Example sentences of "[conj] rather when " in BNC.
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| 1 | But camp comes to life around that recognition ; it is situated at the point of emergence of the artificial from the real , culture from nature — or rather when and where the real collapses into artifice , nature into culture ; camp restores vitality to artifice , and vice versa , deriving the artificial from , and feeding it back into or as , the real . |
| 2 | When evening came , or rather when lousing-time came ( lousing-time was when the day 's work was over and the horses were loosened from the yoke ) , they were then handed over more or less to us children . |
| 3 | That Littlewood 's Pools building in Edge Lane , and Vernon 's new place at Aintree — they were subsidised by the Government and they 'll be taken over if there 's a war , or rather when there 's a war . ’ |
| 4 | You can not conceive of the feelings that consumed me when I understood — or rather when I thought I understood — why you had come tonight , when you said you wanted to share your happiness with me , wanted to give me something . |
| 5 | Trotsky ( 1971 ) suggested that fascist governments emerge not where class forces are ‘ balanced ’ , but rather when the bourgeoisie has already lost its battle with the working class ; only in these circumstances will capitalists concede a very high level of autonomy to a fascist political party or social movement which they can not control . |