Example sentences of "or [adj] rather [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Overall , it seems fair to conclude that the right hemisphere does possess some word processing capacity , probably more so for the written than for the spoken word , for concrete or early-learned rather than abstract or later-learned words and for receptive rather than executive aspects of language . |
| 2 | This integration was largely affective , for the most part forging psychological or emotional rather than material bonds . |
| 3 | Melismas tend to be expressive or symbolic rather than purely ornamental . |
| 4 | Only America , more inclined than Europe to judge things in black or white rather than tones of grey , and still embarrassed by its bizarre secret opening to Iran during Mr Reagan 's presidency , remains cool . |
| 5 | Note that for a given level of income , the transactions demand for money would rise if more households were paid fortnightly or monthly rather than weekly . |
| 6 | This view is based on the weight which attaches to the processes by which decisions are reached as well as to the content of the decisions made , that is to process or procedural rather than end-state principles . |
| 7 | In addition , his protective tattoos now confer a saving throw of 5 or 6 rather than a 6 . |
| 8 | If a Savage Orc shaman joins a Mob of Savage Orcs ( Boyz or Boar Boyz ) then the Boyz ’ protective tattoos give them a saving throw of a 5 or 6 rather than 6 . |
| 9 | You are to make yourself the master of a particular sub-topic or sub-sub-topic rather than prepare for the year 's examination in the whole subject . |
| 10 | Puzzled that you think she 's hungry or thirsty rather than angry |
| 11 | However their interpretation has been criticized on several counts which show that ‘ the family-firm analogy is misleading and generally overworked ; its character is usually symbolic or ideological rather than descriptive ’ ( Fruin 1980 p.432 ) . |