Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [v-ing] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Better than enduring his fumbling during the night in the vain hope of satisfaction when the need was strong in her . |
| 2 | Over all , you 'd have fared much better than keeping your money in a bank or building society . |
| 3 | He told himself that he was the last man who could reasonably be expected to advise or reassure on the problems of pregnancy and he sensed that Rickards 's unhappiness at his wife 's absence went deeper than missing her company . |
| 4 | BELVILLE : I had rather so than perfecting my Pamela in it . |
| 5 | The spur should be used occasionally and not constantly when riding your horse , misuse of the spur will make the horse ‘ dead to the leg ’ and will lose its effect . |
| 6 | We hope you find this new format helpful , especially when planning your summer ! |
| 7 | Using Dement 's analogy , rather than taking their sleep in one meal , subjects may achieve enough to keep going by snatching " snacks " . |
| 8 | The framework will therefore be better suited to simulating the consequences of different kinds of economic behaviour rather than determining what form economic behaviour has or is likely to take . |
| 9 | Collect rainwater to use on the garden rather than using your hose . |
| 10 | The bravery of men swimming ashore in these pioneer beach reconnaissances is beyond question , and knowing Norman Teacher as a friend , as well as being his CO , the Commander feels there is a strong probability that the young Lieutenant made the supreme sacrifice in swimming to his death rather than risking his capture , as others , too , may have done . |
| 11 | Its conception of enforcement centres upon the attainment of the broad aims of legislation , rather than sanctioning its breach . |
| 12 | The General Assembly on Sept. 22 voted by 127 votes to six ( Kenya , Swaziland , Tanzania , Yugoslavia , Zambia and Zimbabwe ) with 26 abstentions , to exclude the FRY from its proceedings and to ask it to apply for UN membership , rather than accepting its claim to succeed automatically to the General Assembly seat formerly held by the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( SFRY ) . |
| 13 | Rather than criticising your husband , why not find out if there 's something wrong ? |
| 14 | He was using his observation and his understanding rather than learning his role ‘ parrot fashion ’ . ) |
| 15 | Dexter wondered what sort of game Blanche was playing — encouraging Blufton rather than calling his bluff . |
| 16 | If we want studies of sex difference to work towards our liberation rather than perpetuating our subordination , we have to take this problem very seriously . |
| 17 | Plotters work in an entirely different way to printers , they draw lines between two points rather than creating their output from pre-formed characters or patterns of dots . |
| 18 | As it is , it 's the family who takes responsibility for denying the baby existence , though permitting its death rather than allowing its life . |
| 19 | Mr Evans came under attack in yesterday 's report of the official Jockey Club inquiry for standing too close to the starting line , and thus being primarily concerned with escaping the thunder of dozens of pairs of hooves for his own safety , rather than waving his flag . |
| 20 | It makes so much difference if you tell each other what you hope for , rather than expecting your partner to know , or to assume that your partner wants and expects the same things . |
| 21 | Luckily for Chris his A Level assessor will come TO the school to look at his work , rather than expecting his project to arrive in the post . |
| 22 | ‘ The answer is to stand off and let him play in front of you , rather than wrestling his way round the back . ’ |
| 23 | Take special care with long quoted passages ( more than a couple of sentences or more than a few lines of a poem ) , as a lengthy quotation which is not then followed by detailed analysis and discussion is probably being used ( illegitimately ) as a way of replacing rather than supporting your argument ; you should guide your readers through the significance of what you have selected for their attention . |
| 24 | Rather than dropping his company 's commission bearing charge completely , he would have preferred to have reduced it and moved it from the front to the back end of his unit trusts — that is , charging investors as they leave the fund rather than as they enter . |
| 25 | I have a tendency to cast people by talking to them , rather than seeing their work , on the assumption that if you have a good casting director they do n't send you rubbish . |
| 26 | He loves driving , rather than seeing his car as a way of getting him from A to B , and sees his car as a status symbol , and means to power and freedom . |
| 27 | It therefore digs along sand and soft soil rather than scraping its way through deposits of gravel and clay . |
| 28 | I detest the ‘ why ? ’ writ large by the critic and historian Francisco Calvo Serraller , defender of scruffy artists , who proposes that the benediction of ‘ Guernica ’ by the Opus Dei be delayed , thereby showing his rejection of those who take advantage of culture rather than advancing its cause . |
| 29 | Electoral studies of the period show that an increasing number of people were making their support for one or other of the main parties conditional upon the calculation of ‘ rational self-interest ’ or ‘ governmental competence ’ , rather than basing their voting upon a ‘ class reflex ’ . |
| 30 | The authors report the number of occurrences of the surface form done , rather than presenting their information in terms of percentages which give a proportion of possible occurrences . |