Example sentences of "rather [conj] a [noun] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It treats the elderly relative like a stray domestic animal , to be ‘ looked after ’ rather than ‘ cared for ’ , and ‘ offered a home ’ rather than a share in the life of the family , as someone who has something important to contribute . |
| 2 | Taken together with our other data , this pattern represents a duplication of the r5 expression in r3 , rather than a delay in the onset of r3 expression . |
| 3 | This is partly to ensure that any increase in profitability can be identified as the result of improved efficiency rather than a change in the method of compiling the accounts . |
| 4 | The fact is that he had much to do with the development of that car , that he worked hard , drove cleanly and finished steadily : those are the marks of a real champion rather than a flash in the pan . |
| 5 | Those in his own party who have an ulterior motive in seeing the Government defeated over Maastricht have had their doubts about his leadership confirmed , not least by what appeared to be three conflicting government lines within one week and the belated admission that Parliament is a spectator rather than a player in the game . |
| 6 | The emphasis is on continuity at 16+ rather than a break in the educational pattern . |
| 7 | When he says Truth is God he is really making a confession of faith rather than a statement in the indicative mood . |
| 8 | Foucault , as we have seen , is also criticized on the grounds that he can not give a cause for the shifts he describes , but this criticism itself begs the question insofar as it assumes a certain kind of history , which itself presupposes that there was a cause in the sense of a single uniform causality , rather than a disconnectedness in the scientific mode . |
| 9 | Thus a focus on the emotional dimensions of relationships — whether on feelings of affection or feelings of duty — tends to suggest that if there has been any discernible change in a single direction over time , it has been an increase rather than a decrease in the significance of the feelings which people have for their relatives . |
| 10 | However , this change has been brought about almost entirely by the increase in the long-term unemployed rather than an increase in the living standards of older people in the lowest income groups ; it is not the result of a vast increase in the incomes of older people . |
| 11 | As a general principle , the status of a person made the subject of an assault is a matter to be considered by the tribunal as an aggravating factor in sentencing , rather than an ingredient in the substantive description of the offence . |