Example sentences of "and [noun] [subord] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How could she say , politely , that she had better calls on her time and money than to devote either to mendicant little talents ? |
| 2 | He has grasped that it is more profitable to attack the Government for incompetence and negligence than to present it as a systematic and all-too-competent conspiracy against the people . |
| 3 | It is small wonder that Dr Underwood finds it a ‘ little disconcerting ’ as the inference of the inquiry , as far as it has gone at present , would appear to be that it is better for a child to stay in East London sleeping irregular hours in ill ventilated shelters and eating fish and chips than to have fresh air conditions in one of our Camps with regular hours of sleep and plenty of well prepared wholesome food ( in which vegetables fresh from the garden play a large part ) forming a diet balanced in accordance with the best advice obtainable from the Board of Education and others … |
| 4 | Perhaps he was looking for a drink by the time he had climbed as far as the Piazza where three renaissance palaces , a town hall and cathedral confront each other across an open space of such lively dignity and harmony as to make the lack of tourist cafes completely forgivable . |
| 5 | If France wanted good relations with Russia his full title ( which he carefully recited ) must be used in all future letters , for it was the duty of friends " rather to augment reciprocally their titles and qualities than to diminish or curtail them " . |
| 6 | If it will please you To show us so much gentry and goodwill As to expand your time with us awhile For the supply and profit of our hope , Your visitation shall receive such thanks As fits a king 's remembrance . |
| 7 | Anyone who has attempted to compile machine-readable data either for teaching or research purposes will agree that such an undertaking impinges so greatly on our time and resources as to minimize our interest in providing support for other scholars who might become interested in our data . |
| 8 | The mental functioning and range of capabilities at any age is related at least as much to expectation and habit as to age and physical condition , hence the underused capacity in almost any population at any time is considerable . |
| 9 | Interviews with young children indicate that they use far more emotional words to describe their brothers and sisters than to describe friends or even parents . |
| 10 | Better to buy time with covert operations and the steady working of violence , crime and racketeering than to risk vote-endangering controversy . |
| 11 | It is more useful to argue the variable nature of the relationship between the individual and society than to assume a linear evolution towards the autonomous self . |
| 12 | Right twenty second if there 's any difficulty I 'll come back to Paul and Keith cos to let everybody else know about any problems |
| 13 | Because there is pressure on departments in humanistic subjects to appear up to date and efficient , it is much easier to persuade funding bodies to give money for computers and software than to buy manuscripts , rare books , or second and third copies of frequently used library texts . |
| 14 | An input pulse at the noninverting input of such a sign and amplitude as to reverse the input signal to the open-loop operational amplifier , will cause the output to switch over to the opposite saturation level . |
| 15 | A Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman announced on April 21 that the government would " reassess in May and June whether to resume assistance " . |