Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although situated near an industrial area , its location on the banks of the Tennant Canal makes it a tranquil and memorable site . |
| 2 | For those who would like a more relaxing evening , what better than to sit at an open air cafe , sipping an ice cold beer , listening to the local brass band in the village square and watching the sun slip down behind the mountains — perfect ! |
| 3 | And in my experience , this sort of transcendence is not involved in anorexia nervosa , where the material world has to be grappled with and controlled , rather than dismissed as an ultimate unreality . |
| 4 | For example , electronic ignition is a lot simpler than struggling with an old distributor . |
| 5 | The West had now to adapt itself to a lengthy period of Cold War competition with the USSR rather than prepare for an imminent crisis . |
| 6 | ‘ Science ’ became rather more flexible around 1870 , when organised labour looked like becoming a permanent actor on the industrial scene , rather than appearing in an occasional brief walk-on part . |
| 7 | The one hope is that Sir Patrick Mayhew will finally deliver on his promise to give the talks process ‘ direction and focus ’ , rather than act as an interested observer . |
| 8 | South 's hand did not look right for a rebid in no-trumps so , rather than explore with an ambiguous bid in the opponent 's suit , he decided to stress the quality of his own suit with Three Hearts . |
| 9 | Although defeated as an independent candidate at Mile End in January 1916 , he achieved success two months later at another parliamentary by-election in East Hertfordshire . |
| 10 | But for de Man the difference between literature and criticism is delusive , and writing about a book is no less a process of invention than writing about an imaginary world . |
| 11 | This is mainly because salaries have not kept pace with the rise in house prices which , until this year 's slump , had more than tripled from an average £19,925 in 1979 to £61,965 by August this year , according to the Building Societies Association 's latest figures . |
| 12 | That a village should be created , rather than grow from an organic root , such as a river ford , or a crossing of forest paths , would surely have drawn a mot from him . |
| 13 | Despite the shortcomings , Tony Stuart 's book more than succeeds as an up-to-date review of the distribution and significance of British Pleistocene vertebrates . |
| 14 | ‘ In the end , we played positionally rather than going for an all-out assault , otherwise we might have had an even bigger score . ’ |
| 15 | Rather than striving for an impossible , and ultimately sterile , objectivity , scholars will increasingly need to follow Mary Louise Pratt 's example in admitting their own ideological commitments in order to promote the development of research . |
| 16 | In particular , a firm undertaking FDI needs a firm-specific advantage ( e.g. a brand name of a patent ) , which it prefers to exploit itself rather than license to an existing domestic producer . |
| 17 | The procedure was exactly as for Experiment 1 except condition C was to point at a target using the non-preferred hand while wearing prisms , rather than pointing at an auditory target . |
| 18 | Better by far to invest while the going is good , to guarantee yourself an income , rather than rely on an uncertain future . |
| 19 | He appreciates their design features : what a kangaroo gains and loses by moving in leaps , why horses change gait , why it is harder to walk quickly than to jog at an easy pace . |
| 20 | The hearing was told Miss Dixon was bound by a grievance procedure at the home which meant she must raise matters of concern internally rather than go to an outside body . |
| 21 | Further , rather than engage in an extended search for the maximising solution , they follow a truncated search process , accepting a solution which produces a merely satisfactory outcome . |
| 22 | The examination , therefore , can now be seen as the culmination of the course rather than viewed as an unwelcome intrusion as it was previously . |
| 23 | True , it is the people at the bottom of the ladder and below it who benefit from Mr Smith 's thin tax cuts but £100 a year helps little — and the saving would be more than eliminated by an upward move in mortgage rates . |
| 24 | A senior Ethiopian civil servant said he would stay in Dire Dawa , for a week if necessary , rather than fly on an overloaded plane , a sentiment we all shared . |
| 25 | Mr Godfray also suggested that the constructive approach would be to stress to MPs the importance of books in education and training — two of the government 's pet issues — rather than concentrating on an anti-VAT message , which might fall on rather deafer ears . |
| 26 | It is important not to miss this diagnosis because the disease is potentially fatal but can be cured if resected at an early stage . |
| 27 | in the case only of motor cycles which are first used on or after 1st August 1977 , a motor cycle ( not being a motor vehicle of group K ) which has a maximum speed which does not exceed 30 miles per hour , a kerbside weight which does not exceed 250 kilograms , and , if propelled by an internal combustion engine the cylinder of which does not exceed 50 cubic centimetres or in the case only of motor cycles which are first used before 1st August 1977 , a motor cycle which has an engine with a cylinder capacity not exceeding 50 cubic centimetres and is equipped with pedals by means of which the cycle is capable of being propelled . |
| 28 | Where the divorce petition has in it a claim for maintenance payments for the wife or child , if approached by an interested solicitor , the DSS will provide details of the whereabouts of the husband if they can . |
| 29 | Where the divorce petition has in it a claim for maintenance payments for the wife or child , if approached by an interested solicitor , the DSS will provide details of the whereabouts of the husband if they can . |
| 30 | He pondered gloomily for a moment , then with an effort stretched himself as if climbing into an uncomfortable Sunday suit , and gave judgement . |