Example sentences of "rather [conj] after " in BNC.
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| 1 | But second , enough of an overwhelming victory for the incumbent leader to rule out what has always been the more credible avenue through which change might occur : her own apprehension , reaching her by whatever means , that perhaps the time has come to quit — before the election rather than after it . |
| 2 | The boy 's mother was from the Landes region , and Grégoire took after her rather than after Jean-Paul : he was very thin , very tanned , with a narrow solemn face , and thick black hair . |
| 3 | The family move to Brunswick Place , near the junction of City Road and Old Street , took place in 1879 — but just before , rather than after , the death of William 's father Benjamin . |
| 4 | Of the three , that showing John Tradescant is the finest , for neither corpse in the other two paintings is shown in shrouds , both women having been painted as if at the moment of death rather than after the laying-out . |
| 5 | However , in studies of children who have been adopted , the adopted children take after the weight characteristics of their biological parents , rather than after their adopted parents . |