Example sentences of "[noun pl] rather [conj] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | By now , though , the Japanese were getting wary of ambush , and following their usual high standard of training they had sentries hidden in the bushes rather than marching to and fro as ready bait for a commando knife . |
| 2 | The crows avoided the central green eggs , but they shifted to nearby wheatfields rather than travelling to the white eggs . |
| 3 | If you are a well-known personality , attractive looking and charming , you will find your task much easier : people tend to respond to such individuals rather than reacting to the content of their message . |
| 4 | Much anxiety may be avoided for your elderly parents if you can organise yourself and other members of the family to help them regularly with the jobs they can not cope with — anticipating their needs rather than waiting to be asked . |
| 5 | David Tweedie and the Accounting Standards Board have made it clear that they are losing patience with companies — and their auditors — that bend the rules by interpreting the letter of pronouncements rather than adhering to the spirit . |
| 6 | They have been issuing equity instruments ( eg , convertible bonds and warrant bonds ) on the capital markets rather than going to their bank managers for costly old-fashioned loans . |
| 7 | Let him start talking up our achievements rather than pointing to an agenda which his party has already signed up to which would destroy millions of jobs through statutory works councils , statutory minimum wage and statutory compulsory working week . |
| 8 | The same increasing central control and rationalization can be seen also in the introduction in 1720 of a regular tariff for the purchase of commissions ; in the 1750s of the custom of numbering regiments rather than referring to them by their colonel 's name ; and in 1792 of a common system of drill , based on that of Prussia , for the whole army . |