Example sentences of "rather [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , I shall not try to determine what kind of phenomenon consciousness is ; the task here is rather to see whether the machine analogy can give us a way of talking about it , whatever it is . |
| 2 | Sara had told her to go to bed , or rather to go and look at the TV programme she wanted to watch . |
| 3 | This , however , is hardly the case , for it rather involves if anything a more active critique of the Eurocentric premises of Western knowledge . |
| 4 | But one rather doubts if they will be . |
| 5 | Over the last few months he had become rather withdrawn and mistrustful ; a subdued version of his former self . |
| 6 | She did n't talk much about her mother , who was rather withdrawn and authoritarian and spent most of her time playing bridge or playing the piano . |
| 7 | Dan Rather asked if Hussein would withdraw from Kuwait . |
| 8 | Well , you 'd better come in , unless you 'd rather wait until I 'm dressed ? ’ |
| 9 | There are so many versions of it already , and now does n't seem the right time to do it — I think I would rather wait until I was more established , and have something different to say about it . ’ |
| 10 | You know , I 'd rather wait until you know till |
| 11 | I think I could probably send a return on Tuesday erm but I 'd rather wait because if I can send stuff properly done rather than you know done to the latest or or the the pre-latest system then I will . |
| 12 | I do not know the answer , but I do know that I 'd rather win or lose . |
| 13 | If she walked out , then he would be unable to follow her unless he 'd brought back-up with him , and somehow she rather doubted that he had . |
| 14 | ‘ I wanted to spend some time with you , and I rather doubted if you 'd be susceptible to an offer of a weekend in Paris . |
| 15 | Why did he say he would rather resign than do a deal over PR , unless he knew he would n't have to ? |
| 16 | I was rather devastated when she told me she was moving to Crieff , as she made major contributions to the work of the Library here ; she had a long-term future , and her personality made many friends for the Library among our users . |
| 17 | ‘ I had rather expected before I went that I might not be taken seriously as a woman . |
| 18 | The short-lived benefits from the 1967 devaluation and the persistence of poor economic performance after the floating of sterling in 1972 , demonstrate not just the limited effect of devaluation but rather suggest that exchange rate difficulties are symptomatic of more fundamental problems [ National Institute , 1972 ] . |
| 19 | ‘ If Americans — and particularly the Brits — have a horse or a dog that behaves badly — they admit the fact , and rather celebrate and make a joke of it , right ? |
| 20 | And one does rather feel that the director was wearing a black polo-neck throughout the film 's shooting . |
| 21 | Now with regard to that I 'd rather feel that were gon na be called on before then , because of the rumours about our own hospital . |
| 22 | I do rather feel that the Montagues and Capulets music is a little too hectic , but the other episodes are beautifully managed . |
| 23 | Yet it was hard to imagine a burglar visiting the rue de Sèvres : I rather imagined that this would be where he lived . |
| 24 | Most of what is on display here seems … well , rather over-fleshed and tired . |
| 25 | Piaget , however , asserts in the introduction to his work that ‘ We shall rather show that the acquisition of language is itself subordinated to the workings of a symbolic function which can be seen in the development of imitation and play as well as in that of verbal mechanisms ’ ( 1962 : 1–2 ; see Vygotsky 1978 for a contrary view ) . |
| 26 | L.G. rather deprecated that saying he was not in love with it . |
| 27 | We nearly died today , and I could think of nothing I 'd rather do than exult in life by taking you to bed . |
| 28 | I 'd rather do than sitting here . |
| 29 | The above.discussion rather assumes that the Parliament is a permanent , enduring feature of our constitution . |
| 30 | This tradition that teaching is part of being a doctor rather assumes that everyone can and should teach . |