Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [adv] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each NIC has attempted to develop a broad industrial base to satisfy domestic demand and diversify exports so as to reduce reliance on a few major primary commodities , e.g. coffee , meat , rubber . |
| 2 | Develop an index of notes that really helps you locate notes quickly when preparing for tutorials , writing essays or revising for exams . |
| 3 | Since the picture comes between us and the person , false ideas hinder relationships rather than help them . |
| 4 | Railways are a type of transport that fall easily under central control , and whose construction may even intensify political centralism , because of the rationality of disposing lines so as to converge at a central point . |
| 5 | As your fitness increases you should find that you are naturally walking places rather than going by bus or car . |
| 6 | Er but I think you know , you 've got sort of police walking around all the time , erm it can aggravate things rather than calm them . |
| 7 | Note that the actual magnitude of this correlation coefficient is partly a result of reducing the variance in the data by correlating averages rather than averaging correlations . |
| 8 | ‘ He 'll probably want to shake hands rather than kiss . ’ |
| 9 | The same increasing central control and rationalization can be seen also in the introduction in 1720 of a regular tariff for the purchase of commissions ; in the 1750s of the custom of numbering regiments rather than referring to them by their colonel 's name ; and in 1792 of a common system of drill , based on that of Prussia , for the whole army . |
| 10 | The Belgian Government argued in that connection that the limits of articles 52 and 59 were plain : they dealt only with the freedom of any Community national to establish himself in another member state and provide services there while retaining his own nationality . |
| 11 | A privately-agreed separation should give both parties what they want and allow them to lead lives apart while remaining Prince and Princess of Wales . |
| 12 | This ( almost certainly unintended ) result is a consequence of the writer relying on other people to state ideas rather than trying to understand and restate them in her or his own voice . |
| 13 | They have read it was proposed and seconded by the Reverends erm Mike and Gethwyn and if there any questions I am sure that they are to answer questions rather than ask them to speak to us . |
| 14 | They implement decisions rather than deciding on the overall direction of a company ; they do not have effective control over the company they work for . |
| 15 | Although it was originally intended to receive exhibitions rather than to devise and produce them , the new federal Kunsthalle is now setting its sights higher . |
| 16 | has just completed an up-date for the Teachers ’ Directory to include all the newly qualified teachers and new addresses , telephone numbers etc. where known of established Q.T 's . |
| 17 | Its purpose is to diagnose and remedy weaknesses rather than to exclude from further study the students who do not perform well . |
| 18 | By getting used to eating oranges rather than drinking orange juice , eating apples rather than drinking apple juice , and so on , you are establishing a good habit which will help to control your weight in the future . |
| 19 | The development of the procedure from its origins in valuation to modern " expert " applications has led me to attempt to distinguish between these two types and to classify applications either as belonging to the traditional , valuation type , or as owing more to the concept of a technical expert , which I have labelled " industrial " . |
| 20 | ‘ Making Their Mark ’ could equally well have been called a mixed exhibition ; but this is a term more often used for a show put on by an exhibiting society , that type of artists ' organisation whose importance in Europe was created by the middle classes , who sought in the eighteenth century to buy pictures rather than give commissions , as aristocratic patrons had been accustomed to do . |
| 21 | Instead he moved slowly towards a system which allocated by ranking children by school record , then ranking schools rather than subjecting pupils to a once-and-for-all examination , eventually towards non-selective education altogether . |
| 22 | Shoe manufacturers , who are in the business of selling shoes rather than repairing old ones , understandably guard such items jealously . |
| 23 | learning to express feelings rather than suppress them through addictive processes . |
| 24 | The worst union representatives are those who create problems rather than solve them , who continually find fault with management rather than build on strengths . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's better to organise resources rather than sending experts . ’ |
| 26 | Almost 3O branches already incorporate chemists either as sub-lets or concessions , but this is the first time JS has teamed up with Boots . |
| 27 | At present , Akeakamai can understand sentences of up to five words , and can understand commands even when hearing them for the first time . |
| 28 | In comparison with other peoples of the world , Latin Americans read newspapers more than watching television , but less than listening to the radio . |
| 29 | Remote sensing , engineering geophysics and hydrogeological techniques are being used in a study in south-east Zimbabwe aimed at improving the success rate of boreholes and dug wells so as to improve the provision of a reliable supply of clean water to rural communities in developing countries , particularly in semiarid tropical regions where droughts are frequent . |
| 30 | By getting used to eating oranges rather than drinking orange juice , eating apples rather than drinking apple juice , and so on , you are establishing a good habit which will help to control your weight in the future . |