Example sentences of "[n mass] rather [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manorial rents fell and in order to avoid financial ruin some lords removed the villages and common fields and turned to direct farming , often preferring to farm sheep rather than grow corn which was less profitable . |
| 2 | At crossroads the gibbets provided plump carrion for the hungry crows and ravens ; landless men turned out of their fields as the great lords changed to tending sheep rather than raising crops . |
| 3 | The hon. Gentleman should perhaps concentrate on feeding his sheep rather than intervene in the debate at this stage . |
| 4 | Last week 's Sunday Wine , the Vino de Tavola from Sainsbury 's , was at some stores selling for £2.99 rather than the advertised £2.69 . |
| 5 | The MAD games retailed at £2.99 rather than the traditional £1.99 , meaning that more time and resources could be poured into the production , resulting in higher standards and improved gameplay . |
| 6 | During the second half of the century , moreover , there was a tendency in several States to house soldiers in purpose-built barracks rather than , as hitherto , to quarter them mainly in the houses of civilians ; by 1775 , 200,000 French soldiers were living in barracks . |
| 7 | He asserted that the spread of home and shares ownership was causing an enterprise culture to take root in which more indigenous companies will spring up , creating the opportunity for Scotland to become a headquarters rather than a branch economy . |
| 8 | In a keynote speech on the economy , the Scottish Secretary will set out his desire to see Scotland develop into a headquarters rather than a branch economy . |
| 9 | Similarly , the addition of a base station is now to cost £69 rather than the £85 charged previously . |
| 10 | By now , having experienced the sensation of flying , he felt that his future was in flying the aircraft rather than servicing them on the ground ; in April 1934 he was finally accepted for pilot training . |
| 11 | On Jan. 30 the government also announced that it was sending to Israel eight launchers for Patriot missiles ( equipped to deter aircraft rather than Scud missiles ) , eight " sniffer " vehicles for chemical warfare detection , 50 similar vehicles from the former East German army and a commitment to provide two submarines subject to approval by the relevant parliamentary committees . |
| 12 | Iraqi forces were debarred from using military aircraft , although it subsequently emerged that this had only been made explicit with regard to fixed-wing aircraft rather than helicopters . |
| 13 | Comparisons can be made and standards judged on quantitive data rather than on subjective opinion . |
| 14 | We are also developing a technique which allows us to identify individuals , their sex and age , from dung , and this will be invaluable in conserving rare and secretive animals , such as the Javan rhino , using real data rather than the statistical guessing used at present . |
| 15 | In fact , since social dialectology is an exploratory science , many important patterns of variation are adequately demonstrated by exploratory statistical techniques , which are designed to reveal patterns in the data rather than test for significance ( Tukey , 1977 ; Diaconis , 1985 ) . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , there are rumours that the single or dual-processor Cobra , currently pegged at under $100,000 rather than the previously estimated $200,000 ( UX No 374 ) , may not ever make it out the door because of overlap problems . |
| 17 | Remark We talk of a gcd rather than the gcd of a and b since 1.4.1 says nothing about uniqueness ( nor even about existence ! ) . |
| 18 | Sommer and Zeger have estimated that if full compliance had been achieved in the Aceh study the reduction in mortality in months 4 to 12 would have been 72% rather than the 41% given by the intention to treat analysis . |
| 19 | But according to one retailer who thinks that the mail-order operation needs a lot of work to modernise and improve it : ‘ It represents cannon rather than rifle shot — it is old fashioned and they do not target customers properly . ’ |
| 20 | He said ‘ I think I 'm fairly lovable ’ — with a face as cold and unlovable as if he were dissecting a fish rather than trying to reach his fellow human beings . |
| 21 | So even if you ca n't see yourself cutting out the pleasures of meat entirely , steer toward poultry and fish rather than steak , lamb and pork , increase your intake of wholegrain cereal foods — such as wholemeal bread , brown rice and pasta — as well as potatoes and pulses , and cut way down on foods which are high in animal fat and/or sugar . |
| 22 | Usually I spend money on fish rather than on equipment , as I could never afford all the trimmings for 20-plus tanks ! |
| 23 | In the end I contacted my good friend Tom Poulton of the Tropical Marine Centre , Exeter , on the basis that I am at least a customer of his , albeit mainly for fish rather than equipment . |
| 24 | The scales suggest the scales of a fish rather than armour ; was the priest perhaps a priest of Poteidan ? |
| 25 | I do n't want to put a damper on your ambitions , but this species is very difficult to sex , and it may be more accurate to say you have two fish rather than a pair . |
| 26 | A few bats in this group catch fish rather than insects , and use this technique to sweep the water . |
| 27 | I just preferred to think of dead fish rather than Syl . |
| 28 | The significance of internal structures had already been accepted in some cases ( otherwise whales and dolphins would be classified as fish rather than as mammals ) , but Cuvier made this central to the classification of the whole animal kingdom . |
| 29 | It is further agreed that the approach adopted by the court of appeal in the case of and incorporate of nineteen eighty nine , one queens bench page eight hundred and seventy eight , is that which I should adopt , er the person which seeks to persuade me that the percentage which I should apply should be four point five percent rather than the two percent used in that case by the court of appeal , he argues partly on the basis of er , evidence by Mr an architect who er , with the greatest respect to him , whilst I feel quite sure his architectural abilities are of the highest quality , I feel that as an economist he is perhaps er not more reliable than any other economist , er but er , Mr argues that er , recent falls in house prices show that houses are not the risk free inflation proof investments which the court of appeal assumed when and was decided . |
| 30 | You 're free to you know the seventy five percent rather than saying I 've got thirty four or something like that . |