Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] rather [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | : , who on seeing Canova 's ‘ Paris ’ in Florence in 1813 , exaggerated the idea of the ‘ creative ’ and sexual role of the sculptor 's touch : ‘ The chisel is the last tool that comes to mind , for if statues could be made by caressing marble rather than by roughly cutting and chipping I would say that this one has been formed by wearing down the surrounding marble by dint of kisses and caresses ’ . |
| 2 | But in situations where theory may be of help , even in defining problems rather than in solving them , it should not be avoided . |
| 3 | This section is concerned with the method of establishing baselines rather than with the details of measurement . |
| 4 | The difference is that the tank provides for the passive task of soaking items rather than for the active role of washing . |
| 5 | Erm , I 'd like to , I 'm glad you picked up the children looked after by the local authority , but what bothers me is the children in families that are causing concern rather than for those that are actually erm , in care . |
| 6 | Indeed , one could posit the hypothesis that this technique , if enforced , would put more pressure on sparse thorn/acacia resources , or possibly animal dung as cooking fuel rather than as a fertiliser . |
| 7 | Much of science is concerned with describing things rather than with explanation . |
| 8 | Merrill Lynch 's statistics are interesting in that they indicate that companies prefer to give expatriates coming to Britain financial assistance towards buying property rather than towards renting it . |
| 9 | This can be expressed very physically in the way breasts are now regarded as being for feeding babies rather than for making love , and most couples experience tensions over their sexual relationship in the early months and even years of parenthood . |
| 10 | Currently , practice data are standardised for age by converting list sizes to prescribing units and prescribing costs are expressed per prescribing unit rather than per patient . |
| 11 | None the less , there remains a focus upon the child as having needs rather than upon the situation as creating needs ( Oliver 1988 ) . |
| 12 | ‘ You mock me , Georgi Kirov , ’ Vologsky muttered , but it vas said in a friendly , chiding voice rather than as a rebuke . |
| 13 | On the whole , we would prefer to dispose of blocks of married quarters to housing associations rather than to local authorities . |
| 14 | A major factor accounting for this difference is that American parties are much looser organizations than British ones , geared traditionally to winning elections rather than to implementing coherent policy programmes ( see chapter 12 ) . |
| 15 | Without unions fighting to keep up wages , employers are free to cut back costs by squeezing pay rather than by sacking marginal workers . |
| 16 | While the ability of organised skilled workers to restrict entry to their trade and to develop defensive strategies probably means their wages rose more sharply when the economy turned up , and fell less quickly on the downturns , this would have the effect of flattening fluctuations rather than of misdirecting trends . |