Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [adv] [subord] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might be comforting to see the balance of power in the hands of the defence rather than the offence — but there is no assurance it would stay there . |
| 2 | The current cell state determines the response rather than the particular signal . |
| 3 | On past records , most waverers go for the challenger rather than the one who holds power . |
| 4 | Would have they put when they put the boiler in cos the boiler w we 've had in three years . |
| 5 | As might be expected this resulted in the reduction rather than the elimination of disparities between the samples , some of the problems being discussed below . |
| 6 | The air force general leading the mutineers refused to give up control of the base even as the seige of Makati ended . |
| 7 | The air force general leading the mutineers refused to give up control of the base even as the seige of Makati ended . |
| 8 | Cut out your embryo bud as before , but this time squaring off the base rather than the top of the shield . |
| 9 | Another form of sun-clock employing the direction rather than the length of the sun 's shadow was the sundial , but the Egyptians who invented it were far from understanding the subtleties involved in making an accurate instrument of this type , which must be calibrated for the latitudes of the different places where it is to be used . |
| 10 | Where the difficulty is one of applying the provision rather than a conceptual uncertainty the court will not hold it to be void ( Brown v Gould ) ; and a provision in a lease will not be uncertain if it can be made certain . |
| 11 | Firstly , the choice would be that of the GP rather than the consumer , and secondly , it is felt that the implied travelling to receive services would limit freedom . |
| 12 | It 's the beginning of the programmes rather than the end . |
| 13 | When James VI came to manhood and attempted to assert himself over both the Borderers and the disruptive Highland clans , he tended for a while to concentrate on the Highlands rather than the Lowlands . |
| 14 | There are few really good parts knocking around and it 's the parts that get the award more than the performances , I think . |
| 15 | THREE directors of Falkirk FC face being ousted from the board tonight after a judge refused to block an extraordinary general meeting . |
| 16 | Fixed-term appointments are offered by the Board only where the job is expected to be of limited duration or there are exceptional management reasons for appointing someone for only a limited period to an ongoing job . |
| 17 | Mr Heseltine had accepted the Monopolies and Mergers Commission recommendation that the merger should not be allowed , because it would give the board more than a 50 per cent share of the market . |
| 18 | However , when we were living at Gosport , the aircraft from there and Lee-on-Solent , and in particular the excitement of the Schneider Trophy Races , made him decide on the RAF rather than the Royal Engineers . |
| 19 | In a family in which ‘ asking ’ is always done by a threatening fist , and physical violence is the usual means of expressing ill-temper or frustration , the difference between welfare and ill-fare is the strength of the blow rather than the fact that it happened . |
| 20 | I am sure my hon. Friend well remembers the Committee stage of the Atomic Weapons Establishment Act 1991 when we had great difficulty in discussing the measure properly because the Department would not release the necessary information . |
| 21 | The clearest insight , esoteric perhaps , has always belonged to the Rishis or Initiates although accessible to all those who sincerely desire , and are able to absorb and assimilate , such ‘ secret truths ’ by means of the heart rather than the intellect . |
| 22 | Mir Jafar , who was made Nawab , had an adequate claim to the throne and might have been a good ruler under other circumstances , but it was quite clear that he was on the throne simply because the Company had decided to put him there . |
| 23 | Anyone who dreads the hairdressers more than the dentists can be guaranteed a warm welcome at Greys with free advice available . |
| 24 | This is not the case however when the to infinitive is subject : although one still understands that the infinitive event is realized , there is nothing in such uses which specifies what leads up to its realization . |
| 25 | This will still be the case even if the government achieves its target under the EC Large Combustion Plant Directive of reducing sulphur emissions from power stations to 40 per cent of 1980 levels by 2003 . |
| 26 | " Regulated business " is defined by the COB Rules to mean either of the following : ( 1 ) Investment business carried on from a UK office ( of the firm or of an appointed representative ) ; this is the case even if the customer is a non-UK client and even if an account officer goes overseas to meet him ; or ( 2 ) Investment business carried on from a non-UK office with or for customers in the UK , except where that business would not be treated as carried on in the UK ( and so would not require FSA authorisation ) if the non-UK office had been a separate person ; this exception , in effect , provides the " foreign business carve-out " from the COB Rules for business with UK customers ( see page 40 below ) ; certain marketing rules are , however , brought back in ( see page 42 below ) . |
| 27 | Indeed , in Tolson this was expressed to be the case even where the crime was held to be one requiring proof of a mental element . |
| 28 | This has been the case even though the new church has been conceived and brought into being by the hypocrites themselves ! |
| 29 | The move is seen as a spur to get IBM working on the case rather than a serious threat : rivals say they have n't been approached to propose alternatives . |
| 30 | This will be the case especially where the actual affidavit boasts of " highly placed sources " who can be summoned to verify the allegation . |