Example sentences of "rather [conj] [v-ing] [pron] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | They take the intensity of soul and clench it into a fist rather than using it as a form of release . |
| 2 | These criticisms were ignored ( although delivered by persons of world-wide reputation such as Carl Sauer ) , received a hostile and defensive reaction , or were absorbed by transforming them into a technical issue — rather than facing them as a social and political one . |
| 3 | To repeat , however , the interpretation of competitive strength as current strength is preferable , because it focuses the dynamic management of the group portfolio on the grid itself , rather than leaving it as an inference of the underlying analysis . |
| 4 | It 's always easier getting rid of a player rather than replacing one as Cavan found to their cost . |
| 5 | So some were staring down at you and others were well below your eye level , which meant that you were scanning for each piece rather than reading them as a series . |
| 6 | But the men reacted to the women " on the basis of sex solidarity rather than seeing them as part of the working class ' . |
| 7 | Jonathan Burnham describes Power Feminism as ‘ a manifesto for a new generation of women , offering a feminism based on powerful roles for women rather than seeing them as victims ’ . |
| 8 | Male behaviour is so normative that we ordinarily think of celibacy as meaning that men are to leave women alone , rather than seeing it as a positive step women take to make a non sexually-active community together . |
| 9 | You may well think indeed that I 'm wasting your time in calling this an assumption rather than recognising it as a plain fact . |
| 10 | Since LMS has restrictions ( such as levels of pay , conditions of service etc. ) it is important that staff are aware of these limitations rather than perceiving them as restrictions/lack of initiatives placed on them by management . |
| 11 | In this respect , the organiser continues to integrate the experience into schools and local authority plans , rather than perceiving it as an additional bolt-on training opportunity . |
| 12 | Ironically , the dismal failure of the labour relations element of the campaign was directly attributable to Ford 's attempts to impose quality circles as a structural remedy for relatively poor productivity and quality , rather than introducing them as mechanisms for mobilizing employee commitment to company goals . |
| 13 | Analysts , however , have taken the concept of ‘ literal meaning ’ as a ‘ neutral ’ and ‘ universal ’ tool of study rather than treating it as an object of study in itself , as a part of the ‘ social construction of reality ’ which they are trying to describe and to explain . |
| 14 | In each case the intention will be to emphasize the artefact 's constitutive character , rather than treating it as a mere reflection of social relations , that is a ‘ human mirror ’ . |
| 15 | One solution to this problem would be to assign a length to a probe , rather than treating it as a point , so that short probes could be contained within longer ones . |
| 16 | They felt that the press laid too great an emphasis on the frailty of older people and situations where they were in danger , rather than showing them as active members of the community . |
| 17 | Adorno seems to offer such a ‘ sticking point ’ , and for that reason it seems worth confronting his critique rather than burying it as myth . |