Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [adv] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I like to draw a diagram or chart rather than write or talk about something |
| 2 | The advice suggested : ‘ we must try , by adopting a uniformly more robust and aggressive approach , to recover some lost ground ’ and accused the Divisional Court ‘ almost invariably ’ of looking for errors or ambiguities so as to upset the determinations of adjudicators . |
| 3 | Capillary fittings are now sold with solder based on copper or silver rather than lead . |
| 4 | It is probable that the owl was after beetles or insects rather than live rabbits . |
| 5 | Otherwise , there is a danger that a parent company might prefer to close a small or isolated branch or site rather than incur investment costs in making reasonable accommodation or , alternatively , might argue that compliance with reasonable accommodation will result in job losses . |
| 6 | Other systems do not need large amounts of limestone and produce usable pure sulphur or acid rather than waste . |
| 7 | ( ‘ Might it not be safer and better in future to do business for her openly , for 10% or 15% rather than take such risks and worries which are very trying ? ’ . ) |
| 8 | New ways of delivering legal advice and assistance are being explored by the Legal Aid Board including schemes which will franchise certain work to specific firms or agencies rather than making such advice available from any solicitor ( Smith , 1989 ) . |
| 9 | For the full effect of neighbours , go on Saturday or Sunday so as to find the whole array of cars , vans , lorries ‘ motorbikes and children , although if it is a fine weekend some of the boats and caravans may be missing . |
| 10 | Equally , it may be socially desirable to enforce partial abatement of the fixed charge element for small users of electricity or gas rather than having to identify a more specific form of assistance . |
| 11 | It does of course raise serious questions about reductionism ( Peacocke 1985 ) , although it is worth noting that reductionism between levels ( e.g. from the social to the biological or from the biological to the biochemical ) is different from reductionism within a given level ( e.g. the psychological as against the sociological , or the sociological as against the economic ) , which is a matter of perspective or aspect rather than level in Comte 's terms . |
| 12 | However , he sought to establish University Extra-Mural Groups or Societies rather than use the County Federation of WEA branches in the promotion of extension classes through gaining support of Women 's Institutes and other voluntary organisations . |
| 13 | There is no need to rapid boil peas or beans beforehand when using a pressure cooker as the high temperature removes the toxins . |
| 14 | Likewise , some hesitate , despite Jeffrey Shaw 's specific invitation to stand on the mirror steps onto which his videographic crowds of people and skyscapes are reflected , or pause rather than walking through Judith Barry 's wall of words across a computer animated floor . |
| 15 | The next issue is whether the managers benefit from their position as directors or employees so as to acquire something for less than its full market value . |
| 16 | When the swing is from co-operation to conflict , the modification of one 's ends by reaction from another 's viewpoint will tend towards hate , revenge or cruelty rather than love , gratitude or pity ; by an effort to see from his viewpoint one can resist the tendency , but at the extreme point of escalation one 's ends narrow to the survival of self or kin , and the other and his destruction are reduced to means to it . |
| 17 | ‘ being a person on foot ’ Means walking or running etc. as opposed to being carried in or on a vehicle or riding a horse etc . |
| 18 | Speech and communal peace represent life and unity just as eating and individual desire represent death and division . |
| 19 | Credit , the debt level , presses on everyone and causes people to save and struggle rather than spend . |
| 20 | The role of the organiser is vital in providing careful preparation and support so as to ensure that identifiable outcomes result from the placement . |
| 21 | This train will be departing from Alfreton and Mansfield Parkway , calling at Langley Mill , Nottingham , Beeston , and Loughborough rather than commencing from Butterley Station . |
| 22 | It is not always easy to balance challenges and skills even when working with a single child on a relatively straightforward task ; for these class teachers working with mixed ability groups in settings where the normal practice was for several different tasks in different curriculum areas to be undertaken simultaneously , an adequate balance between challenges and skills throughout the group had to remain an aspiration rather than an achievement . |
| 23 | Even at this early stage of contact between white and black in Britain , it is clear that she would have been building on already existing racial caricature and prejudice rather than creating an artificial tide of hostility against black people . |
| 24 | Encourage comment , speculation and prediction rather than asking for reproduction of what they have heard . |
| 25 | Since pretreatment with TPA did not completely destroy histamine stimulated adenylate cyclase activity , it seems possible that the effect of phosphorylation by protein kinase C is to reduce the efficiency of coupling between the receptor and Gs rather than to abolish it completely . |
| 26 | The SEC has acknowledged the need to encourage legitimate information gathering and dissemination so as to promote the efficient operation of the nation 's securities markets . |
| 27 | The findings from this were accepted both by Nether Wyresdale PC and Wyre BC as showing that there is a need for affordable housing in the village . |
| 28 | We shall examine each of these four claims separately though recognising that they are inter-related and that there are also other claims for the undermining effects of social policy on economic growth — the poverty trap and its damage to incentives , the encouragement of a general attitude favouring leisure and pleasure rather than work and saving , the lack of enthusiasm generated for profit in a welfare state , and so on . |
| 29 | The origins of this view probably came from within the Board of Education under Morant who , together with his assistants , desired to bridge the gap between education and industry so as to create a ‘ balanced culture for the masses ’ with the schools providing pupils with ‘ meaning for the work they did with their hands ’ . |
| 30 | She used treats and kindness rather than nagging to persuade her mum to kick the habit for at least two weeks . |