Example sentences of "[verb] rather [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either it is an instance of a proof by reductio ad absurdum , in which we assume something true in order to prove it false ; or it is a way of exposing a paradox within the concept of knowledge , for the sceptic can surely insist that if a central concept such as that of knowledge can be used to take us validly from true premises to a false or impossible conclusion , something is wrong with the concept ; there is probably some internal tension which should be exposed rather than swept under the carpet . |
| 2 | Old age becomes something to be dreaded and endured rather than enjoyed by the individual . |
| 3 | The Maccabees fought rather than acquiesce in the placing of a statue of Zeus in the Temple . |
| 4 | And those who take part in groups have to show a parallel commitment to working within the spirit of the process ; putting as much energy into listening as in talking , staying on task , collaborating rather than competing in the pursuit of common objectives . |
| 5 | But he says he 'll go to court rather than pay for the round which works out at £17.50 a measure . |
| 6 | The proportion of responders achieving independence from parents rose with age and suggests that independence is delayed rather than prevented by the presence of cystic fibrosis . |
| 7 | The prospective councillors will number two dozen ( rather than the sparse but active dozen originally sought ) ; there will continue to be a rather odd balance of journalists and lay members , selected rather than nominated by a quangoid committee . |
| 8 | The prospective councillors will number two dozen ( rather than the sparse but active dozen originally sought ) ; there will continue to be a rather odd balance of journalists and lay members , selected rather than nominated by a quangoid committee . |
| 9 | Canny Ulster investors showed their preference for saving rather than spending during the recession , putting £204m into the societies ' coffers last year , compared to £175m in 1991 and just £61m in 1990 . |
| 10 | In other words , the traditional division of unpaid labour in the home is being upheld rather than changed by the new scheme . |
| 11 | But he 'd stood up well to that first interview , hindered rather than helped by the presence of his solicitor , who had never seen his client before and had made it painfully apparent that he would prefer never to see him again . |
| 12 | My presumption is that there is a suggestion that development would be facilitated rather than hindered by the removal of the greenbelt protection . |
| 13 | All right then — ’ he edged closer so that he was whispering rather than shouting over the juke-box ‘ — here 's the nastiest rumour I 've ever heard about Steenie — really nasty rumour . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's a chance to play rather than sit on the replacements bench and I 'm always glad of that , ’ said Davies . |
| 15 | Pregnant women whose babies are overdue may be better off being induced rather than waiting for a spontaneous birth . |
| 16 | The oppression of Black communities which justifies policy intervention but barely touches on policy implementation may be mirrored rather than challenged in the nebulous realm of academic research . |
| 17 | Where productivity is higher the carpet thickens and becomes peaty ; Allen and Heal ( 1970 ) reported moss peat up to 2 m thick , overlying rather than mixing with the mineral soil beneath . |
| 18 | First , they have argued that the gradual increase in peasant investment and in levels of consumption both of food and consumer goods in the countryside suggests that , abjectly poor though many were , on average peasant living standards may have been rising rather than falling in the decades immediately prior to the revolution of 1905 . |
| 19 | Athletes are summoned rather than invited by the promoter Andreas Bruger to perform under the blazing floodlights , and there is rarely a refusal . |
| 20 | This is partly because as a harder metal it makes a more secure setting for valuable stones and partly that being a white metal it reflects rather than competes with the brilliance and lustre of diamonds . |
| 21 | Acknowledge people when you arrive rather than slinking into a corner . |
| 22 | There was a time , let it ever be remembered , only about 400 years ago , when our fathers were ruled over and tyrannised and when men like Calvin , Knox , Cranmer , Ridley and Latimer broke rather than bend for the Gospel and liberty . |
| 23 | As ambassador he tried , without overwhelming success , to convince radical Iranian students the at they should support rather than demonstrate against the Shah . |
| 24 | The other school believes that the traditional skills of the paste-up artist should be retained rather than sacrificed on the altar of automation . |
| 25 | It has also concentrated on recording policy making rather than dealing with the voluminous series of ‘ particular instance papers ’ ( pension records , social benefit files , medical disability records , etc ) which form the basis of much quantitative social science research . |
| 26 | Indeed , the controversy raised in the fourteenth century over the authenticity of the Shroud has been revived rather than settled by the radiocarbon date . |
| 27 | Repeated applications add to the costs but , unlike broad-spectrum insecticides , pheromones are more likely to complement rather than interfere with the biological control of the pests . |
| 28 | WITH increasing signs that people are preparing to spend rather than save in the run-up to the election , consumer confidence is at its highest level since July 1990 , according to a report from Business Strategies , the economic consultancy , and Gallup , the polling organisation , yesterday . |
| 29 | It is constructed rather than discovered by the historian . |
| 30 | With or without the complicity of the government statutory services are performing a very limited role , However , we must not underestimate the potential role of services as it seems highly likely that propensity of the informal sector is enhanced rather than diminished by the support of statutory agencies . |