Example sentences of "rather [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the purpose of the article was not to provide a step by step guide to the workings of PCA ( see reference 1 ) , but rather to stimulate interest in the application of the technique . |
| 2 | We 'd rather make money . ’ |
| 3 | In fact I rather hate paint and I seem to be constantly at war with it . |
| 4 | The issue of socio-economic inequalities in relation to benefit from retirement pensions is not so much one of differences in entitlement but rather involves class differences in survival to old age and in the length of time for which a pension is drawn . |
| 5 | Of course , he is rather enjoying flying again . |
| 6 | USL , or rather OSF founder Siemens Nixdorf Informationssystemes AG , which did the port , is using OSF 's DCE 1.0.1 for both the early access code and the OEM kits scheduled to become generally available in January . |
| 7 | He 'd rather shave shop windows clean |
| 8 | James 's book rather rewrites history when he says that he wanted Niki to think he 'd been psyched out . |
| 9 | His advice to the group , therefore , is not to spin off Baby Blues to focus on specific product areas , but rather to split business into small and large accounts . |
| 10 | Firstly , that if he could do so , he would rather bring joy than pain . |
| 11 | The Chancellor of the Exchequer was a little more friendly since he ‘ would rather give money for Education than throw it down the sink with Sir William Beveridge ’ . |
| 12 | The organiser , too , is a woman … though she 'd rather give pride of place at the air display to another female — Sally B , a B-17 bomber , star of the film Memphis Belle . |
| 13 | ‘ But if you 'd rather do this- ’ |
| 14 | I do n't like football any more , I 'd rather do maths . |
| 15 | In particular , the international projection of nationally-headquartered firms ' corporate identity is a vexed issue : Siegel & Gale 's new survey of 50 leading Hungarian companies , for example , found that if all of them believed that a company 's image was important to building sales , most would also rather do business with German 's sharply-etched Volkswagen that with fuzzy French concerns . |
| 16 | ‘ I should rather keep company with Mrs Frere . |
| 17 | ‘ People generally would rather spend money on clothes because they feel they are noticed first . |
| 18 | I 'd rather spend money doing that before they go out than send them out and the bloody things to have to come back again . |
| 19 | I love shopping for excellent ingredients and would rather spend time on this than anything else . |
| 20 | Then Mr Neal read from Romans 12 : ‘ Avenge not yourselves , but rather give place unto wrath … vengeance is mine : I will repay saith the Lord ’ . |
| 21 | It does not affect the chemical composition of the water , but rather affects water condition ( typically by a magnetic field ) so that the magnesium and calcium ions are no longer precipitated . |
| 22 | And I 'd rather use newspaper now rather than use use erm |
| 23 | I 'd rather use contraception , then know that I 'm going to become pregnant . |
| 24 | We ca n't stop the change , I 'd rather become part of it . |
| 25 | ‘ I rather like mothering you . |
| 26 | Nick things that men who really love making love with women would rather grind flesh against flesh than fiddle about with straps and elastic . |
| 27 | ‘ That seems to me rather to reinforce suspicion that Amy killed Hereward , ’ Laura said . |
| 28 | These artists clearly stand close to the Pioneers and are attempting to adapt black-figure to the new movement , with some success : crowded compositions , figures overlapping each other or the borders or cut off by them , vigorous drawing with rather slap dash incision ; but the elaborate fore shortenings and musculature are not much attempted and do not come off very well . |
| 29 | If this is correct then there are important implications for people who are ‘ near the borderline ’ , if it is decided not to change the clocks between the summer and winter , but rather to retain Daylight Saving Time throughout the year . |
| 30 | Many pupils who had left a schoolbook behind would rather risk punishment than walk through the dark room with the animals smiling as they watched you hunt for your things . |