Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [adj] rather [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The long-term nature of the programmes imposes evolutionary rather than revolutionary change . |
| 2 | This is the inverse of the transformation given in eqn ( 5.1 ) ; f transforms like rather than like . |
| 3 | But I do not believe that H. Ward Marston 's transfers are surpassable , and am grateful that the surface noise of the original discs remains intact rather than being artificially eliminated . |
| 4 | The words of whatever nature affecting the Premises including the matters should be deleted so that , in the words of the note to the precedent , the schedule becomes comprehensive rather than illustrative . |
| 5 | Dumping of nuclear waste in the oceans poses local rather than global dangers , according to an international group of scientists . |
| 6 | He himself , he says , does ‘ not belong to the party that would condemn the common and familiar ways of speaking ’ , according to which we know many things at the level of appearances , such as that I am now seated rather than standing , and that fire appears hot rather than cold . |