Example sentences of "rather than over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 78 , which appeared at the beginning of the 1977 season , was one of Chapman 's greatest and most revolutionary contributions to motor racing and the concept which it employed ( the so-called Venturi effect , by which the air was channelled under rather than over the car , thus giving it infinitely superior down-force and road-holding ability ) set the standard for many years to come . |
| 2 | Alternatively , there is MID- CRED where details of all beneficiaries are established on our computer file , but authorisation is given in writing rather than over the telephone . |
| 3 | Comparisons between the three race groups were between those living in the same small areas i.e. in roughly the same circumstances , rather than over a whole city or London borough . |
| 4 | To make an equivalent investment in one slice , rather than over the 15-year span recorded in this volume , would be an enormous burden . |
| 5 | A compromise proposal which would have spread the package 's proposed 30 per cent real increase in spending over two more years rather than over 1992-97 was rejected . |