Example sentences of "[noun] rather [conj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were an adjunct to and lubricant for existing activities rather than part of the supplanting of a traditional culture . |
| 2 | In fact , Hrabovszky and Miyan ( 1987 ) advocate land-use intensification rather than clearance of new land as the most effective way to increase food production in the Nepal Himalaya . |
| 3 | features of the original production of the language , for example shaky handwriting or quavering speech , are somewhat arbitrarily considered as features of the text rather than features of the context in which the language is produced . |
| 4 | Events in Vietnam , in many ways comparable although obviously complicated by the factor of French colonialism , were of infinitely less interest and for the moment seemed to require only a definition of attitudes rather than acts of policy . |
| 5 | Structures have been used to implement pay scales rather than principles of organisational design . |
| 6 | It was lack of funding rather than lack of freedom that was the main burden for British writers and artists in this period . |
| 7 | It was not possible suddenly to change direction , yet the damage being done to education was obvious as campuses sometimes resembled market-places rather than institutions of higher learning . |
| 8 | The main difficulty Lane foresees is that care managers will have to adapt to new systems which will vary between individual authorities rather than types of authority . |
| 9 | This again throws the emphasis on to skills rather than coverage of facts , although a comprehension of the structures of subject disciplines ( even the idea that subjects have structures ) is an important element . |
| 10 | The new Board consisted of members with knowledge and experience rather than representatives of particular interests . |
| 11 | They ascribe the difference to the fact that Americans value equality of opportunity rather than equality of outcome . |
| 12 | It can be used by portfolio managers wishing to create displays for individual clients , including the percentage changes between specific dates and graphs of each price history and has already proven popular with City stockbrokers who prefer to scan graphs rather than lists of prices . |
| 13 | Is it not possible to find an understanding of faith that is compatible with uncertainty rather than certainty of the existence of a Deity ? |
| 14 | For the pacifist mainstream , however , the threatened industrial explosion fed nightmares of social collapse rather than dreams of international peace . |
| 15 | Further work by Reicher [ 1969 ] extended this to show that familiar words are perceived as units rather than strings of letters . |
| 16 | bias towards assessment of adequacy rather than optimality of provision ; and |
| 17 | Perhaps this reflects over-ambitious goals rather than failure of the projects , for it will only be when attempts to calm large areas are made that possibilities emerge of encouraging former car journeys to be made by public transport . |
| 18 | In his ‘ Chandos ’ novels he created a kind of private Ruritania in sundry duchies and noble estates within the borders of Austria , combining a high idealistic approach to women and active physical courage in a setting of noble families and ancient domains which offer in some ways a post-war version of Anthony Hope 's novels , though his plots concerned private theft and murder rather than matters of state . |
| 19 | They may prefer to believe themselves to be special and different in their primary addictions rather than part of a wider group of sufferers from addictive disease . |
| 20 | Discuss the pros and cons of separation rather than fusion of powers in the policy-making process . |
| 21 | The view of the company as part of a web was marked and the tendency among women was towards inclusion rather than exclusion of others . |
| 22 | Many of the complaints emanate from judges rather than members of the public and relate to conduct in court . |
| 23 | In 1987 another sceptic , John Biffen , Leader of the House , and one who publicly called for a consolidation rather than extension of existing policies , was dismissed . |
| 24 | If I get the result I wanted there is consolidation rather than extension of my committee skills , but if I do not get the result I wanted then I have learned something and I form a new hypothesis about my next interjection strengthened by this new learning . |
| 25 | But the reporters were sure that five of the seven camps they saw were special ‘ show camps ’ for refugees rather than victims of Serbia 's ‘ ethnic cleansing . ’ |
| 26 | The rebel officers ' paramilitary allies , the Carlists and Falangists , were certainly eager to spill the blood of their left-wing enemies , yet they too thought in terms of days rather than years of actual military conflict . |
| 27 | She holds seminars on ‘ The Tao of Management ’ ( about ‘ working with the moment rather than patterns of the past , and using that to attempt predictions of the future ’ ) . |
| 28 | Usually , colours rather than shades of grey would be used . |
| 29 | the very existence of any examination at 16+ ( whether GCE , CSE or a unified examination or examination system ) as opposed to a series of assessments at the right stage of development for the individual pupil is questionable because firstly sixteen has already ceased to be the date for leaving education for the majority of pupils , secondly employers look increasingly to school recommendations , college course experience , and examination expectations rather than evidence of ‘ O ’ Level/CSE achievements , and thirdly the Universities and Higher Education look for and stipulate ‘ A ’ Level achievements rather than ‘ O ’ Level evidence . |
| 30 | However , these resemblances are probably ‘ convergences ’ , similarities acquired as the result of similar needs rather than evidence of a direct connection with true primates . |