Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [verb] [pron] [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 | Then the courts interpret such phrases so as to give themselves more or less control as they wish . |
| 4 | When my brother looked through his new spectacles into the Cinemascope format of the wide mirror I saw that he gently let his lower jaw fall a little so as to give himself more of the thin-faced appearance of Hank R Marvin in Summer Holiday . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ So , rather than drag her all the way back here for just five minutes or so , I thought we 'd go there . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | This means that you are seen by several people , individually , in succession , rather than facing them all as a group . |
| 12 | As Montag begins to realise how wrong his community is , he starts to steal a few books rather than burn them all . |
| 13 | By the time you 've you 've moved them all rather than drawing them all in again then you run the con activity and swop back . |
| 14 | So , rather than give it all up and find another movie , they bought the licence to the film 's soundtrack ( a rather haunting piece by Vangelis ) which , surprise surprise , was called ‘ Blade Runner ’ ! |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Throughout their secondary school careers , pupils are often persuaded to repeat their teachers ' opinions rather than to develop their own points of view . |
| 17 | People who find it difficult to cope with this self-inflicted mental ridicule , particularly the egotistical , opt out , rather than push themselves that little bit nearer to the ultimate truth of the martial arts . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Rather than having its own satellites , AFSAT uses transponders ( relay devices ) on several spacecraft of different types . |
| 20 | Could you give the offices some details , rather than having it all out in public , thanks . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The company claims that customers say that they want to do their development at the workgroup level in an open systems environment , on a range of hardware and under different operating systems , and to share data in a decentralised development environment , rather than have it all tied to the Repository on the mainframe server . |
| 24 | 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 ’ . |
| 25 | 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 . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Partly to overcome this , the Housing Corporation now favours local groups linking to existing national or regional associations rather than starting their own associations . |
| 28 | Special measures were concerned to mould young people to fit the so-called ‘ needs of industry ’ rather than to fulfill their own needs . |
| 29 | Listen to answers and respond to what 's been said , rather than force your own agenda . |
| 30 | I got pregnant because you spent all my life filling my head with romantic ideas rather than giving me any practical advice . |