Example sentences of "[subord] [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The overall aim is to ensure that the welfare state encourages rather than penalizes personal initiative . |
| 2 | Indeed , it could be argued that the collective influence of the processes discussed in this chapter have made a greater impact on the cities and those living within them than has inner-city policy . |
| 3 | Much of the owner-occupation sector represents a recent addition to national wealth ; from 26.6 per cent in 1957 to 36.5 per cent of all wealth by 1985 — a 37 per cent increase in thirty years ( Sam Brittan , ‘ Keeping an eye on the national wealth ’ , Financial Times , 16 July 1987 ) , and this wealth has been much more equitably spread than has industrial wealth . |
| 4 | Although this will mean a slightly increased retrieval time ( of the order of 5 — 8 ms depending on the device ) it is claimed that the space saving more than offsets this overhead . |
| 5 | Indeed , it reinforces the status quo , closes off discussion and analysis , and restricts rather than expands popular consciousness . |
| 6 | The growing interest in German and Japanese in some parts of the world and the fact that the US looks likely to have more Spanish speakers than Anglophones some time in the next century may have an impact eventually . |
| 7 | The group has access to a greater variety of experiences and skills than does one person . |
| 8 | It is well established ( e.g. Gibbon , Farrell , Locurto , Duncan , and Terrace 1980 ) that partial reinforcement generates a higher rate of autoshaped responding than does continuous reinforcement . |
| 9 | If you have the misfortune to be wrongly suspected of an offence , the grim reality is that employment law contains fewer safeguards for the incorrectly accused than does criminal law . |
| 10 | The ancient Hindu seers depicted the original cosmic creative process with somewhat more sensitivity , poetic visualization and direct insight than does modern physics . |
| 11 | With rat embryos , rotation of culture vessels , which ensures continuous exposure of all the medium to the gas phase , and , therefore , a constant oxygen tension , produces normal development over longer periods than does static culture ( 18 ) . |
| 12 | It is evident that US and EC competition policy conform much more closely to the desired shape for competition policy institutions than does current UK policy . |
| 13 | Rural England has significantly higher proportions of ‘ non-permanent buildings ’ than does urban England : 1.3 per cent of the stock in rural districts compared with 0.5 per cent in urban districts . |
| 14 | Artificial expertise produces more consistent results than does human expertise . |
| 15 | If represents marginal congestion costs of adding one more person to region , then a welfare maximum requires that |
| 16 | Not if involves this weekend . |
| 17 | When asked if has any hope for the future Bruce Harris smiles and replies : ‘ If you promise to keep writing I do . ’ |
| 18 | All these experiments have left their mark , as has central government 's heavy hand . |
| 19 | Infusion of caerulein has also been reported to cause divergent changes in pancreatic enzyme synthesis under certain conditions , as has intraduodenal administration of oleic acid . |
| 20 | Tuberculosis , for which no vaccine is available , has shown a decline similar to whooping cough , as has scarlet fever which seemed to ‘ burn itself out ’ . |
| 21 | Medieval Chantries and Chantry Chapels by G.H. Cook ( London 1968 ) has much to commend it , as has English Misericords by M. Laird ( London 1986 ) . |
| 22 | On 8th December , 1985 he was consecrated bishop in Westminster Cathedral by Cardinal Hume , as has special responsibility as area bishop for Central London . |
| 23 | MESSAGE BEGINS STOP RE INSTRUCTIONS FROM AVIARY REGARDING THREE SPECIMENS STOP FIRST CHOICE UNSUITABLE AS HAS SECURE NEST AND TWO FLEDGELINGS STOP CHOICE TWO POSSIBILITY BUT KNOWN TO FLY CLOSELY WITH FLOCK STOP CHOICE THREE SEEMS HIGHLY PROMISING AS LONE BIRD WITH POSSIBLE MIGRATORY TENDENCIES STOP GROUND BAIT BEING LAID STOP WILL ADVISE LATER WITH FULL OBSERVATION REPORT STOP MESSAGE ENDS STOP MON 0800 GMT |
| 24 | Scarring can occur and elephantiasis of the genitalia has been described , as has malignant change in late lesions , leading to carcinoma of the genitalia . |
| 25 | The law may allow the huissier himself , given his semi-official position , to initiate contact with the competent authorities ( or a brother huissier ) in the state of destination , or may ( as has French law since 1966 ) require the huissier to take informal steps such as the use of the postal channel to supplement the official service initiated by the parquet . |
| 26 | As happens many times throughout , and frequently in footnotes , one sentence of Boswell 's from the after-dinner conversation contains the seeds of a novel — even , potentially , a saga : . |
| 27 | ‘ In golf , customs of etiquette and decorum are just as important as rules governing play , ’ he wrote . |
| 28 | So far as concerns professional regulation , the Law Society requires that the membership of each such company be confined to qualified solicitors , retired partners and the dependents of retired or deceased partners . |
| 29 | Just as regards two children , that was all agreed by the parties . |
| 30 | Moreover , distinctions may be drawn between ordinary shares , ranking equally as regards financial participation , by dividing them nevertheless into separate classes with different voting rights . |