Example sentences of "[pron] [det] rather than " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was allowed to work on my own rather than in the production line . |
| 2 | If I can use erm an analogy of my own rather than of his , to produce erm a detailed adaptation of an organism to a specific way of life , if only large steps , large mutational changes were possible , would be a little like trying a surgeon trying to remove erm an appendix with a scalpel mounted on some kind of trolley clamp with the rule that he could n't move it less than a foot at a time . |
| 3 | Outings to concerts or the cinema , and gardening and outdoor work are also likely to be more popular with one or two people on their own rather than with a whole group . |
| 4 | Large corporations are accused of exercising both economic and political power for their own rather than the public interest , of exploiting their workers , polluting the environment and stripping the world of its natural resources . |
| 5 | Masses need leaders who can stir them out of apathy and organize them , but once organized they defer to leaders and accord them steadily greater levels of discretion to pursue their own rather than mass interests . |
| 6 | In a world of perfect competition it would not be possible for managers to deviate from the profit-maximization norm for any length of time even if they were tempted to pursue their own rather than the shareholders ' interests . |
| 7 | By the time you 've you 've moved them all rather than drawing them all in again then you run the con activity and swop back . |