Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] [subord] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A shy bird , much preferring to run than to fly . |
| 2 | We do not have to decide whether to keep in bulk or alternatively to sample , particular instance papers which electronic data handling techniques now make potentially useful to the historian in ways that they simply were not before . |
| 3 | By 1917 Unionists had more cause to fear than to rejoice , for the Labour movement had been greatly strengthened by the war in both its aspects ; increasing membership and growing militancy in the trades unions , growing confidence in the Labour party , the arrival of organized revolutionary extremism in the shop-stewards " movement all pointed to a grim future . |
| 4 | You also need to know whether to order glykos ( sweet ) , metrios ( medium sweet ) or sketos ( unsweetened ) . |
| 5 | The WRU now has to decide whether to take its ultimate sanction and expel the 18 from membership . |
| 6 | The Home Office and the DoI are now trying to decide whether to overturn Hunt , offend the BBC and ITV and give Britain an unlimited menu of pop programming — or stick to Hunt 's ideals and risk stifling the British cable network at birth . |
| 7 | It does matter we really need to know whether to make necessary phone calls |
| 8 | There have been the predictable complaints that people increasingly prefer to watch than to play , that we are producing a generation of armchair athletes . |
| 9 | ‘ If he does n't come , the Disciplinary Committe then has to decide whether to go ahead with the inquiry in his absence , ’ said the Jockey Club 's Sue Williams . |
| 10 | When an applicant comes into a priority category or reaches the head of a queue and is offered housing , he or she then has to decide whether to accept the offer if it does not accord with the original preference . |
| 11 | Aragorn has to choose between going to Mordor or to Minas Tirith ; delays , and then finds himself choosing between Sam and Frodo or Merry and pippin ; picks one quest , and then has to decide whether to rest or pursue by night . |