Example sentences of "than be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She can use the enchantment , rather than be overcome by it , because a critical , rational , intelligent , witty part of herself retains its distance . |
| 2 | But rather than be diverted by the red herring of whether or not such a category should exist or by the tricky question of how love should be expressed outwith marriage , let us not look for the borderline . |
| 3 | Resources may be organised to support the family as a whole , rather than be geared to the needs of the individual . |
| 4 | She would rather be slobbered over by the randiest male than be touched in that way by her own sex . |
| 5 | The rule 's important , but it should come from a need of the child rather than be imposed at some arbitrary time when the teacher thinks that all the children are ready for that rule . |
| 6 | Paul Newman and Robert Redford might now be right for the roles of a pair of outlaws on their last legs who flee to Bolivia to find that civilisation and its increased firepower are after them there as well , but in 1968 they were more an emblem of defiant youth and , rather than be riddled with bullets , they go out with a freeze-to-sepia and some plunky Burt Bacharach music . |
| 7 | Finally , independent single-employer ( rather than association ) bargaining meant that US firms could still continue to deal with their own employees — even if they were now organised into trade unions — rather than be faced with an external trade union body against which they had fought for so long ( Sisson , 1984 ) . |
| 8 | The concept of ‘ manliness , of course was derived from public-school culture , which also inspired Smith to bind ‘ the boys together and create an esprit de corps that would make them proud of their company , jealous of its honour , ashamed to do anything to disgrace it , and prepared to make any sacrifice rather than be dismissed from it ’ . |
| 9 | Issues relating to the counsellor 's own personal and family life will need to have been processed thoroughly because counselling other people has to be impartial ( rather than be affected by issues in the counsellor 's own personal life ) and because the counsellor himself or herself may become unsettled when an issued being discussed with a sufferer may be too close for comfort to the counsellor 's personal experience . |
| 10 | The improvements would enabled users of the system to place orders whenever they wished rather than be bound by the 24-hour batched system currently in operation . |
| 11 | If the project appraisal is flawed , or if the project only marginally exceeds the minimum rate of return specified by the organization , it is better that it should fail at the approval stage than be implemented with the risk of subsequent failure . |
| 12 | ‘ I think that any down-side would more than be offset by the increased simplicity which single pricing would bring the client , allowing him or her to see exactly what they are getting . ’ |
| 13 | Also , I believe most students prefer to be introduced to new ideas which they can explore for themselves with a sense of adventure , rather than be led on a Cook 's Tour with every fact and statistic recited . |
| 14 | Within a moment of her arrival St Ives put on the rimless spectacles he detested , though usually he preferred to squint blindly down at the book rather than be seen in them . |
| 15 | Pressure-group activity , therefore , tended to occur on an ad hoc issue basis rather than be based on a system of permanently structured relationships . |
| 16 | The Party had adopted the principle of complete control over its Parliamentary spokesmen , but the stage had been reached where the MPs were prepared to re-enter the Labour Party rather than be instructed on their actions . |
| 17 | The minimal structural nature of these ‘ welfare states ’ can be seen to have arisen out of their regime 's policies rather than be created by them . |
| 18 | Cosio , 62 , had on April 30 taken a 12-month " leave of absence " , one of Mexico 's unwritten political courtesies allowing a public official to leave office voluntarily rather than be removed by presidential decree or through legal action . |
| 19 | If we lose our grip on this , if it gets away from us , we 'll be very unhappy , very embarrassed , and very much in debt to all sorts of people we prefer to control rather than be controlled by . |
| 20 | In that case , the electorate might well prefer to be Red and live to fight another day rather than be consigned to a nuclear crematorium . |
| 21 | Benny swallowed the barley sugar rather than be accused of eating sweets in the public view , and let herself in the back . |
| 22 | And her dislike of the insincere ran so deep that she would rather publicly disclaim all grief for her dead husband than be accused of insincerity . |
| 23 | But rather than be accused of overstating my case , I will leave the figure at somewhere between 550 and 1,000 . |
| 24 | Gabriel fixed his gaze on the cloud pageants overhead or on Adam or on Lucifer or on God , rather than be distracted by the restless crowd . |
| 25 | On the strength of a prayer from a loving soul , she would suggest an unfortunate soul be reborn and given a chance to reform , rather than be doomed to purgatory . |
| 26 | Household waste should be incinerated to generate electricity and provide heat , rather than be dumped in landfill sites , argues a report by Britain 's Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution . |
| 27 | In contrast , the concept of education has normative overtones and we think of the processes of education as being of value apart from its instrumental use , that is education is seen as being concerned with the development of autonomous individuals who are able to adapt and influence their circumstances rather than be constrained by specific roles ( Stephens 1988 ) . |
| 28 | While Jim Wells was in Castlewellan for the banned parade in June 1985 , he preferred to negotiate with the RUC rather than be arrested like Foster and Graham or , like Smyth , lie down in front of a Landrover . |
| 29 | This is something that must be discussed with the client rather than be dealt with in correspondence . |
| 30 | She is involved in the production of videos to help families reflect on the impact of television on family life , and how to manage TV rather than be managed by it . |