Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [subord] [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The slow pace of political and economic change led opposition critics to claim that the overthrow of the Stroessner military regime had been an exchange of power among the ruling elite rather than marking the beginning of a genuine transition to democracy . |
| 2 | Well I , I , I , I think that you 've got to move in that direction rather than maintaining the status quo . |
| 3 | Pairing Breaking into sub-groups rather than solving the conflict as a group coalition . |
| 4 | In such a distinctly chic composition this hybrid between trelliswork and pergola helps contain the garden at ground level rather than allowing the view to be dominated by the high surrounding urban walls . |
| 5 | His estates were , moreover , a heterogeneous collection , put together with an eye to providing him with an income rather than creating a political niche for him at a regional level . |
| 6 | His estates were , moreover , a heterogeneous collection , put together with an eye to providing him with an income rather than creating a political niche for him at a regional level . |
| 7 | Foucault , and those influenced by him , have displayed a great scepticism about the possibilities of a conventional history : Foucault stresses that his work is basically aimed at constructing a ‘ genealogy ’ , the locating of the ‘ traces ’ of the present rather than reconstructing the past . |
| 8 | This is because the government 's objectives relate to the welfare of New Zealanders rather than making a profit . |
| 9 | Although the co-founders , Phil Edwards and Dave Jordan , both come from Dun & Bradstreet Corp , they will be focusing on attracting a new customer base rather than wooing an old one . |
| 10 | The ‘ Great Debate ’ about education had been underway for some time and though it was clear that the curriculum was in need of change , it was less clear how much change should take place at Hinde House , bearing in mind the need for teachers to have ownership of curriculum delivery if higher standards and a wide range of learning experiences were to permeate the whole curriculum rather than making a series of peripheral and ephemeral alterations to an already redundant approach . |
| 11 | Sixteen pubs and a nightclub are taking part in the scheme , being regarded as a preventive measure rather than replacing the normal reporting of incidents to the police . |
| 12 | Labour 's rhetoric should be about engineering a genuine equality of opportunity rather than imposing a mythical equality of outcome … |
| 13 | Many fans drift into and out of groups rather than making a gradual progress . |
| 14 | There is , perhaps , especially strong confirmation that the verb and adjective properties are immediately bound together in the fact that there is no coherent way to question either the adjective or the verb alone while leaving the other in place ; we can not , for example , have : ( 24 ) what should I do to the string longer ? ( 25 ) how did his sister set the owl ? |
| 15 | Making forecasts in this and other areas is the actuary 's stock-in-trade for the profession is essentially concerned with what may happen in the future rather than balancing the books of the past . |
| 16 | People adhere to astrology with a dogmatic frame of mind rather than having a sceptical , critical approach . |
| 17 | They are asking clusters to pull together their existing key databases rather than implementing a full networked database , a task that is still very hard to manage . |
| 18 | Traffic 's director Jorgen Thomsen draws attention to the responsibility of the tropical timber consuming countries , along with the International Tropical Timber Organisation ( ITTO ) , to find effective solutions rather than leaving the responsibility to the producing countries . |
| 19 | Discretion will allow officials to exercise some autonomy in their work and may allow the official to respond to the individual needs of clients rather than applying a set of standard rules . |
| 20 | With the directory , householders can find out telephone numbers by pressing keys on a terminal rather than consulting the operator . |
| 21 | We are not sure whether Jasper Lyon is an elderly gentleman reminiscing about World War Two or a young man who just had a bee in his bonnet as a schoolboy about flying a Stirling bomber rather than becoming a Spitfire pilot . |
| 22 | However , if control is very poor in spite of a satisfactory diet with a single daily dose of c.50 units of insulin , it is better to consider two injections rather than increasing the dose . |
| 23 | It was inevitable that I was fully occupied by my fear rather than watching an Egyptian film , Abla and Anter , a classic Bedouin love story . |
| 24 | In Lakoff 's case , it might be a reflection of her training in the Chomskyan tradition , which urges the analyst to examine her own intuitions rather than collecting a corpus of data . |
| 25 | Even at this early stage of contact between white and black in Britain , it is clear that she would have been building on already existing racial caricature and prejudice rather than creating an artificial tide of hostility against black people . |
| 26 | He suggested the Church should concentrate its message on violence rather than offering a view on the Social Chapter . |
| 27 | Peter began by saying he had decided to use his spare time for research rather than editing a new series . |
| 28 | She told him about the new high-tensile fencing they were putting up , and the ten acres of daffodil bulbs they were planting as an experiment rather than consigning the field to set-aside . |
| 29 | Each board has slightly different turning characteristics so when trying a new board it takes a while to learn where to put the back foot . |
| 30 | The Voice is a very important aid especially when training the young horse . |