Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The popularity of arbitrage portfolios suggests that the advantages more than compensate for the risk that the value of the arbitrage portfolio will deviate from the index at delivery . |
| 2 | You are to make yourself the master of a particular sub-topic or sub-sub-topic rather than prepare for the year 's examination in the whole subject . |
| 3 | And the writer can only conjure up this gift for the reader if he/she is prepared , first of all , to write plainly what he/she believes to be true , rather than fall for the surface sweetmeats which seem to satisfy but which , like sugar , leave the reader hungry minutes later . |
| 4 | Moreover , if the tables are to be turned , the USSR will do so at a time of her choosing , rather than wait for the hour of maximum danger to herself . |
| 5 | Rather than wait for the release of the third cinema outing , Ocean have written an excellent multilevel extravaganza , incorporating and improving on existing styles from the other two RoboCop games . |
| 6 | The World Cup referees must have felt that the ball had ‘ been killed ’ on the ground and that it was therefore necessary to blow straight away for the penalty rather than wait for the advantage to occur . |
| 7 | To link things up we have to act on the information rather than wait for the information to act on us . |
| 8 | I wanted the sugar and rather than wait for the waiter to return or ask this boy to get it , I asked Harvey for the sugar . |
| 9 | We also sought to provide a link for residents of Murieston to Livingston centre while the Murieston area is still developing , rather than wait for the completion of this housing area before taking action . |
| 10 | At the summit , which was by all accounts an exceptionally heated affair , President Mubarak broke with Arab tradition and forced through a majority vote , rather than wait for the emergence of a unanimous compromise . |
| 11 | Such a decrease is greater than expected for the loss of a single interaction between CP 96345 and the NK-1R ( for example , 30-fold reduction of CP 96345 affinity in the H197A mutant ) , suggesting that other amino-acid residues may also participate in interactions with the benzhydryl of CP 96345 . |
| 12 | It took much longer than expected for the population to be reduced by deaths , occasional discharges and transfers to new units . |
| 13 | A weight loss of only 1 lb ( 0.4 kg ) in the previous week ( less than expected for the effort put in ) . |
| 14 | It is a programme that holds out more than hope for the underclass . |
| 15 | The birds do n't help themselves because when they are frightened they fly into the air and circle around rather than head for the trees . |
| 16 | So instead , I refined my masturbation in combination with my hawk-eyed recollection to produce a variety of sexual experience which — ( I now realise ) — more than compensated for the absence of the real thing . |
| 17 | The Secretary of State concluded that students were now being more than compensated for the loss of their benefit entitlement . |
| 18 | Lower interest rates in 1992 more than compensated for the effect of higher average debt levels . |
| 19 | By seeming to do little more than wait for the economy to get better by itself , President Bush condemned himself . |
| 20 | Levels of breakage of rodent incisors are generally low in the predator assemblages , but the incidence of digestion is higher than seen for the molars . |
| 21 | If the pool is to be made with a liner there is no difficulty , for all that need be done , is order the liner larger than needed for the pool and incorporate it at the edge as if it were a spreading shallow pool about 30 cm ( 1 ft ) deep ( Fig 14 ) . |
| 22 | It is an elegant way to travel , much better than waiting for the buses which , at this time of year , seem to come every other Tuesday . |
| 23 | Other recent flotations might just represent companies ' taking advantage of windows through which to de-gear , rather than waiting for the exits that offer the optimum long-term return . |
| 24 | In any case , there will be no alternative before long … and the gradual process is much better than waiting for the axe to fall . ’ |
| 25 | The tax on fossil fuels proposed by the European Commission would be less costly than paying for the damage caused by acid rain , according to a report by Greenpeace . |
| 26 | Richard Agutter , head of Peat 's merger and acquisition network , said the relatively low average values indicated that British companies were making cross-border deals for strategic reasons ‘ rather than going for the mega-deals ’ . |
| 27 | Such macho tendencies are potentially limiting , rather than enriching for the boys who read such stories , and serve to perpetuate the myth of the ‘ boys do n't cry ’ syndrome . |
| 28 | Mr Kallisher said Green was assisted by his knowledge as a CPS solicitor to construct his own defence and although arrested for the murder he was released on 3 November and not rearrested until 14 November , 1991 . |
| 29 | Amateurs wanted to get off to the country for the weekend rather than performing for the benefit of playing spectators . |
| 30 | Ellis 's sense of the quiet solidarity between women , and of the bonds of love that bind the generations together , is so sure that it more than compensates for the novel 's occasional listlessness . |