Example sentences of "people rather [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We study peoples rather than people . |
| 2 | The sources of ‘ surveillance ’ information , in practice , are mainly people rather than documentary sources or external data banks . |
| 3 | In any case , her main ideological inspiration , like that of Lloyd George , came from people rather than from books . |
| 4 | Laurie had a passion and a warmth for people rather than the state . |
| 5 | The Jerusalem , or Early Church model , began to predominate , and this meant being with people rather than apart from them . |
| 6 | Community and mission belong together and both mean being with people rather than apart from them . |
| 7 | With the Rule of St Benedict ( c. 550 ) , supremely , the monastic community was launched on the road of catering for ordinary people rather than a spiritual élite . |
| 8 | Zuwaya spoke of free people rather than of freedom . |
| 9 | That the poem is about the people rather than the prospect is seen in the following passage : |
| 10 | Like you , I used to be overcome with shyness and would hover outside a roomful of people rather than go in and meet them . |
| 11 | In fact , it is better for both of you if the patient is looked after by several people rather than yourself alone , even if you are not at work and could be with him all day every day . |
| 12 | Despite government rhetoric , the impact of such measures on people rather than places — as several authors in this volume show — has been marginal . |
| 13 | I applied the same methods here , watching people rather than talking to them , and I learnt many new things about the way humans interact . |
| 14 | For a change the paddlers are ordinary people rather than white water whiz-kids and the difficulty generally does not go above grade 3 . |
| 15 | Western intensive farming methods have brought untold problems to developing countries that should be growing crops of millet , sorghum and vegetables to feed their own people rather than exporting cotton , rice and maize to the Western world . |
| 16 | The players then go round these people rather than simply the few chairs . |
| 17 | For instance , after that dreadful murder on Wimbledon Common , we did n't say to women that they should n't go there but that they should stick to main paths , with other people rather than alone . ’ |
| 18 | Increasingly , experts are seeing computer crime as a people rather than a technical problem . |
| 19 | However , several authors have suggested that such an approach ignores the facts that people commit fraud , not computers , and that computer security is therefore about controlling people rather than machines . |
| 20 | All the rhetoric about redoubling efforts to fulfil the plan or striding confidently towards the future in imitation of the Great Leader was intended in practice to pacify the people rather than to stimulate them . |
| 21 | The directorate of a company has a responsibility to those with whom they deal as people rather than just as instruments of profit . |
| 22 | These approaches have a preoccupation with the activities of ordinary people rather than with important figures and are concerned with providing an alternative perspective on our past . |
| 23 | The solutions focused upon changing young people rather than changing the situation they were in . |
| 24 | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp has had second thoughts about its planned workforce cuts and realises that as it intends to hire 10,000 new graduates over the period to 1997 , it will have to get rid of 43,000 people rather than the 33,000 it announced earlier to meet its target of 200,000 by 1997 . |
| 25 | That is , why is it that some people rather than others who experience the type of disparity described above become committed to a movement for moral reform ? |
| 26 | There are many other characteristics of bad organizations , ones in fact which are designed to switch off their people rather than to switch them on . |
| 27 | The book shows that heightened social awareness , reliance on people rather than technology , and belief in self rather than ‘ experts ’ or ‘ professionals ’ can enable people to take their own decisions about matters which affect their daily lives . |
| 28 | Close cooperation between Christian and Muslim leaders is essential for national unity , and both faith groups are challenged to do all they can to ensure that belief in one creation and one God is a force that unites people rather than dividing them . |
| 29 | Close cooperation between Christian and Muslim leaders is essential for national unity , and both faith groups are challenged to do all they can to ensure that belief in one creation and one God is a force that unites people rather than dividing them . |
| 30 | The Japanese interpreted their responsibilities seriously but , as in other colonial empires , stressed the obligations of the people rather than their rights . |