Example sentences of "[subord] [vb infin] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ceiling-mounted fans are usually designed to extract air into the loft space or a similar ventilated void , rather than direct to the outside . |
| 2 | The use just discussed bears a relation to the occurrence of the bare infinitive after the expressions rather than and sooner than : ( 32 ) He paid the fine rather than appeal to a higher court . |
| 3 | It appears that the squares enclosed a central roundel bordered by a band of wave-crest pattern : indeed , they dominate rather than contribute to the structure and must , originally , have greatly influenced determined the effect of the pavement on the spectator . |
| 4 | For instance , a pupil with hemianopia or a diminished visual field may have to sit at an angle rather than square to the blackboard in order to use remaining vision usefully to discriminate what is on it . |
| 5 | In particular , a firm undertaking FDI needs a firm-specific advantage ( e.g. a brand name of a patent ) , which it prefers to exploit itself rather than license to an existing domestic producer . |
| 6 | Filmer was still beside her : the passengers tended all the time to linger at the tables , talking , after the meals had been cleared , rather than return to the solitude of their bedrooms . |
| 7 | In Kuwait , a few more chose to join an anti-Iraqi underground resistance movement rather than return to the plane . |
| 8 | It enabled me to stay in my home of 30 years rather than move to a property with cheaper rates . |
| 9 | Local villagers are prepared to sacrifice their lives rather than move to the inadequate , drought-prone resettlement areas ; many who moved to the resettlement areas in past years are now returning to their threatened villages . |
| 10 | He announced that he would pick his ministers himself , rather than submit to the dictate of party leaders used to bartering cabinet posts for parliamentary support . |
| 11 | The epic story of how the citizens of Phocaea abandoned their town rather than submit to the Persians is told by Herodotus 1.163 ff . |
| 12 | A distinction drawn the previous day by Law and Order Minister Adriaan Vlok , who pointed out that the UDF was subject to restrictions but not formally banned , was dismissed by the UDF on Jan. 18 as a " play on semantics " ; moreover , the UDF had decided simply to disregard the restrictions , rather than apply to the authorities to have them lifted . |
| 13 | The death of a renowned foe usually brought mourning rather than triumph to the victorious camp ; when Boelcke himself was killed ( in collision with his best friend ) , planes from every British airfield within range dropped wreaths on his base , regardless of the risk involved . |
| 14 | Small wonder , then , that A. J. P. Taylor 's advice was to ‘ run away to sea rather than go to a secondary modern ’ . |
| 15 | The temptation to stay alone at home and hear a favourite programme rather than go to a party is after all vividly real . |
| 16 | Even as a child growing up in the Fifties , she and her sister , Marlene , preferred to spend their sixpence pocket money on animal welfare classes run by a local RSPCA inspector rather than go to the cinema . |
| 17 | Was it the sort of chemist that erm was it the sort of chemist that you 'd go in if you 'd got something the matter with you and rather than go to the doctor , they would sort of dole out something for you ? |
| 18 | Rather than go to the school ? |
| 19 | The hearing was told Miss Dixon was bound by a grievance procedure at the home which meant she must raise matters of concern internally rather than go to an outside body . |
| 20 | Why does it seem important that the answer should have some ‘ objective ’ quality about it , an insight into history , society , knowledge , rather than point to a merely personal obsession ? |
| 21 | Why was she conspiring with him to talk around the subject rather than come to the point ? |
| 22 | Partly for financial reasons , students now tend to attend university in their home town rather than travel to a city with a better department . |
| 23 | Many may eventually be able to work from home rather than commute to an office . |
| 24 | With luck the conversation is defused into either mice or begonias , and then you will get a chance to get a word in edgeways rather than listen to a lecture which could become controversial or boring ( and hard work to speechread ) . |
| 25 | All were within a 500-mile radius of Whaddon , and many misguided soccer fans preferred travelling to those grounds rather than succumb to the semi-pro subtleties on show at ‘ The Tip ’ . |
| 26 | Knowledge of the bull overshadowed the discussions in the 1555 English parliament on the Bill restoring annates and tenths to Rome , contributing to the strength of anti-papal sentiment and forcing the government to redraft the measure so that these taxes would remain in the hands of the English church rather than accrue to the pope . |