Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the irrationality of pomp and circumstance has a perfectly rational justification : ‘ There can be no greater service to humanity than to preserve such a union , and prevent those millions from dissolving into antagonistic and destructive groups ’ ( p. 8 ) . |
| 2 | Anything , Richard thought , would be better than sawing half a man 's chest away . |
| 3 | Although maintaining all the Services we should , it was possible to ‘ go up West ’ almost every week . |
| 4 | With their lack of English they were unable to explain why they chose to go hungry rather than eat such a choice dish . |
| 5 | It is difficult knowing how far to credit such stories in twelfth-century sources , although given that the Ramsey chronicle is recording the history of its own house , and that the Peterborough source refers to trouble there at the same time , it is reasonable to believe that trouble of some sort there was . |
| 6 | than walking all the way from Woolworths . |
| 7 | Rather than explore all the possible pathways we need some method of ordering the search . |
| 8 | Further , rather than seeking such a sensibility in an ‘ inner condition ’ , we might more usefully identify it outwardly and in relation to other strategies of survival and subversion , especially the masquerade of femininity , and the mimicry of the colonial subject . |
| 9 | I think he should get a hearing aid — it 's easier than shouting all the time . |
| 10 | The Consumers ' Association says that rather than give half the cover price to retailers , they prefer to sink the money into campaigning work and more investigations . |
| 11 | It 's bit , you know handier than going all the way down like you know ? |
| 12 | Well , better than getting half every time , in n it ? |
| 13 | Rather than calling this a paradox ( as others did ) the authors preferred to think of it as an indication of the incompleteness of quantum theory . |
| 14 | In view of the absence of any clear ethical code for linguists working with human subjects , what follows should be interpreted as an attempt to air the major issues rather than to prescribe such a code . |
| 15 | It would be it would be better for them than doing all the extensions together cos doing all the extension booklets |
| 16 | But rather than undertaking such an analysis it will be enough to demonstrate that this control procedure is in principle inadequate for our present needs . |
| 17 | rather than walk all the way from Woolworths . |
| 18 | That particular party broke up at five , and two guests were persuaded to go to bed rather than drive all the way back to West Meath . |
| 19 | This involves nothing more than putting right the small faults such as leaks , poor control settings and using excessive temperatures or times for various energy consuming activities . |
| 20 | Well , that 's better than finding half a worm ! |
| 21 | The tribunal itself need do nothing to further the appeal , other than making available the notes of evidence and the chairman 's record of the hearing . |
| 22 | I mean rather than do all the photocopying or whatever . |
| 23 | Rather than pile all the bodies into one large mass grave , Davis had had his men dig serried rows of shallow graves and lay the bodies into them as they were , without coffins , which would have taken far too long to make . |
| 24 | ‘ You should know better than to ask such a question after all I 've tried to teach you . ’ |
| 25 | Everyone connected with The Championships , however , not least the world 's top players , know that Jim 's expertise and determination , steadily developed since he first began working with grass at Shepherd 's Bush Cricket Club in 1950 , before going on to spend 25 years at St George 's Hill , had more than silenced all the criticism which was developing about the state of the Wimbledon courts in the early 1980's . |
| 26 | Having decided that an environmental impact study was necessary , it wanted the study to be undertaken by an independent group which would be more sympathetic to community concerns and interests , rather than have such a study conducted by a government agency such as An Foras Forbartha . |
| 27 | ‘ It is easier to close exits from there areas than to safeguard all the areas intended for their bombs , ’ he said . |
| 28 | If given such an opportunity , agree quickly and say thank you . |
| 29 | It possesses a large number of small but very sharp teeth and can inflict a painful bite if given half a chance . |
| 30 | It sounded the sort of voice which might start offering gynaecological details if given half a chance . |