Example sentences of "[v-ing] rather [conj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tempting , now that its cult has faded , to conclude that it is a phenomenon in the history of publishing rather than of fine writing . |
| 2 | Their most obvious effect had been a massive increase in speculation as more capitalists tried to make money by wheeling and dealing rather than by productive investment : hence the huge foreign exchange dealings and the booms in share prices , gold , land , real estate and commodities . |
| 3 | For a start , it was more expensive ; but it was also a sign of conspicuous consumption , its enrichment slightly too ostentatious for a country with a preference for strong mass and modelling rather than upon lavish detail . |
| 4 | Culture , in the sense of " patterns of learned behaviour transmitted from generation to generation by learning rather than by genetic endowment " , is a characteristic of many other species besides man . |
| 5 | Will my hon. Friend pass to the National Audit Office the thanks of Parliament for its series of reports and ask whether it would be possible for us to have them at a time when Parliament is likely to be sitting rather than at one minute to midnight for the benefit of the press ? |
| 6 | The Labour government laid its emphasis upon local authority housing rather than on private building for sale . |
| 7 | Metaphors of grasping call attention to the active process of thinking rather than to static and distinct thoughts , and make it easier to understand that we interpret and organize rather than passively reflect . |