Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] rather [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bérégovoy had let the budget deficit rise alarmingly rather than raise taxes , which he feared would have cut both demand and the Socialists ' vote . |
| 2 | As you know Mr Mayor , we are inside the chamber , do n't believe in spending any more than is absolutely necessary in any part of any budget so rather than spend any extra money we are proposing an extra twenty thousand be taken out of the public conveniences budget . |
| 3 | Another American firm , McDonnell Douglas , has a smaller product range , and by the mid-1980s was wondering whether to get out of the industry entirely rather than compete in the next generation of civil airliners . |
| 4 | He chooses to tap his fag packet round and round on the tabletop again rather than speak to me , so I say , ‘ Well , I 'm not sure about that , but it 's certainly somebody who knows me ; I mean , I think that card with my writing on it proves that . |
| 5 | ‘ I believe we should approach such crucial matters collectively rather than wake up one morning and discover your game has changed . |
| 6 | On the menu bar are Search for finding articles quickly rather than scrolling manually through the word list , View to find photographs , videos , maps and magazine covers and Mark for marking a place in an article and making notes . |
| 7 | You should also , of course , warn the poor chap first so he can run your job overnight rather than have it tie the system up during the day . |
| 8 | Franchising is growing fast — and an increasing number of companies are expected to franchise their operations in the years ahead rather than expand in traditional ways . |
| 9 | The council are considering asking the Southern Water Authority to impose restrictions on use of water now rather than wait until matters become really serious . |
| 10 | And I 'd rather use newspaper now rather than use use erm |
| 11 | ‘ It is an invitation to hoof the ball forward rather than use the goalkeeper to play the ball from the back , as Tottenham prefer to do . ’ |
| 12 | They would analyze racism now rather than fire an egg at a racist . |
| 13 | A full house survey , where you brief your building surveyor individually rather than relying on the shorter though cheaper housebuyer 's report , can be an expensive matter . |
| 14 | How much better it is to remove trees carefully rather than wait for a gale to do it in an uncoordinated way . |
| 15 | It is much better to step in and help people firmly rather than having to punish them at a later stage . |
| 16 | Well a cup of whatsername stuff I poured down the sink upstairs rather than get it kicked over because if they come back in a silly state then they 'll knock it all over books . |
| 17 | War may not be an overall preference ( Lenin was particularly fond of Clausewitz 's remark that the aggressor would prefer to walk in and occupy a foreign territory peacefully rather than fight for it ) ; but if it is the most effective way of achieving an aim , it is necessary to pursue it . |
| 18 | The hearing was told Miss Dixon was bound by a grievance procedure at the home which meant she must raise matters of concern internally rather than go to an outside body . |
| 19 | Most of us have tendencies to pass information outwards rather than to allow it inwards . |
| 20 | He must be careful that the new rules he lays down fit well enough with rules established by others or likely to be established in the future that the total set of rules will work together and make the situation better rather than pulling in opposite directions and making it worse . |
| 21 | Was it not a benefit to him to have the crew sail the ship home rather than abandon him and it in a foreign port ? |
| 22 | The two venues held exhibitions simultaneously rather than touring the show . |
| 23 | So too has the rise of feminist versions of the nature of parenting , in which , for example , the daily physical care of children has been demystified to lay bare the sheer labour involved , and hence the need to share this burden equally rather than regard it as an unequivocal privilege ( see , for example , Oakley , 1974 ) . |
| 24 | I tried to get the trade unions into a form which made my managerial activities easier rather than trying to let them find a consensus between themselves . |
| 25 | Although controversial , and greatly disliked by the judiciary , this is clearly intended to divert petty persistent offenders away from custody by ruling out custodial penalties for such offenders altogether rather than allowing them to ‘ progress up the tariff ’ . |
| 26 | The government also planned to distribute areas of forest to families among the Thai and Hmong hill tribespeople in order to encourage them to farm one area of land continuously rather than using traditional " slash and burn " methods . |
| 27 | What I would say is I just wonder what the point of it is ed on the principal of of why fix something if if it ai n't broke , would n't it be better to perhaps spend officer 's time elsewhere rather than fashion designs of three colour printing on new leaflets ? |
| 28 | You may well , in the circumstances , be willing to take a step backwards rather than lose your job . |
| 29 | Rather oddly , in the context of a crisis in which the abolition of the House of Lords was under consideration , it seems to have been assumed that this reservation would present a realistic safeguard against a majority party in the House of Commons seeking to keep its government in power indefinitely rather than face the country . |