Example sentences of "rather [conj] [adj] [conj] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Grampian , there were seven murders last year compared with two in 1991 , in Dumfries and Galloway two rather than one and in Northern , where there was not a single murder in 1991 , last year brought five . |
| 2 | Each feeds off the other , each informs the other and the subsequent reactions are reciprocal and continuous rather than unilinear and in one direction . |
| 3 | According to that theory , temporary working is likely to be more prevalent in occupations where skills are general rather than specific and in occupations where little or no training is required . |
| 4 | Third , bureaucrats are expected to be politically committed rather than neutral as in the West . |
| 5 | The new agreement with the Soviet Union is for one year , rather than five as in the past . |
| 6 | Mean maximal resting anal pressures and maximum squeeze pressures were significantly lower in older people , although the word ‘ older ’ referred to patients over the age of 65 rather than 50 as in this study . |
| 7 | According to observers , the compromise agreed at Houston was acceptable to the EC countries because it recognized the special nature of EC farming as mainly family based ( rather than corporate-based as in the USA ) , while the USA could be satisfied because the agreement spelled out what kinds of subsidies should be reduced . |