Example sentences of "rather [conj] any [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , apart from that connection the British Fascisti reflected Rotha Lintorn Orman 's own experience of the Girl Guides , public service and a military background rather than any emulation of continental examples or ideologies . |
| 2 | Hyndman drew the pessimistic conclusion that it was British power , rather than any kind of pacifism , which held the key to peace . |
| 3 | I wanted my understanding of business to be entirely different , based firmly on analysis and deduction rather than any kind of weird visual intuition . |
| 4 | There are many ways of seeing the same picture and what follows is offered as a useful framework rather than any kind of definitive blueprint . |
| 5 | We are told that he could pray in both Frankish and Latin , which was of course the official church language , although this reflects his facility with languages in general rather than any excess of devotion . |
| 6 | He challenges the notion that local government is anything more than local administration , whose claim to be government is merely another reflection of the high self-regard in which officials hold themselves rather than any expression of locally based decision-making . |
| 7 | I did not learn much about remedial therapists but this may reflect the state of knowledge rather than any criticism of the author . |
| 8 | This creates problems for the neighbourhood police when events in the area force other sections of the force to adopt the more aggressive and repressive mode of public order policing , and the success the neighbourhood men have in overcoming communal suspicion depends almost entirely on wider social and political circumstances rather than any feature of their own conduct . |
| 9 | This unexpected success was more to do with the low turn-out of bondholders at the meeting rather than any change of attitude . |
| 10 | Harriet knew , of course , that she would never cease to care for Liza , but from then on it was much more a question of duty rather than any labour of love . |
| 11 | You suspect , though , that featuring male witches is a reaction to economic demands rather than any sort of radical reinterpretation in this , the Redgrave 's first Shakespeare in many years . |
| 12 | ‘ There is no doubt of a recovery , but we are more likely to see a gentle climb rather than any sort of a boom , ’ he said . |