Example sentences of "[v-ing] rather [subord] [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 | The Labour government laid its emphasis upon local authority housing rather than on private building for sale . |
| 6 | 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 . |