Example sentences of "[adj] rather [conj] [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their offspring had one each but were tall rather than intermediate in height because the tallness factor is ‘ dominant ’ to the shortness factor . |
| 2 | His courage and nobility are innate rather than acquired through circumstances ; he is no commoner swept into lofty office but an Elphberg by inheritance . |
| 3 | Weapons such as the Pershing-II , launched from Western Europe , could reach Soviet territory in about ten minutes and were seen as strategic rather than intermediate in character by Soviet negotiators . |
| 4 | I am confident , in all modesty , when I give my talk , that your members are more likely to be informatively amused rather than slumber into oblivion . ’ |
| 5 | He seemed amused rather than offended by Ellen 's defiance . |