Example sentences of "rather [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I thought it was better going to drama school direct rather than via a university and if you 're going to act I think that 's the way . |
| 32 | Now I think that 's the right way to get to know the kind of talent there is , rather than a straight knock-down audition . |
| 33 | We 've plunged in with the practical details rather than training itself . |
| 34 | Acting can be both pleasure and torture — but it is not fun and people are sometimes more concerned with the image of being an actor ‘ at work ’ rather than just working . |
| 35 | Rather than act dangerously . |
| 36 | Well , the majority have begun on TV rather than weekly rep — resulting in a gain in ‘ reality ’ and a loss in audibility . |
| 37 | This is partly because of the structure of catholic nationalism in the Southern state and partly because the national unity sought by significant numbers of Northern catholic nationalists is still on the basis of the reversal of protestant — loyalist hegemony rather than a power compromise . |
| 38 | But that is what the arrangement was : an alliance rather than a consolidated interest or a genuinely shared culture . |
| 39 | But the British government was still involved in the reproduction of antagonisms in the Ulster statelet , rather than passively accepting the perpetuation of inequalities and discrimination against the catholic — nationalist minority . |
| 40 | Both sides are based on capitalist activity and both governments have followed modernization rather than self-development strategies since the 1960s More particularly , despite some continuing differentiation in industrial specialisms , such as the declining presence of heavy engineering in Ulster , the types of industrial activity are increasingly similar as are the economic and unemployment problems , population growth , and productivity , with the probability of higher deficits in the North ( FitzGerald 1972 : 63–85 ; New Ireland Forum 1983–4 : ii . |
| 41 | The belief is still popular that such a race exists , rather than there merely being a cultural group based on nationalist , republican , and catholic religious sentiment . |
| 42 | Rather than such force being seen as a prerogative of the state , it is seen by many in the alliance to inhere in the people of Ulster who over and over again need to assert their autonomous rights . |
| 43 | But it is the theory of democracy as the right of the majority to rule which is seen as central , rather than democracy as the preservation of minority rights . |
| 44 | An important component of this religious renewal was its individualistic orientation ; it was the individual rather than the group or its activity in the world which was the subject of this religious activity . |
| 45 | Rules are enforced rather than principles declared . |
| 46 | Ministers , both presbyterian and Church of Ireland , suffer similar pressures in many other local communities , except that they often stay silent rather than risk conflict , personal hardship , or violence . |
| 47 | The general data presented by Cox are undeniable , but interpretation of the data rests on certain assumptions , principally that people act on an individualistic basis rather than as groups , and according to attitudes expressed in the quiet of their homes rather than in response to major events . |
| 48 | The general data presented by Cox are undeniable , but interpretation of the data rests on certain assumptions , principally that people act on an individualistic basis rather than as groups , and according to attitudes expressed in the quiet of their homes rather than in response to major events . |
| 49 | The birth of sociologie religieuse and the initial contributions of catholic institutions both in Europe and the USA to the founding of departments of sociology are rooted here rather than in the work of the founding fathers of the discipline , though clearly there are links between de Bonald , Maistre , and Durkheim on the nature of social solidarity and the concept of society , and authoritative Roman catholic social theorists . |
| 50 | Caught between the preaching of the Roman catholic clergy and appeals from protestants and liberal Roman catholics — including Dr FitzGerald — not to constitutionalize the issue , it would appear that many voters simply stayed away rather than vote against the proposal . |
| 51 | It was argued that the pattern in other countries was that laws permitting divorce followed social trends in the numbers of marriage breakdowns rather than vice versa and that the fears of societal breakdown promoted by opponents in Ireland were unfounded in fact . |
| 52 | It is interesting to note that the debate centred on the concrete social consequences of divorce legislation rather than on its intrinsic morality . |
| 53 | It proved to be a period of strained relations with the English liberals , who were allies of the Irish party , but who were also in favour of bringing schooling more and more under state rather than church control ( Miller 1973 : 81–7 , 120–38 , 268–92 ) . |
| 54 | This prescriptive approach has been repeated as recently as October 1988 , when the director of the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools in Northern Ireland said that people who sent their children to integrated schools rather than catholic ones were breaking the law of the church . |
| 55 | Goldberg I had known it would attack , he wrote , and sooner rather than later , the soil was ripe for the sprouting of concern , refugees , famine , the bomb , you only had to look at him , sentiment inevitable , despite my efforts , despite my scorn . |
| 56 | We have also followed his preparations for the world title bout with Karpov , some of us , it must be confessed , with a certain amount of incredulity , since , however much these world championship matches are now dependent on stamina rather than brilliance , it has struck more than a few people that a chess player is not a footballer , in particular a fifty-year-old self-exiled Russian Grandmaster is not a footballer , and that to think that by training like one he will become as fit is not only an illusion , it is a dangerous illusion . |
| 57 | If you want to take home brewing to a more advanced stage , which entails mashing and boiling with malt and hops rather than extracts , you should buy ‘ The Big Book of Brewing ’ by Dave Line or ‘ Brewing Better Beers ’ by Ken Shales . |
| 58 | In this respect it supplements , rather than replaces , publications of the past such as the 1983 SAVE/CAMRA report and detailed regional studies such as Claire Hunt 's of 1988 . |
| 59 | History , indeed , tends to show that public intervention can have the effect of reinforcing rather than curbing market excesses . |
| 60 | The 19th century witnessed the evolution of public and saloon bars ; the introduction of bar , or counter , rather than waiter , service ; and the legal licensing of premises , all of which had profound effects on pub design . |