Example sentences of "rather [conj] [vb infin] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this is not possible ( and it usually is n't ) , the golden advice at the present time must be to sell first rather than risk lumbering yourself with the crippling expense of having to borrow for several months or possibly longer . |
| 2 | The aim of the three-to-seven-year leasing programme is to free 1,250 pubs from the brewers ' tie before the November deadline , rather than try to sell them into a depressed market . |
| 3 | Districts can buy what they want from a nearby district or a teaching hospital rather than attempt to provide everything in their own area . |
| 4 | It follows that any strategy to protect them and to ensure their future must include all these aspects , rather than attempt to protect one at the expense of others . |
| 5 | The specification was also very comprehensive , and the 1987 version added the significant message that heads and coordinators should select from and adapt the list rather than seek to implement it in its entirety . |