Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In solid floors , pipes can be laid in an underfloor duct ( not embedded in concrete ) ; note that all pipes and joints should be accessible and , where exposed to cold temperatures , well insulated . |
| 2 | The PROFITBOSS pro-acts his way to profit rather than reacting to potential loss . |
| 3 | Rather than pandering to these fading fans ( and perhaps building up false expectations ) , the good Dr David Marsh has opted for the cattle-prod technique beloved of third division no-hopers . |
| 4 | Everyone in this part of the world had obviously been fighting against either the Russians or the Yugoslavs , but the devil of it was that they were prepared to do anything rather than surrender to either of these armies . " |
| 5 | One consequence is that less opportunity exists in 6 Form colleges for staff who are less than committed to pastoral care , to be carried . |
| 6 | She discovers Mellors ' domain where initially , although attracted to each other , their meeting are uneasy affairs . |
| 7 | It would , in my opinion , in many ways be more logical for an application to be released from custody on the ground of non-service or delayed service of a committal notice to be made to a first instance judge rather than direct to this court . |
| 8 | Robin Horton , in a widely cited article on African systems of thought ( 1967 ) , likewise attempted to break down the elements of scientific thinking in order to demonstrate that so-called ‘ primitive ’ peoples such as the Azande did in fact make use of the same elements of thought , although applied to different content . |
| 9 | My father taught me that there is only one thing more boring in life than listening to other people 's dreams and that is listening to stories about their operations ; and I only tell mine now because those I had during the early 1980s are as good an example as any of how modern medicine has helped to prolong life ; without them it is unlikely that I would be sitting here writing this . |
| 10 | I sit on the side of the bed and decide maybe Rachel is right : I 'd be better off between the sheets than listening to this dross . |
| 11 | It would probably be more fun than listening to some self-deceiving gilgul spin her miserable yam . |
| 12 | It can only do this if it implements its plans and policies flexibly , rather than according to formalized rules . |
| 13 | Demographers look on surveys of family intentions with mixed feelings , although according to one analysis 80 per cent of the women married in 1959 achieved their intended family size ( Barrett and Brass 1974 ) . |
| 14 | Rather than stick to these ‘ origination ’ strengths , however , BZW has tried to build the kind of corporate-finance department long boasted by old-established merchant banks that advise on mergers and acquisitions . |
| 15 | ‘ He married Diana and he should have made much more of an effort with her rather than turning to another woman for support , ’ she said . |
| 16 | Indeed , the development of family therapy has been highly pragmatic in character , more involved in solving problems than adhering to particular dogmas . |
| 17 | Thus , the traditional grounds for identifying genuine nationalisms are either derived from the oppressive context or established by the independent State ( even if , in both cases , symbols are borrowed from the past , albeit transformed to modern purposes ) . |
| 18 | It may well be worth trying to gum up the joint with a mastic sealant or self-adhesive bitumastic flashing rather than going to all the trouble of dismantling the system : use the sealant on the joints even if you do dismantle and reassemble them . |
| 19 | It really is not there 's nothing worse in life than getting to old age , or getting anywhere with no money . |
| 20 | But to make that observation is nothing less than to point to one way in which the UK is becoming a less open society . |
| 21 | Kelly chose not to be specific over the precise areas for concern other than to point to bad results . |
| 22 | In subsequent night-recording sessions , of which there were several on the Waverley route , Peter Handford always took care to use a location in a clearing in the woods above Stobs Station rather than return to that first location above the cutting . |
| 23 | He is best known for his epic poem Osman , which , although running to 11,000 lines , was unfinished at his death . |
| 24 | Professor Hugh Miller , also from Aberdeen University and who had advised on the Commission 's 1984 paper which questioned the link between acidity and fish losses , wrote that ‘ there is at present no evidence of damage ’ and ‘ When worried about the health of our trees it would seem preferable to heed qualified forest pathologists rather than respond to assorted ecologists and conservationists , no matter what their nationality . ’ |
| 25 | I have many points to answer , rather than respond to hon. Members who have not been present for the full debate . |
| 26 | Bargaining structures within the international context , although extremely heterogeneous rather than conforming to any simple and tidy pattern , may be broadly classified in terms of the level at which negotiations are mainly conducted . |
| 27 | The Iveco cuts — at Langley , Berks — will mean the hourly-paid workforce has been more than halved to 660 since June , 1990 , union chiefs said . |
| 28 | Furthermore , rivals may , owing to the different combination of activities in their groups , not be able to bear initial losses , which would cause financial distress rather than lead to balanced growth . |
| 29 | Administrators , on the other hand , are entirely the creatures of statute and it is possible that different considerations apply to administrators than apply to administrative receivers on the question of unregistered companies . |
| 30 | ‘ We would rather pay for designer labels than go to high street shops . ’ |