Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Victims were named but the report did not give details of those responsible , its remit being to document repression rather than to carry out a judicial investigation . |
| 2 | The list , however , is hardly impressive and , as in East Anglia , it looks as though Gloucester was acquiring the service of individuals rather than building up a coherent connection — although , in the absence of receivers ' accounts for the duke 's Welsh lordships , this can only be inference . |
| 3 | The list , however , is hardly impressive and , as in East Anglia , it looks as though Gloucester was acquiring the service of individuals rather than building up a coherent connection — although , in the absence of receivers ' accounts for the duke 's Welsh lordships , this can only be inference . |
| 4 | Use the open item method and show all unpaid invoices individually on your statement rather than bringing forward a single unpaid and undetailed balance from last month . |
| 5 | For the best part of an hour Brazil produced a dainty dish to set before the Queen of the Netherlands , who may have felt that she had something better to do than sit out a sparring match in driving rain . |
| 6 | Rather than rooting out a selection of screwdrivers before going away from base , the pack and ‘ T ’ handle were thrown in . |
| 7 | Gloucester 's role was basically to preserve the status quo by taking on the temporary leadership of the connection , rather than to carve out a new power base for himself . |
| 8 | Gloucester 's role was basically to preserve the status quo by taking on the temporary leadership of the connection , rather than to carve out a new power base for himself . |
| 9 | This is important because walking uphill requires more energy than walking along a level surface . |
| 10 | It is simpler to make the note " Jones p. 253 " than to write down a long dissertation which is already in print . |
| 11 | The veteran Eire international is careful not to be drawn into a new slanging match with Ferguson — but one of those reasons must be to show the United manager that he is not a crippled has-been , better equipped propping up a bar than shoring up a defence at football 's highest level . |
| 12 | My people feel that the right hon. Gentleman would have been better employed if he had rushed to comfort the bereaved rather than carry out a song-and-dance act among people in Dublin , or even watch a rugby match . |
| 13 | There 's nothing more satisfying than dressing up a table to suit the occasion . |
| 14 | Stating at the end of the month or year that a set number of child welfare visits were achieved seems less exposing of one 's abilities than filling in a form stating what percentage of parents who received programme visits are reading to their babies , playing games with them and what nutritional and health targets have been met . |
| 15 | Although moved only a few score yards , the fabric of the buildings was sorely tested by what was in effect a prolonged minor earthquake . |
| 16 | The physicists who felt they had left their successors with little more to do than to clean up a few minor problems expressed the same mood as August Schleicher , who was sure that ancient Aryans had talked exactly the putative language which he had reconstructed for them . |
| 17 | He loves nothing more than slaving over a hot work bench to extract the last 0.5bhp needed to win his rider a world title , but as Yamaha 's GP technical co-ordinator last year he did n't get that chance . |
| 18 | Fortunately , it was obvious that Luke had done no more than drop off a suitcase . |
| 19 | Some party members are already disssatisfied with Mr Mieczyslaw Rakowski , who became leader only in August , for the way he went immediately to Moscow when the party was in trouble rather than work out a Polish solution . |
| 20 | But by the same token , the girl should have had more sense than to walk along a road like that in the dark . |
| 21 | A glance through the catalogues soon brings the realisation that the choice is much greater than existed even a few years ago . |
| 22 | What does it involve other than sending out a few letters , keeping a record of what has been done , and putting some figures together at regular intervals ? |
| 23 | There is some argument that the UCTA is doing no more than spell out a rule about what is really voluntary acceptance , which is already in the common law ( ICI v Shatwell [ 1965 ] AC 656 ) . |
| 24 | Normally printers of this type are classified as non-impact but this version actually deposits carbon rather than burn away a layer of silvering . |
| 25 | He did n't look like he could do anything more strenuous than spit out a grape-pip . |
| 26 | It is therefore far better to plant a single , carefully selected plant in the chosen spot than to build up a mishmash of clashing foliage . |
| 27 | But even if it is n't , it is far better to start with a concise piece of information which can be built up into a bigger story if the circumstances are right than to send out a wordy release which is immediately discarded . |
| 28 | Rather than cutting out a whole range of foods , concentrate on the foods that are known to be problematic in eczema : milk , eggs , beef , chicken , food additives , oranges , lemons and other citrus fruits . |
| 29 | In fact , at most matches , they do very little at all except set up a few chants when things are a bit quiet . |
| 30 | However , if staff are to remain in touch with each other , and the head is to remain in touch with all staff , close attention needs to be paid to communication , and to ensuring that managerial procedures like school philosophies and policy statements remain rooted in day-to-day needs and realities rather than take on a life of their own . |