Example sentences of "[art] united [noun prp] rather [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The predictable ineffectiveness of the nationalist vote in Northern Ireland can be used to justify rejection not just of a particular government but of the whole constitutional structure which maintains the inclusion of Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom rather than in a new all-Ireland state . |
| 2 | ‘ People should be selling the United States rather than Japan . |
| 3 | J. R. R. Tolkien ( 1892–1973 ) , a Catholic by upbringing , wrote in praise of the remembered virtues of the British Tommy in the trenches during the First World War , and the enormous and highly improbable success of The Lord of the Rings ( 1954–5 ) , for all that it began as a cult in the United States rather than at home , struck a chord that was ultimately insular , tribal and boldly British . |
| 4 | Adenauer had gone , and the new West German government under Ludwig Erhard would probably , if pushed to the limit , prefer to maintain an alignment with the United States rather than with France . |
| 5 | Great Britain , however , chose initially to pursue closer links with the United States rather than support the European initiative . |