Example sentences of "[noun pl] rather [conj] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , many of you will realize that East Devon have been requested er by the Government to prepare these area wide plans rather than just a town plan so they take in and encompass the whole of the area and there was quite a lengthy and substantial document with the , with all the different policy statements on I believe Councillor ? |
| 2 | This creates a network of all possible word sequences rather than just a tree of isolated words . |
| 3 | It 's comical to see all these people agreeing sagely with each other that users really want loads of functions rather than just a good deal , while all the time mopping their brows with relief that the price wars seemed to have petered out . |
| 4 | It also manages to tie the Alps together as one whole , treating them as a range of mountains rather than just a list of routes . |
| 5 | Borrowers are increasingly ready to deal with several firms rather than merely a " house " bank . |
| 6 | Yeah more to sort of statements of principles rather than just a policy so it lasts a bit . |
| 7 | Political life in America sometimes seems only to be about bargaining in one form or another : Bargaining skill is indispensable in a chief executive obliged to operate in a pluralist system of decision -making where power is diffused and decentralized , and where there is a multiplicity of significant power holders rather than just a few . |
| 8 | We have like , we have hundreds of crap facilities rather than just a few good ones . |