Example sentences of "as opposed to [art] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | A kind of classification of language according to geographical location , as opposed to a structural or genetic classification . |
| 2 | The primary focus is on the social , as opposed to the economic and technological features of competition . |
| 3 | Many large firms have a matrix structure which is the most complex , since it is dependent on vertical and horizontal flows of authority and communication , as opposed to the divisional and functional structures which depend on vertical flows of authority and communication . |
| 4 | The independent status ascribed to this concept by elite theorists , as opposed to the reflective and subordinate quality it has in late Marx and early Marxism , is an important characteristic of elite theory . |
| 5 | Havelock is here , of course , giving authority to Goody 's distinction between ‘ oral ’ and ‘ literate ’ thinkers and their connection respectively with the concrete and experience as opposed to the abstract and impersonal . |
| 6 | Although it is now clear that Sutherland 's attempt to fit , indeed squash , corporate crime into his theory of differential association has not proved comfortable , and that his concentration on the economic as opposed to the physical and social effects of corporate crime made his study too one-sided , it none the less did , at the time , constitute a rich legacy to bequeath to criminology . |