Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [adv] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A report commissioned in March [ see p. 38822 ] published on July 2 described LMX underwriters as showing " seriously flawed " judgment in assessing the risks involved , while the repeated reinsurance risks of other Lloyd 's syndicates meant that risks became concentrated rather than spread across the market . |
| 2 | For some reason she found that just as unnerving . |
| 3 | He seemed amused rather than offended by Ellen 's defiance . |
| 4 | The story was that the party had landed to remove scrap metal from a former whaling station but their action seemed eccentric rather than threatening . |
| 5 | Technically , unless accepted by the Speaker , a resignation from the Assembly became operative only if approved by the Assembly as a whole , which was due to remain in recess until September . |
| 6 | Probably they got better rather than risk his wrath by doing otherwise . |
| 7 | Augustus kept his own , and , moderating the custom of his Republican predecessors , displayed some publicly while reserving a few items for private enjoyment . |
| 8 | The classical tradition held that Nature became beautiful only when subjected to reason ; the romantic view , that Nature was beautiful precisely because she was uncontrolled and was therefore in opposition to Reason . |
| 9 | She could still hear the pounding of the waves on the rocks below , but felt lulled rather than threatened by the muffled boom , accepting it as an inescapable sound on an island surrounded by the Atlantic ocean . |
| 10 | Decide why you did that rather than meeting A. Starter : A says , " Where were you last night ? " |
| 11 | Bella 's home-help sounded excited rather than upset . |