Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] [adj] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Universities tend to train academics and research workers to have very detailed knowledge of relatively narrow aspects of agriculture ; their farms are designed for experiment and demonstration rather than to impart practical skills and experience . |
| 2 | Rather than building new material and research collections , the Academy will coordinate access by its Fellows to these existing resources . |
| 3 | ‘ The middle , ’ Reyce continues , ‘ although enjoying much meddow and pasture , yett far more tillage doe from thence raise their cheifest maintenance . ’ |
| 4 | He hinted he would do more than host formal functions and represent Israel on state visits : ‘ I hope I will be able , through the efficient work of the government , to play a role in developing the Middle East peace process . ’ |
| 5 | As such it is difficult to do more than introduce some issues and concentrate only on the subset of issues that have figured most prominently in the public finance sub-discipline . |
| 6 | It seems that the teacher can not do much more than demonstrate applied knowledge and nursing skills , applied personal resources , and the skills required in modifying and adapting a variety of procedures to meet particular contingencies . |
| 7 | Litter and Recycling : Industry will have to prepare to take recycled waste rather than use raw materials and the legislation may need the boost of tax incentives . |
| 8 | Despite allaying concerns felt by some teachers , the adviser did not play down the accountability purpose to the exercise , nor was the self-appraisal presented as much more than providing factual information and describing their policy and practice . |
| 9 | The last great campaign to revise social style — the so-called anti-spiritual pollution drive six years ago - petered out after only a few months when even the party leadership acknowledged it had more important things to worry about than enforcing short hair and dreary clothes . |
| 10 | It is a key enabler for this , but only if people use it as a way of changing the way business is done rather than merchandising existing systems and organisations . |
| 11 | The second act rather concentrates on Chaplin 's ‘ non American ’ activities ( nothing worse than having Socialist views and an interest in Russia ) but it was enough to drive him out of the country . |
| 12 | The various techniques described and proforma letters set out in section 11 are intended to provide a helpful aid to the smooth running of the sale rather than to prescribe standard procedures and formats . |
| 13 | Fortunately the Christian church is not dominated by theologians , but by the praying faithful , and the Divine Drama , although suffering numerous attacks and emendations , has lived on in popular spirituality and liturgy . |
| 14 | It was easier to transport the guards there and order the convicts to start building their own new prison than to build new ships and take them back to Vallejo . |
| 15 | ( ‘ 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 ? ’ . ) |
| 16 | The penalties against fat women are so extreme that women continue to starve themselves and buy useless diet products rather than endure such humiliation and exclusion . |
| 17 | Although achieving good control and all the other objectives are very important , none of these is likely to be achieved if the patient persistently fails to attend . |
| 18 | Their image is to some degree distorted , and they will all too easily switch their appetite off , rather than let normal hunger and a normal appetite for food develop . |
| 19 | The regime declares itself to be the only true guardian of socialism , but can offer no answer to what is happening elsewhere except to denounce foreign interference and to assert that communism must inevitably triumph . |
| 20 | It will be in the female 's best interests to lay just four eggs and rear all the young than to lay seven eggs and produce a brood of weaklings . |
| 21 | Thus , even if biomass energy increased , the poorest villagers may find that in periods when employment is scarce , there is no livelihood better than to collect some wood and sell it . |
| 22 | Peter needs to understand this and then , if given adequate help and support , will feel that he can make the major contribution towards restoring his own health ( see also Chapter 3 ) . |
| 23 | Eventually , if given enough care and space , the new cuttings will grow stronger and larger than the mother plant herself . |
| 24 | But on the other hand if you , if get serious illness and , and W O P benefit comes into effect , you 've got a load of benefit from it so it 's swings and roundabouts , on that then . |
| 25 | If travelling long distances and anticipating specific facilities or services it is strongly recommended to telephone beforehand . |
| 26 | In the 1920s a team of British geologists discovered hot springs while surveying northern India and the seismic faults around the Himalayas . |
| 27 | This sought to improve productivity and market performance in existing areas while developing new products and highly defined derivatives and more flexible patterns of work organization . |
| 28 | decommissioning our radioactive facilities and disposing of the waste cost-effectively , while meeting stringent safety and environmental requirements , as well as managing a small number of other government nuclear programmes which remain ; |
| 29 | It was not long before the Joint Committee began to starve the NGC and associated radical elements of financial support , while fostering rival groups and individuals . |
| 30 | In case their faith was wavering , Mr Li , misleadingly dressed in a western business suit instead of the again-fashionable Mao garb , added a reminder of the inevitability of class struggle : ‘ While fostering socialist democracy and the socialist legal system , we must intensify dictatorship by the socialist state apparatus . ’ |