Example sentences of "rather [subord] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The difficulty here in handling the ( a ) variable following Labov 's model ( which assumes an underlying structural identity ) is that the ( a ) systems in RP and in Scottish English are embedded in structurally different phonologies ; as a consequence the range of realizations in Glasgow does not correspond in any simple way to the range in RP , where there is a distinction at the phonemic level between front and back / a / rather than at the subphonemic level as in Glasgow . |
| 32 | You begin at the centre or main idea ( rather than at the top ) and branch out as dictated by the individual ideas and general form of the central theme . |
| 33 | Where they tended to go wrong was at the micro rather than at the macro level : a mishandling of the relationship between parts rather than the parts themselves . |
| 34 | The legislation is aimed principally at those who present or direct plays rather than at the person who actually performs them ; the latter commits an offence only if without reasonable excuse he performs otherwise than in accordance with the director 's instructions . |
| 35 | On an acquisition level , it means only looking at the assets , market valuation and cash-flow rather than at the nature of the business . |
| 36 | It should be stressed that the boundaries of one scientific discipline very often overlap those of another and advances are made at these boundaries rather than at the centre . |
| 37 | How much does society lose by producing at the free market equilibrium point E rather than at the socially efficient point E ' ; ? |
| 38 | The differences between male and female connotations are really located at the level of semantics ( that is the level of meaning ) rather than at the level of syntax . |
| 39 | This is not to deny that plan-making is a very valuable function of our local authorities ; it is rather to point out that the existing powers to implement their plans are restricted by the price that the market puts on some land , and by the fact that the planners ' resource is in the hands of private owners rather than at the disposal of the community . |
| 40 | Similarly , the halt and lame , vividly portrayed in Les invalides in book 2 of the same collection ( 1716–17 ) , are surely destined to proceed slowly rather than at the ‘ fast triple time ’ suggested by Geoffrey Chew in the article ‘ Notation ’ ( 111 , 4 ) in New Grove , where the opening bars of this piece are reproduced in facsimile ( xiii , p.376 ) . |
| 41 | We have , then , arrived at the beginning rather than at the end of a story . |
| 42 | If , for example , the landlord has the right to break at the expiry of the twelfth year of the term , rather than at the expiry of the fourteenth year of the term , the tenant 's right to compensation on quitting may be halved . |
| 43 | Reporting back to the investors on a regular basis rather than at the end of the process is likely to be advantageous to the investors , and is essential in larger transactions as interim action may be required as a result of the investigation process . |
| 44 | This will reduce Target 's profits that are subject to corporation tax to £100 , providing Target with an economic benefit of £33 ( assuming that it pays corporation tax at the full rate rather than at the small company 's rate under s13 ) . |
| 45 | ( 8 ) A cash offer which falls for acceptance near the end of a fiscal year rather than at the beginning of the next fiscal year will not be particularly popular with accepting shareholders as it will make a significant difference to the payment date for capital gains tax ( see para 23.2.1.1 below ) . |
| 46 | A cash offer which falls for acceptance near the end of a fiscal year rather than at the beginning of the next fiscal year will make a significant difference to the payment date for capital gains tax . |
| 47 | So I 've added it in the middle , rather than at the end . |
| 48 | They heard it at the beginning rather than at the end . |
| 49 | ‘ Why did your father live here rather than at the palazzo ? ’ |
| 50 | The bill , which makes it an offence to carry a knife and puts the onus on the carrier to prove he had good reason to carry the knife , will have its third reading on Friday and could now become law before summer after the Scottish Office accepted a Labour amendment that the act should come into force on the day it is passed rather than at the end of a two month period . |