Example sentences of "[pn reflx] rather [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he knew it was to soothe himself rather than a.i. ’ he spent a few last minutes communing with Thoth by neural link , explaining yet again how grieved he was to have to ask it to give its ‘ life ’ for him . |
| 2 | Golding 's voice sank to a murmur , as if he were talking to himself rather than Derek . |
| 3 | In the case of a two-tier board structure , the Proposal allows for the supervisory directors to be appointed by the supervisory board itself rather than shareholders or employees ; in this case , employees would have a right of veto , as would shareholders . |
| 4 | BOOKMAKERS , whose intelligence service makes MI5 look like a bunch of amateur sleuths , for once appear to have led themselves rather than punters up the garden path over the well-being of Travelling Light , the favourite for next Saturday 's Cesarewitch Handicap at Newmarket . |
| 5 | Chair , can I suggest that some of the people who are actually involved in this are actually asked themselves rather than agencies that might be working with them , because I think that , that most of the , the sort of people we 're talking about are actually very sensitive . |
| 6 | If they were to employ staff on fixed-term contracts , they could be creating rigidity for themselves rather than flexibility . |
| 7 | As the story unfolds in the immediate aftermath of the 1976 Soweto Uprising , we see how two families , one black and one white , are destroyed — and the black actors are all South Africans themselves rather than US imports . |