Example sentences of "rather [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An old and enduring model of sexual difference , developed most powerfully and resiliently by Galen in the second century AD , had stressed the homologous nature of male and female reproductive organs ; women were said to have the same genitals as men , only inside rather than outside . |
| 2 | Circulation statistics considerably under-represent use of library stock , because they take no account of in-house use — that is , use of material inside the library rather than outside . |
| 3 | But as Church ( 1978 ) has noted , even modern history was accepted only as ‘ half a degree ’ initially in conjunction with law , and law itself was slow to become established inside , rather than outside , the higher education system ( Twining 1987 ) . |
| 4 | AT2 : ‘ In this school , in Art rather than outside it . |
| 5 | However , when the two letters to be matched were presented simultaneously , rather than successively , the pattern of results differed for the two visual fields in such a way as to suggest that the right hemisphere was still using a visually-based strategy while the left hemisphere was using an acoustically based strategy . |
| 6 | Among those assigned a specific household office , rather than loosely designated as ‘ our servant ’ , are the esquires of the body John Norreys and Walter Hungerford , and the usher of the chamber Edward Hardgill . |
| 7 | Among those assigned a specific household office , rather than loosely designated as ‘ our servant ’ , are the esquires of the body John Norreys and Walter Hungerford , and the usher of the chamber Edward Hardgill . |
| 8 | Such prevention includes : educational approaches concerned mainly with child sexual abuse ; programmes targeted at adults and the community which focus on developing appropriate child care and thus lessening the possibility of neglect , emotional abuse , and potential loss of parental control resulting in over-chastisement ; services using volunteers and parent aides rather than professionally trained staff ; antenatal and postnatal services ; and finally other programmes aimed at children older than infants . |
| 9 | The one-day games were now held before the Test series rather than after , an hors d'oeuvre rather than a stodgy pudding served up when everyone was full , but the first game at Headingley was distinctly uninspiring . |
| 10 | The top executive who is constantly looking ahead rather than backwards will rarely steer his company into a tight corner , in Laing 's view . |
| 11 | Accordingly , butchers are learning to help us ‘ think forwards to the meal , rather than backwards to the animal in the field ’ , as the trade press exhorts . |
| 12 | The work of Hubel and Wiesel , in particular , put the conception of neurones as ‘ feature detectors ’ , rather than simply energy detectors , on the map , supporting the idea that for each cell in the cortex there was a specific pattern of excitation that would reliably excite it . |
| 13 | The tight links between journalists and the flourishing independent label scene , local entrepreneurs and key grass-roots venues meant that they all helped to form tastes rather than simply reacting to them . |
| 14 | The quota , in short , forced some British filmmakers to be realistic about the economic constraints operating in British filmmaking , and to look to what could be achieved within them rather than simply hoping that film budgets could rise on some magic carpet to figures close to those of Hollywood pictures . |
| 15 | The correspondence , leaked to Labour 's Trade spokesman , Mr Gordon Brown , discloses for the first time that Lord Young appeared to plan with Professor Roland Smith , chairman of British Aerospace , to hide the figures rather than simply leaving the information to be ‘ scattered ’ in obscure documents in the hope that Parliament would not notice it . |
| 16 | Rather than simply consuming pop ( which makes clever little references to its commodity status ) we should look to music that consumes US . |
| 17 | The approach allows researchers to see how the diversity — still large and exciting — came to be , rather than simply marvelling at it . |
| 18 | Even so , when handling and riding horses , we really need to be able to anticipate their emotions , actions and reactions , rather than simply expecting perfect behaviour and performance from them . |
| 19 | It 's not clear that new institutions are needed rather than simply an intensification of activities in the republics . ’ |
| 20 | Mr Gould said that Labour must broaden its appeal rather than simply change its leader . |
| 21 | Because he thought that he was dealing with the National Press rather than simply a few local people whom he had been ignoring for a considerable time , the Mayor responded to direct questioning , even if he did not change his colours . |
| 22 | As experience is gained of the complexity of the problems and the inadequacy of planning and assistance approaches , a consensus is emerging that the primary need is to identify problems , rather than simply geographical areas . |
| 23 | They must also ensure that educational adaptation corresponds to local circumstances rather than simply to national value systems which may have no positive role in helping people to develop their own resources . |
| 24 | Educators , both from a professional and management position , must become much more involved in developing ( rather than simply operating ) these programmes which could form the basis of a real way forward . |
| 25 | At the same time , this point of difficulty , like the difficulty surrounding value , needs to be thought through rather than thought around , complimented and qualified by ethnography rather than simply disqualified by it . |
| 26 | The only other substantial left review was to be found in The Morning Star where Jeff Sawtell found the film politically distinctive because it was ( unusually ) a film ‘ from within the class ’ rather than simply being about the class . |
| 27 | We too need to read the Bible in our hearts , rather than simply to discover facts or satisfy our curiosity . |
| 28 | To this effect , it suggested that as a general rule the police should be able to arrest an individual without a warrant if the crime which was suspected was one for which the individual could be jailed rather than simply fined . |
| 29 | This book , rather than simply telling you how to execute a manoeuvre , suggests valuable methods you can use to practise more efficiently . |
| 30 | For instance , when coaching people in the carve gybe , rather than simply say ‘ Bend zee knees ’ which has little effect , it is better to ask them to try and get their knees to touch the water as they bank into the turn . |