturday debate we were in more disarray than at any stage since either coming to power or Margaret Thatcher taking over the leadership . |
| 27 | But Marje , we discovered last week , lived a double life for over 20 years , privately despising her husband while publicly referring to him as ‘ Proopsie ’ . |
| 28 | Two of the Bernard brothers first saw her seated at a bar drinking , whilst apparently listening to her male companion who was talking to her , quietly and seriously and in an unobtrusive manner . |
| 29 | We do not see our role as merely responding to proposals produced by others for reform of the law , although this is inevitably a major part of our work . |
| 30 | I did not use a tape recorder for these interviews , though one might have been helpful in some ways , though perhaps inhibiting to my informants in other ways . |