Example sentences of "of [pron] rather than " in BNC.
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| 1 | They seem to want to get a snap of me rather than you at the moment , ’ and she said , ‘ Oh , I 've had my innings and it 's been a good innings . ’ |
| 2 | The temptation to park on top of them rather than beside them was overwhelming , but then jacked-up pick-ups do that to you . |
| 3 | Having said all that , you should keep your hands and nails in good condition for yourself and be proud of them rather than try to hide them away from view . |
| 4 | Some sociologists claim that an individual 's class position is largely achieved ; it results from their personal qualities and abilities and the use they make of them rather than ascribed characteristics such as the status of their parents or the colour of their skin . |
| 5 | It might be easier if we all presented a resume of ourselves rather than waited for the questions ! |
| 6 | Enterprising boatbuilders would build it in the hull and superstructures of their rather than tack things on as at present . |
| 7 | The decisions thrust upon you in November , though difficult , will prove the making of you rather than the breaking . |
| 8 | In spite of being an experimental novelist himself , Charles Newman has recently levelled a fierce attack on postmodernism which he argues ‘ has come to rely upon its own linguistic awareness of itself rather than plot or character development , to provide its own momentum ’ ( Newman 1985 : 98 ) . |
| 9 | While for analytical ( and polemical ) purposes these ideal types serve a useful purpose , it is arguable that states and processes are so conceptually and practically interdependent as to make naive any description or explanation of education exclusively in terms of one rather than the other . |
| 10 | The final list of goals for food change is obviously rather different from all the others because the aim is to increase consumption of something rather than decrease it . |
| 11 | But she said that almost as if it were expected of her rather than with conviction — and the family knew it . |
| 12 | With an odd feeling that he was asking because it was expected of him rather than out of genuine interest , she replied somewhat stiltedly , ‘ Once I 've a clear picture of the items to be displayed , and which room they 're to go in , I can begin the first rough draft for the catalogue . ’ |
| 13 | Erm and again I put erm things about putting details in the post although you , although you did try and overcome that one erm but you , you just could n't , you could n't get Steven to realize the benefit of you actually going round with the illustrations rather than you just sending it and you needed to get , to get the appointment out of him rather than because if he got the illustrations in the post he may never read them . |
| 14 | At other places people have often sought to reduce casualties by carrying the toads across the road and putting them into the breeding pond , but as often as not the toads they put into the pond were moving out of it rather than in , so the toads have to run the gauntlet of the road a second time . |
| 15 | It can be argued , to the contrary , that the more the courts are opened up to arguments based about the interests of the public or of significant sections of it rather than of particular individuals , the more likely are the judges to be drawn into political battles which ought to be resolved in the political arena and not in courts . |
| 16 | But maybe you can educate people out of it rather than ban ? |
| 17 | Erm that way you 'll have an understanding of it rather than just saying , Well this bit is always . |
| 18 | Ensure they speak well of us rather than denigrate us to their friends . |
| 19 | ‘ So , ’ Luke 's voice overrode her own , ‘ I 'm sure I need n't tell you that the evening has a better chance of success with four of us rather than three . ’ |