Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [verb] [pos pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In front , Ramsay 's own mount tripped over a fallen beast and rider and all but threw its own , but recovered . |
| 2 | He 'd all but forgotten his own early childhood at The Grange , when he had been the gardener 's scruffy little lad , graciously permitted by Lady Debrace to play with her son . |
| 3 | Eudoxus scorns this answer , arguing that it is typical of acts with failed human agency ( the ‘ good counsels ’ devised ) to throw the reasons for their failure on to divine agency , ‘ so as to excuse their own follies and imperfections ’ . |
| 4 | These lay down European standards and the member states are required to amend their own national laws so as to bring their own standards into line with the European harmonized standard . |
| 5 | Radical voices in developing countries began to accuse the West of plotting to keep down the numbers in the Third World so as to maintain their own privileged position . |
| 6 | Yet other Western states , still grappling with the aftermath of 1973 , pressured Schmidt to reflate the West German economy faster so as to help their own recovery . |
| 7 | If you ‘ give ’ the smell to the reader rather than using your own private shorthand , then the reader 's own nose will do the work . |
| 8 | But , in order to buy rather than rent their own homes , Britain 's nine million home buyers now have to borrow an average of £37,000 — more than twice the average income — whereas 10 years ago the average loan of £11,800 worked out at 1.7 times income . |
| 9 | Throughout their secondary school careers , pupils are often persuaded to repeat their teachers ' opinions rather than to develop their own points of view . |
| 10 | People tend to think about languages as a single entity , rather than identifying their own priorities within the four elements : speaking , reading , writing and listening . |
| 11 | Rather than having its own satellites , AFSAT uses transponders ( relay devices ) on several spacecraft of different types . |
| 12 | Buyers will bargain hard to cut the cost of the house they want , but dig in their heels rather than reduce their own asking price . |
| 13 | It should be made clear that this is on a completely self-financing basis and that at an increasing number of dinners spouses now attend the dinner rather than do their own thing . |
| 14 | These are likely to be self-serving , but , in Berle and Means ' view , the possibility is also opened up that rather than furthering their own interests , or those of the shareholders as currently required by law , management might act in the interests of society as a whole , evolving into a ‘ purely neutral technocracy balancing a variety of claims by various groups in the community and assigning to each a portion of the income stream on the basis of public policy rather than private cupidity ’ . |
| 15 | Welcoming the association 's decision , or Charles de Haes , the director of inn , said ‘ In some cases developed nations prefer to exploit inexpensive and easily obtainable tropical timber , at a considerable environmental cost to the producing country , rather than cut their own substantial timber reserves . ’ |
| 16 | Neither John nor Ruth have authority over me , even though my Chinese cooking and my financial affairs will prosper if I follow their advice rather than trust my own judgment . |
| 17 | Partly to overcome this , the Housing Corporation now favours local groups linking to existing national or regional associations rather than starting their own associations . |
| 18 | Special measures were concerned to mould young people to fit the so-called ‘ needs of industry ’ rather than to fulfill their own needs . |
| 19 | Listen to answers and respond to what 's been said , rather than force your own agenda . |
| 20 | In fact it took a revolutionary medical technique for Ian to be able to play again , but only for the Palace Reserves , for the first team were , at that time at least , more than holding their own in Division One . |
| 21 | And they were very reticent about about coming on a programme and airing their views , especially with three women who could erm do more than hold their own . |
| 22 | And obviously she had done more than hold her own . |
| 23 | Lucy Lane enjoyed the distinction of having convinced Wycliffe that a woman could more than hold her own in the serious crimes squad and not only in rape cases . |
| 24 | Many of them used to meet regularly at Shirreff 's wine bar under Ludgate Circus where , despite a lifelong stammer , Lewis more than held his own ; he was indeed described by Belloc as the wittiest man he had ever known . |
| 25 | He could have given us a picture of Halling in the 16th century , but we will come to that later when investigating his own life here at Halling . |
| 26 | His uncle 's wealth , the chauffeur-driven limousine which brought him to and from school , cut him off as securely as did his own past . |
| 27 | At some time or other the twin siren songs of forward and backward integration have led most large companies to do everything for themselves from manufacturing their own plant and spares , sometimes even as far as owning their own retail outlets . |
| 28 | So far as overcoming your own tendencies to resist change , it is best to have some limbering up exercises that you inflict on yourself from time to time . |
| 29 | Among his teachers were Peter the Chanter , Peter of Poitiers , who commented on the Sentences of Peter Lombard ( as well as producing his own Five Books of Sentences before 1170 ) , Melior of Pisa and Peter of Corbeil . |
| 30 | His readiness to acknowledge that God is all things to all men enables him to support the Dvaitin or Dualist , and Viśi ādvaitin or qualified non-Dualist positions as well as maintaining his own preference for Advaita or non-Dualism . |