Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the Hyperion label the disc comes at ‘ upper mid-price ’ - just under £10-but it is worth remembering that Sir David Willcocks 's vintage performances of the Coronation Anthems with King 's College Choir at their brightest now come on mid-price CD in Decca 's Ovation series , generously coupled with the magnificent , extended Chandos Anthem No. 9 , O Praise The Lord With One Consent . |
| 2 | In many African countries , where uprooting of cotton stalks is legally enforced , pink bollworm is no longer a problem , but in other areas , where the stalks are a valuable source of fuel , pink bollworm remains a serious pest . |
| 3 | There 's more of the giant baby who has a neat vocabulary but still ca n't manage to stay upright , more discussions and observations on life in general , and yet another head-to-head where talking at cross purposes is turned into an art form . |
| 4 | As a result they have also been trapped into importing food , an operation with considerable potential for losses , although ameliorated by exchange rate policy . |
| 5 | to develop opportunities , relationships and patterns of living , in line with their individual wishes rather than rule of thumb normality ; |
| 6 | A modern-looking internal power filter could be left exposed , as a feature in itself , rather than hidden behind aquascape features . |
| 7 | Similarly , the Ministry of Rural Development published progress in four Zambian languages , but its circulation was very low : although intended for peasant farmers , it was almost impossible for them to obtain . |
| 8 | According to the most recent Green Paper ( DES 1985b ) there were at that time 184 institutions engaged wholly or mainly in the provision of higher education courses , and another 372 in which some provision was at this level — a total of 556 ( 10 fewer than given in Annex A of that document ) . |
| 9 | The green-lipped mussel preparation is a remedy which , although given in material doses , is akin to homoeopathy in its mode of action . |
| 10 | Rather than compromise on welfare payments , they were prepared to resign and leave social butchery to the Tories . |
| 11 | Conversely , those individuals who began life in the managerial and professional middle classes may seek power and status rather than concentrate on stress avoidance or a guaranteed supply of money from their careers . |
| 12 | for example , rather than concentrate on food restriction , you might choose to concentrate primarily on increasing consumption of filling , high-fibre , low-fat foods like wholemeal bread or jacket potatoes . |
| 13 | ‘ Now we lease rather than buy on hire purchase so we can match the payments on equipment to its lifetime and its earnings . |
| 14 | We lease rather than buy on hire purchase so we can match the payments on equipment to its lifetime and its earnings . |
| 15 | Although surrounded by peat moorlands , Toftingall rests on a gravel base and has a pH of approximately 7.5 . |
| 16 | Britain 's trade gap narrowed in February to seven hundred and fifty million pounds from eight hundred and fifty-eight million , but the figures are worse than expected by City analysts . |
| 17 | The government 's priority is to construct more coal and geothermal plants as soon as possible , rather than looking at energy efficiency and alternative strategies . |
| 18 | This , of course , is a much more significant limitation on scope than exists in single-contract Conventions such as the Sales Convention , and in this respect the case for the second limb of application of the two latter Conventions is stronger . |
| 19 | In contrast to the aforementioned pol III genes , U6 snRNA genes from vertebrates , although transcribed by RNA polymerase III , are controlled by promoter elements resembling those of typical pol II genes . |
| 20 | I did not enjoy it much , but it was better than lying in bed feeling hurt , a failure , and gnashing my teeth in turn . |
| 21 | Rather than procrastinating with shadow trusts , why does he not do what the incoming Labour Government will do and abandon the ill-conceived , ill-considered , useless and unwanted ideas about trust hospitals ? |
| 22 | They tried bringing out political prisoners after rebellions in Britain , they tried kidnapping new recruits , and they tried legislating to keep up the number of white men that planters must employ , but white men still left for England or went on to new parts of the Americas rather than compete against slave labour . |
| 23 | No one is more anxious that the penalties should be apt for the crime than those most immediately affected by prison disorder . |
| 24 | Rather than focusing on wage inflation , there are a number of short-term measures the government could adopt to encourage investment in training and equipment , without altering its fundamental anti-inflation policy . |
| 25 | This is a much more difficult job than connecting into uPVC stack — sand is possibly a job that you would want to leave to a plumber . |
| 26 | You 're you 're proposing Tony that we do write to the bus company again and ask if the buses can come through just say through Halam rather than go down Station Lane at Edingley ? |
| 27 | They read publications that keep them abreast of market trends , personalities , lawsuits and prices — rather than delving into art history as do their counterparts in Europe . |
| 28 | That 's probably simpler than relying on blood tests once he 's born . ’ |
| 29 | So it 's not a lot of lot of bother the only thing is that i you got ta drive in town rather than drive on country lanes to get to the main roads little bit more dangerous as far as getting caught is concerned ha ! |
| 30 | In the end , the move had to be inserted , rather than filmed in master shot . |