Example sentences of "rather [subord] [v-ing] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keep your exercises plain and simple , and you have a better chance of enjoying them , rather than looking on them as a burden . |
| 2 | Mira , it seems , is walking in the landscape rather than looking at it from a height : |
| 3 | If we experience the mercy of Jesus , we will naturally share mercy with others , rather than hiding from them as mere observers . |
| 4 | The same increasing central control and rationalization can be seen also in the introduction in 1720 of a regular tariff for the purchase of commissions ; in the 1750s of the custom of numbering regiments rather than referring to them by their colonel 's name ; and in 1792 of a common system of drill , based on that of Prussia , for the whole army . |
| 5 | You will probably be surprised at what a different experience it is actually speaking the words rather than running through them in your head . |