Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [adv] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Above all , he insisted on reducing the revenue support grant rather than increasing it , which is what all of us said was necessary to soften the blow . |
| 2 | Thus subject departments and individual teachers are to be involved in forming curriculum policies rather than having rights over such policies . |
| 3 | ’ Scottish Homes has had its budget for rent and ownership building programmes more than doubled for 1993/4 . |
| 4 | Bulbs of any kind look best when planted informally in groups . |
| 5 | We use the division algorithm repeatedly as follows : unc and in general At step ( t ) we find unc such that |
| 6 | SWINDON saw their hopes of a place in the Second Division play-offs all but disappear in a 1–1 stalemate with Bristol Rovers in a desperately disappointing West Country derby at Twerton Park . |
| 7 | He said the prison would follow a methadone reduction programme rather than maintaining prisoners on the drug . |
| 8 | We have a tremendous skill base at doing good due diligence work when all said and done due diligence work is really just a focussed audit approach and if we 've good auditors , we should jolly well and good er new diligence er provides and we to react to new diligence opportunities rather than seek out new diligence opportunities . |
| 9 | This does n't just mean doing a sedentary job but refers rather to the type of person ( who could well be a housewife , doing a basically non-sedentary type of job ) who calls the children to bring something from the next room rather than getting up herself , or who goes to great lengths to avoid journeys up and down stairs , or who will drive round for five minutes to find a parking spot near the exit of the car park rather than walk for two minutes … |
| 10 | So also , where an impoverished family left their accommodation on receipt of a distress warrant for rent arrears rather than wait for an eviction order , they were held by the House of Lords to have become homeless intentionally and this encouraged local housing authorities to require such orders before accepting such homeless applicants . |
| 11 | They were prepared to kill the journalist Broom-Parker rather than let him talk to me . |
| 12 | Complex statistical multivariate procedures can be used to correlate and group market research data so as to give a statistically accurate identification of : * the size of segment groups and their similarities ; * the differences between the various groupings of attribute sets ; * the relationship of these groups to important consumer , market or product/benefit requirements . |
| 13 | With the recent publication of the Peak Supplement , most activity has been on the repeat scene rather than filling in the gaps . |
| 14 | So , although " finding things out " is not an inaccurate rendering of what research is directed toward , often this is finding out whether a particular conception of the discipline , in sociological terms a perspective or an approach , can be deployed in research inquiry rather than trying to find out whether a particular theory is true or false . |
| 15 | The standard solution to this ‘ data-collecting problem ’ would be the one adopted by Lavandera herself in her 1975 study , of structuring interview questions so as to encourage the appearance of linguistic contexts which required the subjunctive ( cf. 7.2 ) . |
| 16 | For example , Professor Peckham quoted a director of public health who said that people did not ask about research evidence even when making difficult decisions . |
| 17 | Writing as late as 1971 , John Erickson could still pinpoint a widespread frustration with the absence of a clear C.-in-C. of the Armed Forces and with military policy imposed by ad hoc command changes rather than clear and systematic institutional mechanisms and procedures . |
| 18 | Automatic accruer is perhaps more commonly used by professional partnerships ( and has the practical advantage of not being dependent upon compliance with a prescribed timetable ) but there is considerable uncertainty as to whether such an arrangement should be regarded as a binding contract for the sale and purchase of the partnership share so as to take its value outside the scope of business property relief for the purposes of Inheritance Tax ( see Chapter 10 ) . |
| 19 | The dye colour chosen should be complementary to the rock colour so as to provide the greatest degree of contrast . |
| 20 | Contrary to what was stated on the form , it was not explained to Miss T. ‘ that it may be necessary to give a blood transfusion so as to prevent injury to my health , or even to preserve my life , ’ nor was the form read or its contents explained to her . |
| 21 | Bryan Soppitt , sales director for Fast Food Systems , which also supplies standard Dean fryers , agrees with his colleagues in the frying industry that the trend is toward de-skilling the frying operation so as to rely less on staff in order to achieve quality and consistency in the end product . |
| 22 | Spring Ram more than halved to 63.5p after forecasting a 28 per cent drop in profits to £26 million , with 25 million shares changing hands when trading resumed after Tuesday 's suspension . |
| 23 | Although this subjectivity is not boundless , because of the audit function and accounting standards , nevertheless it can be used to distort accounting information rather than provide a ‘ truer ’ picture . |
| 24 | All items must be determined on a prudent basis and should err on the side of caution and in particular : ( a ) Revenue and profits must not be anticipated , but should be recognised by inclusion in the profit and loss account only when realised in the form of cash or of other assets , the ultimate realisation of which can be assessed with reasonable certainty . |
| 25 | Contributions to the group 's defined benefit pension scheme are charged to the profit and loss account so as to spread the cost of pensions over employees ' working lives with the group . |
| 26 | Contributions to the schemes are charged to the profit and loss account so as to spread the cost of pensions over the employees ' working lives within the Group . |
| 27 | The contributions to the schemes by the companies are charged to the profit and loss account so as to spread the cost of pensions incurred over employees working lives with the Group . |
| 28 | Contributions to the pension fund schemes are assessed in accordance with advice from qualified actuaries and charged to the profit and loss account so as to spread the cost over the remaining expected service lives of the employees within the relevant schemes . |
| 29 | Contributions to the pension fund schemes are assessed in accordance with advice from qualified actuaries and charged to the profit and loss account so as to spread the cost over the remaining expected service lives of the employees within the relevant schemes . |
| 30 | They took issue with the decision of the Venezuelan government to grant CNGSB negotiators refugee status so as to facilitate their departure from Caracas to attend the San José talks . |