Example sentences of "[verb] rather [conj] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paradoxically , however , our enthusiasm in turning to these processes lies more in examining how questions of identity and moral careers come to be formed rather than in continuing to equate ‘ urban ’ with ‘ consumption ’ or ‘ social reproduction ’ . |
| 2 | Their chief interest was in walking rather than in birds , so we compromised with a day that started near Svartifoss , a waterfall that tumbles between black basalt columns . |
| 3 | When looking for property , expatriates will find more accommodation to choose from if they are to rent under a company let rather than in their own names . |
| 4 | If they succeed without merit , the fault would appear to lie with the way the appeal system is operating rather than in regulation 72 as it is currently worded . ’ |
| 5 | Of these , Pompeii especially was a provincial town , but the chief difference between it and Rome would be in the materials and embellishments used rather than in the basic design . |
| 6 | Again , it is , as Sen puts it , ‘ the tradition of thinking in terms of what exists rather than in terms of who can command what ’ ( Sen 1981 : 8 , quoted in Redclift 1982 : 1 ) which ignores the vital question of access to food production and the fuel to cook it . |
| 7 | Ironically , it is in the best FE — and notably in courses such as CPVE — that the curriculum is likely to be integrated rather than in the form of the traditional subject-based curriculum now being solidified by TNC . |
| 8 | They are written in terms of what the student is able to demonstrate as a result of learning rather than in terms of what a student will have to do to achieve the competences . |
| 9 | Once it is realized that signals that change cells ' behaviour do not really carry intricate information , then it can be seen that any complexity of behaviour lies in the cells ' capacity to respond rather than in complexity in the signals . |
| 10 | And he looked in quite good form did Bob and he did n't look as though he had too many worries and then this happens and you wonder just whether it was n't premeditated rather than in haste . |
| 11 | ‘ . But if rule-following is a practice , which must be public only in the sense of being a way of behaving rather than in the sense of being regulated by a community , how are we to derive from that thought the conclusion that the solipsist 's private language is impossible ? |
| 12 | These differences are to be explained in terms of those contexts and the socially agreed constructions of how these institutions should operate rather than in terms of any supposed intrinsic qualities of writing . |
| 13 | Faraday showed to his satisfaction that the muscles of those pressing upon a table in a seance moved before the table did rather than in response to its motions ; he considered further investigation a waste of time . |
| 14 | With two forks , pull apart the meat and fat ( which should be soft as butter ) so that the rillettes are shredded rather than in a paste . |
| 15 | I suggest that they are involved in the sport of shooting rather than in the art of ferreting . |