Example sentences of "[vb base] rather [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But sell rather than build . |
| 2 | Waiting list initiatives have had exactly the same effect — because money was diverted to solve a politically sensitive problem , health care rationing priorities have been distorted so that in some cases cash rather than clinical need dictates who gets treated . |
| 3 | Formative evaluation ( to use the current jargon ) , is so obviously more important than summative , since you need to modify things as they develop rather than wring your hands over them when they have failed . |
| 4 | So how do you just I mean rather than do it in your head , especially in an exam , just what you 're going to do , put the Add X to both sides say . |
| 5 | I mean rather than do all the photocopying or whatever . |
| 6 | The main disadvantage of a Schedule E income tax charge is that it arises before the managers realise any cash from their shares to pay the tax , and that the benefit of indexation , which would apply were the gains to be subject to capital gains tax rather than income tax , will not be available . |
| 7 | This method also prevents selection of the incorrect morphemic roots of the word ( preached is found as a derivative of preach rather than ache ) since the selection of the correct root form can be made with certainty at development time with the aid of dictionaries . |
| 8 | Some of the tunes are noodling , familiar and limp rather than languid . |
| 9 | Her frequent denunciations of high levels of taxation and public expenditure , of big government , and of the diminution of individual freedom and choice are passionate and deeply felt ; they are expressed in attacks on the baneful , almost ‘ immoral ’ , effects of inflation and of governments which debase the currency , or borrow rather than ‘ balance ’ their income and expenditure . |
| 10 | Migraine , too , is followed by nausea and vomit rather as sin is followed by remorse . |
| 11 | They were , he said , the kind of documents you eat rather than read . |
| 12 | To some extent the private ‘ second economy ’ ( accounting for as much as 25 per cent of GNP ) circumvents the formal , official pecking order , but there as well , influence rather than money is what confers wealth . |
| 13 | However , unlike Mills they see professional groups as losing their power and influence rather than as joining the power elite . |
| 14 | Conclusions about coping responses which have a protective effect against a wide range of events are more easily obtained when the events are likely to be associated with acute anxiety and fear rather than depression ( e.g. Jaremko , 1983 ) . |
| 15 | They were less successful " where it was a question of altering the distributional restraints on their phonology ( the ( r ) -variables " — in this case , /r/-dropping rather than /r/-insertion , as required of British English speakers acquiring a North American accent . |
| 16 | The gels , the sturdy Gwendolen of Susannah Harker and Claire Skinner 's pretty ingenue Cecily did well enough , though their voices suggested current RADA-speak rather than , I imagine fin-de-siecle deb talk . |
| 17 | ‘ Now we lease rather than buy on hire purchase so we can match the payments on equipment to its lifetime and its earnings . |
| 18 | We lease rather than buy on hire purchase so we can match the payments on equipment to its lifetime and its earnings . |
| 19 | Process rather than outcome orientation . |
| 20 | Britain is full of small business people who are breathing a sigh of relief that their business rate is limited to an increase in the retail prices index rather than the 60 or 70 per cent . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , if we are ever to make new discoveries about intonation , it will be as a result of studying what people actually say rather than inventing examples of what they might say . |
| 22 | Yet would it not be better to abandon this headlong errand and sleep rather than go out once more into the drenching darkness ? |
| 23 | But they can be slow to use , and many experienced users prefer the keyboard shortcuts they provide rather than the laborious use of mouse and pull-down menus . |
| 24 | Elizabeth Lewis reviews the existing philosophical underpinnings of social group work in the USA and finds these deficient , because they constrain rather than liberate individuals . |
| 25 | Some counties take the view that the cricket they provide should take the form that their members want rather than allowing Test cricket to take precedence . |
| 26 | For best results it is advisable to find a specialist in what you want rather than one whose main business is divorces , conveyancing or racehorses . |
| 27 | People will go along with what you want rather than actively supporting you . |
| 28 | ( 2 ) Then again it is regarded as doubtful whether there really is a specific quality of pleasure , and even of pain , which covers all experiences that people either want to have or avoid , and it is thought obviously desirable that people should have experiences they want rather than those with a certain quality . |
| 29 | look at and browse and take the information that they want rather than putting what sounds to me a lot of work on some |
| 30 | Finally , be prepared to pay a little bit more to get the service that you want rather than that which seems most convenient . |