Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun pl] [adv] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | As your fitness increases you should find that you are naturally walking places rather than going by bus or car . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Shoe manufacturers , who are in the business of selling shoes rather than repairing old ones , understandably guard such items jealously . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Which particular words and phrases show that the writer is stating opinions rather than making judgements ? |
| 10 | When BAT Industries , ICI and others are divesting activities as raiders appear ; when Courtaulds and Racal are divesting or splitting activities so as to focus on their core businesses ; the time has surely come to think again about corporate and other strategies . |
| 11 | The finance cost should be allocated to accounting periods so as to achieve a constant rate on the amount outstanding . |
| 12 | Typically , the teacher is called upon to implement the second order realization of new ideas in the form of teaching materials rather than to consider the ideas themselves and how they key in with his own experience of teaching . |
| 13 | There is clear advantage — in terms of time use — in prescribing drugs rather than engaging in more time consuming counselling , or confronting the social origins of the problems . |
| 14 | Delays on certain products , the strength of the dollar and a shift to leasing computers rather than buying them had caused the company to issue the warning . |
| 15 | Suppressing emotions Rather than letting the emotional blockages out , the person demands logic , rationality ( ‘ Let's not get emotional' or ‘ Please , let's act like adults ’ ) . |
| 16 | State enterprises had been hoarding goods rather than sell them at unprofitable retail prices , thereby exacerbating shortages in the shops [ see p. 37902 ] . |
| 17 | Managers in excellent companies have a strong preference for doing things rather than analysing situations . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , yes , ’ said McAllister , jumping up ; she liked walking and doing things rather than sitting about , even if she did enjoy knitting and plain sewing more than she had ever thought that she would . |
| 19 | Among the remaining socketry , the most important ones are : an ‘ RF-out ’ socket for connecting your camcorder to the television set for replay of tapes ; ‘ AV out ’ sockets for connection to your TV 's ‘ AV in ’ sockets ( if it has these ) for higher-quality playback ; camcorder ‘ AV in ’ sockets for dubbing pre-recorded video onto the camcorder tape ( very few camcorders now have these useful video input facilities ) ; S-terminal or RGB connections for ultra high-quality replay of super-format tapes ( your TV set will also need to have these socket inputs ) ; ‘ synchro-edit ’ for starting machines simultaneously when editing tapes ; and remote control sockets ( ‘ LANC ’ or their equivalent ) for automatic control of camcorders and VCRs by edit controllers . |
| 20 | Companies can meet these needs by internal financing-maintaining a liquidity cushion and/or retaining profits rather than distributing them to shareholders . |
| 21 | They will not necessarily do so , and they may positively dislike having shares rather than cash . |
| 22 | There are many ways of categorizing activities so as to ration your time properly . |
| 23 | The growing fashion for child-centred education demanded that classrooms became learning centres rather than lecture theatres . |
| 24 | For most Indian families a marriage is as much a business proposition as a romantic affair of the heart , and perhaps for this reason many of the advertisements sound as if they are marketing objects rather than advertising potential spouses : |
| 25 | In one case — I think it was in Warwickshire — a local authority , on reflection , revised its bid and decided to develop its relationship with housing associations rather than commit its allocation to its own project . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , by posing questions rather than serving up morals , he 's caught some flak from simple-minded gay critics . |
| 27 | Staff error Giving too much change , or guessing prices rather than checking up can reduce profits |
| 28 | Now , Colonel Bumford is very typical of the type of regular officer , who is so orthodox and cautious , he finds it safer to put off making decisions rather than risk wrong ones . ’ |
| 29 | Unlike the American press , where papers serve geographically defined communities , the English press operates on a national scale and serves social groups or campaigning proprietors rather than complete communities . |
| 30 | 2 Exploring proposals rather than counter proposing |