Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Baldwin 's ( 1985 , p. 142 ) work on bringing up handicapped children indicates that grandparents often buy necessities such as food and clothing , and this can be vital to the finances of a household where having a handicapped child creates additional expense . |
| 2 | In England , by contrast , although there were some villages where having a widowed parent in the house ‘ was very much the ordinary , expected thing ’ at a certain stage in life , already by the late middle ages it was not the normal pattern . |
| 3 | The List will now be available in areas e.g. ‘ Norfolk & Suffolk ’ ‘ London ’ ‘ Home Counties ’ etc. or where required a complete set of the whole country on receipt of a SAE or at Q.T. Day on 15th March . |
| 4 | ‘ Newspapers have promoted a witch hunt rather than reassure a worried public , ’ it says . |
| 5 | Although using a tinted background may not be the traditional mode for watercolour , you can achieve unique colour effects and moods . |
| 6 | Other instances of racial prejudice can be found in the fact that the church used by the black community is used by the white men as a gambling den in the week although using a white church for such purposes would not be allowed , if even thought of . |
| 7 | This subject has been debated many times over many years and , after much deliberation , it was felt less confusing to say ‘ Basket Only ’ rather than stipulate a specific number of items [ at least for the majority of our stores ] as this tended to cause confrontations between some cashiers and customers as to the quantity of items in the basket . |
| 8 | Peter began by saying he had decided to use his spare time for research rather than editing a new series . |
| 9 | In running the same course of action is likely to do little more than raise a few curious glances from fellow competitors . |
| 10 | As table 3 shows , the key legal services used by businesses tend to be the sort that are need-driven — litigation , commercial property and employee legislation — rather than reflecting a broader and continuous relationship . |
| 11 | ‘ Surely people have better things to do than make a great song and dance about missing a dinner party . ’ |
| 12 | In offices with E-mail systems a fax can be copied to hundreds of different destinations without having to do more than make a few entries on the key-board . |
| 13 | Nothing is more heartbreaking than to see a beautiful glider damaged by incompetent handling on the ground . |
| 14 | The reforms made the splits already present within the republican governments yet more defined and were used as tools to benefit the ruling regime , rather than build a broad democratic consensus . |
| 15 | I read a book by the American painter Charles Reid who said that rather than paint a dark background all round a daisy it is sometimes better to put just one dark drop of colour behind the vase of the petal to get the most impact . |
| 16 | Rather than suggesting a different incentive system , which would enable the agency to maintain at least some timber harvesting in many of the forests on the list , the agency is deliberately limiting its options . |
| 17 | I think we 're all agreed that it 's better for us to die honourably together in this way than to risk a worse fate at the hands of the enemy . " |
| 18 | There is nothing more dispiriting , he says , than seeing a young doctor who has spent years on a project and has no thesis to show at the end of it because the project was ill-considered and ill-supervised . |
| 19 | It is a wonderful thing to see , and somehow gives you a greater thrill than seeing a conventional float slide under the surface . |
| 20 | Rather than inventing a unique fictional world , it creates a recognisable reality that calls for accuracy . |
| 21 | In some schools , at any rate , this seems to have performed a rhetorical function in conforming to the guidelines , rather than producing a realistic statement of an established and developing provision . |
| 22 | Rather than producing a brave new economic world , the ECSC and its High Authority had constantly to wrestle with national objections and intransigence . |
| 23 | In 1987 the Community agreed to a package of measures which will create greater fare competition , will allow the airlines to increase market shares at each other 's expense ( rather than maintaining a rigid fifty/fifty split ) and will allow other airlines ( both from the bilateral partners and from other states ) to ply for trade on particular routes . |
| 24 | The idea of tailoring spreadsheet functions exactly to your specific requirements is much more attractive than building a cumbersome series of macros . |
| 25 | Back in November , Mr Bush got a rude shock when his ‘ Energy Strategy ’ ( which amounted to little more than building a few more nuclear reactors and opening up every remaining square inch of Alaska to further oil exploration ) got kicked out by the Senate . |
| 26 | Rather than make a decisive choice , he played a double game . |
| 27 | It is , though , more overtly apparent when he attempts to limit the damage to the atmosphere of the conversation caused by McKendrick 's accusation of his insincerity when praising Stoke university : Rather than make a straightforward denial , Anderson tries to diffuse the tension with humour by playing on the literal sense of McKendrick 's accusation. his display of urbane wit brings about some laughter from McKendrick but it also elicits a sardonic comment which is a valid observation on Anderson 's character . |
| 28 | Seek professional advice if needs be , rather than make a valiant attempt yourself and then regret it . |
| 29 | There was no fairness on earth if someone who would appreciate it and work hard was kept out just because of a greedy , uncaring family who would prefer to forget the child of an unsuitable union rather than make a generous gesture and ensure that some right was done at the end of the day . |
| 30 | Although enjoying a warm personal relationship with Mr Gorbachev , the American and West German wishes to promote disarmament on NATO short range missiles in 1989 have left her relatively isolated in the changed climate . |