Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] rather [conj] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his second oration against Verres Cicero describes hypocrisy in terms which sound like a scenario for Iago 's undermining of Othello : In the Academica he attacks the simulatio of virtue which is assumed not out of duty but in pursuit of pleasure , and in De Finibus he denounces those whose actions are motivated by personal desire for pleasure rather than respect for the moral law . |
| 2 | Medieval man was not appreciative of antiquity or great art — so lack of wealth rather than concern for conservation is the reason for survival ; the same applies for any period . |
| 3 | Other UN agencies started to throw money at the problems of the territories , for example both Unicef and UNDP provided money for activities selected and overseen by the Israeli authorities , thus — however innocent the intention — allowing aid to become an instrument of control rather than support for independent development . |
| 4 | Dressmakers who might prefer to sell a valuable piece of material rather than settle for the modest profit of making it into a dress . |
| 5 | It is this latter consideration that helps explain why many people with high replacement ratios plus the possibility for ‘ leisure ’ remain in work rather than opting for unemployment . |
| 6 | Cost , not quality , ideology not competence , delivery for profit rather than service for people — those are the slogans that we have had from this regime . |
| 7 | It argues that if child support was received in addition to income support the resulting higher incomes would mean that more lone mothers would remain longer on benefit rather than looking for paid employment . |
| 8 | We could become a country of citizens , not subjects , striving for excellence rather than settling for second best . |