Example sentences of "[vb infin] [noun sg] [adv] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So often her only resource is tears , and those tears will more likely arouse panic rather than understanding from the man with whom she is trying to communicate . |
| 2 | This is not to say that such courses would not also encourage an awareness of wider theoretical implications or the kind of appraisal I have associated with education , but this would be more in the manner of a long-term investment rather than something expected to yield immediate returns , something which might influence attitude rather than instigate action . |
| 3 | Similarly for example 3 , syntax would choose are over arc , and for example 2 , semantics would choose dog rather than clog . |
| 4 | There were also new rules for the periti , who henceforth might give advice only when asked . |
| 5 | It is to be hoped that in the course of time the word ‘ fear ’ used in the context of the foregoing will be abandoned in favour of the word ‘ foreboding ’ , for the conscience , once properly developed should give warning rather than frighten , and therefore enable the individual to avoid that which could give rise to real fear . |
| 6 | Inevitably , therefore , the individual must usually rent accommodation rather than own a property . |
| 7 | It would carry conviction only if located in a convincing scenario for sustained modernisation and growth — which no one is convinced Labour has . |
| 8 | Where the person ‘ is not in a position to express a view , the least unsatisfactory test is to ask what one would choose for oneself : would I choose death rather than have that sort of life ? ’ |
| 9 | Were such a proof to be successfully produced , moreover — in other words if Anselm were shown to be right — then from our point of view such a success would undermine faith rather than establish it . |
| 10 | The essence of government intervention has been to limit and distort competition rather than to encourage it , to the detriment of the poorer areas . |
| 11 | However , some of my medical and scientific friends now suspect that some women burn up only 1,500 calories daily — so obviously , on this intake , they would maintain weight rather than reduce surplus fat . |
| 12 | ( 4 ) Finally , I have the unchallenged evidence from her father , supported by her boyfriend , with no evidence from the mother to contradict it , that , as I noted in his evidence , ‘ I have no doubt in my mind that [ Miss T. ] would take blood rather than die . ’ |
| 13 | Plainly article 9 can not have effect so as to stifle the freedom of all to comment on what is said in Parliament , even though such comment may influence Members in what they say . |
| 14 | As respects England and Wales or Northern Ireland , any provision in an Act passed before 1st August 1958 that any order or determination shall not be called into question in any court , or any provision in such an Act which by similar words excludes any of the powers of the High Court , shall not have effect so as to prevent the removal of the proceedings into the High Court by order of certiorari or to prejudice the powers of the High Court to make orders of mandamus . |
| 15 | When the party is in government and the party leader is prime minister , the election shall take place only if requested by a majority of the party conference on a card vote . |
| 16 | Paktar is co-ordinating a " do-or-drown " protest , in which she and local villagers will risk submersion rather than lose their land . |
| 17 | An obvious feint , or a punch that looks easy to avoid , may well encourage attack rather than succeed in diverting it . |
| 18 | Its effect may produce dispersal rather than crowding according to the characteristic response repertoire of the species . |
| 19 | The need for such a sketch is obvious when one recalls that ritual and ritualistic ideas can make sense only when taken in reference to a total structure of thought and system of social and historical reality ( most of which I shall , of course , be able only to touch on here ) . |
| 20 | However , it is also clear that such projections can only inform policymaking rather than dictate it and there remains a need for clear national guidelines on the provision of places at all levels of education . |
| 21 | No , he would lose time rather than gain it , and a horse would be little help to him , for he 'd have to go downstream to the ford . |
| 22 | Will this discourage use rather than encourage it ? |